Moving files

[vhurst]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to set up DirMon2 to move a file when it finds the one I specify.

I've tried every format I could concieve trying to pass the filename to a batch file. Such as:

running move.bat
Command Line Option: [[%FULLFILESPEC%]]
Batch file move.bat:

...well, aparently when I type code with two backslashes (ie: UNC directory), you loose the rest of the message. Moving on.

You get the point. I need to move a file. Passing options to a batch file, or simply running cmd with the move command in the options line (with variables and directories of course) just isn't working for me. I'm out of variations to try.

I'd like it if unhiding the console window actually meant a console window would come up, and I could see what was happening.

I don't see what I need in the Current Status window, or the log files.

If you have some suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
Thank You!

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by vhurst

...well, aparently when I type code with two backslashes (ie: UNC directory), you loose the rest of the message. Moving on.

You can use code blocks to avoid that. When you are posting a message, you can see a button that looks like #. Hit it and type what you want.

Originally Posted by vhurst

You get the point. I need to move a file. Passing options to a batch file, or simply running cmd with the move command in the options line (with variables and directories of course) just isn't working for me. I'm out of variations to try.

Going to a command line and typing this:

move /?

gave me this:

Moves files and renames files and directories.
To move one or more files:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination
To rename a directory:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]dirname1 dirname2
  [drive:][path]filename1 Specifies the location and name of the file
                          or files you want to move.
  destination             Specifies the new location of the file. Destination
                          can consist of a drive letter and colon, a
                          directory name, or a combination. If you are moving
                          only one file, you can also include a filename if
                          you want to rename the file when you move it.
  [drive:][path]dirname1  Specifies the directory you want to rename.
  dirname2                Specifies the new name of the directory.
  /Y                      Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
                          overwrite an existing destination file.
  /-Y                     Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite
                          an existing destination file.
The switch /Y may be present in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.  Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless MOVE command is being executed from
within a batch script.

It looks like you need two arguments for the move command. The first is the file you want to move. The second is where you want to move it.

You might try putting this in a batch file:

move /Y %1 D:\NewDir\

Then the job you have set up should work.
If you want to see what it did try adding a pause at the end. Something like this:

move /Y %1 D:\NewDir\
pause

Then when the console window pops up, it won't go away until you hit any key. Of course you will want to remove it after you get it working.

Another thing to keep in mind is that if the destination directory has spaces in it then you need to surround it in quotes.

Did that help?

Jere

[vhurst]

Better late than never?

Thanks Jere, yes that did the trick. I just set up my new Sage server, and needed to do the same trick of moving a file with DirMon2. I was having trouble figuring it out again, and found this thread when you clued me in the last time.

I was inclined to try to set "program to run" to cmd, set my target (img in this case), and set "command line options" to:

move [[%FULLFILESPEC%]] \\pops\DVD_Images

Substituting the path [[%FULLFILESPEC%]] should create, and typing

move "D:\SageVideo\movie image name.img" \\pops\DVD_Images

in a cmd window would work, but DirMon2 just started a cmd that would never start the transfer. I didn't add the /Y, but there was no overwrite to deal with either.

Creating the batch file you illustrated (I used UNC pathnames), and passing in the variable with the %1 works just dandy...

Thanks for the help!

[vhurst]

I came up with an even better batch file:

 
move /Y %1 %2

This way the one batch file can be used for moving any filetype from anywhere to anywhere (user rights permitting). The first variable passed in is the target, and the second is taken from the path put in the "Command Line Options".

[Jere_Jones]

Cool.

Jere