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is there a way to just copy the (DXF PDF ) files from a directory to a different location

 

So like this

Open folder C:\Test\   look inside folder

 

Copy all folder inside c:\test\  to D:\test \

make the folder names the same .

Copy only the files *.DXF and *.PDF to that correct  folders.

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Yes that is pretty easy to do. Just open the Helpfile and start reading about and playing with UDF: _FileListToArray()

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Should be easy. Please have a look at _FileListToArrayRec in the help file on how to get a list of files to copy.
Then loop through the array and use FileCopy for each file.

Edit: Too slow ;)

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If I understood correctly, OP would like to :
1) Recreate his folder structure from C:\Test to D:\Test ("make the folder names the same")
2) Then copy *.DXF and *.PDF files to the appropriate folders

I tried it with Xcopy (which exists in all Windows releases), here is an example for pdf files :

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c Xcopy C:\Test\*.pdf D:\Test\ /s /e /y", "", @SW_HIDE)
If @error Then MsgBox(0, "", "bad lemonade")

Explanation for Xcopy parameters :
/s take care of subdirectories too...
/e ... even if they are empty
/y suppress prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

I just tried it with a test folder structure containing subdirectories (empty or filled with several types of files) and it worked fine :
1) The directory structure was recreated (even the empty subfolders)
2) Only the *.pdf files were copied to their correct locations.

Edited by pixelsearch
Changed Run to RunWait (help file)
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If you want to copy all types of files in a single copy, you could use robocopy (robust copy) :

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <WinAPIConv.au3>

$iPID = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c robocopy "c:\apps\temp" "c:\apps\back" *.PDF *.DXF /s /v', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
ProcessWaitClose($iPID)
$sText = StdoutRead($iPID)
ConsoleWrite (_WinAPI_OemToChar($sText) & @CRLF)

You can get a full report of the job and save it if you want...

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Thank you for the reply's  this is good i can use this  Thank you

can you also make a filter to only  select the folders that start withe the string 2021 

Like  Folder Name (2021 top)

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6 hours ago, Steal45 said:

can you also make a filter to only  select the folders that start withe the string 2021

Not with robocopy itself.  You would need to use _FileListToArrayRec to search for all folders starting with 2021 in the directory tree.  Then for each folder found use the robocopy to copy all files :

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <WinAPIConv.au3>
#include <File.au3>

Local $aFolder = _FileListToArrayRec("c:\Apps", "2021*", $FLTAR_FOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_NOSORT, $FLTAR_RELPATH)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL,"","No folder found")
Local $iPID, $sResult
For $i = 1 to $aFolder[0]
  $iPID = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c robocopy "c:\Apps\' & $aFolder[$i] & '" "c:\Apps\Backup\' & $aFolder[$i] & '" *.PDF *.DXF /v', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
  ProcessWaitClose($iPID)
  $sResult &= StdoutRead($iPID) & @CRLF
Next
ConsoleWrite (_WinAPI_OemToChar($sResult))

 

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