I want to make a .exe that does basic windows functions in this particular order : search file / copy it / create new folder / paste said file into new folder.
I never programmed before, what language / program should i use ?
Thanks in advance
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Murlox
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I want to make a .exe that does basic windows functions in this particular order : search file / copy it / create new folder / paste said file into new folder. I never programmed before, what language / program should i use ? Thanks in advance | ||
ghostWriter
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Murlox
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Mastermind
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Murlox
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Cambium
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If you insist on having an executable, vb/vc++/C# can all do the trick. It's essentially a wrapper around a system call. Do you know the commands for these tasks? dir /s/b [file name] mkdir [new dir name] cp [dirs found in first step] [new dir name] There are probably specific libraries for these tasks as well, but I think sys calls will be the easiest. | ||
Murlox
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illu
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For something easy and accessible, go with Visual Basic. | ||
Murlox
France1699 Posts
dir /s/b [file1.txt] mkdir [F:/My Papers] cp [ ? ] [file1.txt] I am confused about what to put instead of the "?" | ||
Tehinf
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b3h47pte
United States1317 Posts
On July 17 2009 10:19 Murlox wrote: Would this work : dir /s/b [file1.txt] mkdir [F:/My Papers] cp [ ? ] [file1.txt] I am confused about what to put instead of the "?" he's talking about a batch file. you put that into Notepad save it as "batch.bat" and run it and it'll do the stuff. http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm That might help you a bit. If you still want to actually program something, if you're using .NET you can probably use teh Directory class: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directory.aspx | ||
AcrossFiveJulys
United States3612 Posts
On July 17 2009 10:19 Murlox wrote: Would this work : dir /s/b [file1.txt] mkdir [F:/My Papers] cp [ ? ] [file1.txt] I am confused about what to put instead of the "?" the format is like this: cp sourcepath destinationpath sourcepath/destinationpath refer to the location of the file and the name of the file appended to the end. so if you want to copy a file in C:\ called "file1" to F:\ and change the file name to "file2" you would do cp C:\file1 F:\file2 | ||
Murlox
France1699 Posts
Also, how do I input the path resulted of this search into the cp command ? cp [variable path] [F:\New Dir\] | ||
MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
create new folder <- What name? copy said file into new folder. | ||
Murlox
France1699 Posts
I want the .bat to search all drives for "file1.txt", whatever computer i use it on. Once it is located, i want the .bat to copy this file to a new folder, say NewFolder (Name is not important). That's all. Main problem is, when I test it, the "dir /s/b [file1.txt]" command fails at finding a file called "file1.txt" placed on my desktop ; Second problem is that I don't understand how to properly use the "cp" command, since I don't know how to write the first variable, ie. [located path of file1.txt after the search]. Btw, thank you guys for your help so far! | ||
yh8c4
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@ECHO OFF 2>NUL md %2 FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b %1"' ) DO copy /y %%f %2 > NUL you have to run the batch file with two parameters, 1 is the filename/search pattern which identifies the file you want, 2 is the path of the directory you want created. so, if you put that code in x.bat, you'd have to run: x asdf*.qwr c:\y, and if there is a file matching that pattern it will be put in c:\y (which will be created in every case). to break the code down a little bit - %1 and %2 refer to the first and second argument you typed when you ran the batch file - @ECHO OFF : turns off output (delete to see how %1 and %2 get substituted) - 2>NUL : suppress error message of md (which you will get if the directory already exists) - md : dos command for creating a directory - the FOR loop: for each item found in the paranthesis after IN the operation after DO is executed - dir \ /s /o /b %1 : this creates a list of all files matching the pattern you gave as first paramter. the \ after dir specifies that the search begins at the root directory. so, if you know that your file is somewhere beneath c:\asd\fgh\ use that instead \ - copy /y %%f %2 : copys all files matching the pattern to %2 (second parameter), the /y switch automatically overwrites existing files. the >NUL surpresses the copy output, if you want to have it delete it as far as i know you cant enumerate the valid drive letters from a batch file, so if you want to check multiple hard drives, so you might want to change the bat file to @ECHO OFF 2>NUL md %2 C: FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b %1"' ) DO copy /y %%f %2 > NUL D: FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b %1"' ) DO copy /y %%f %2 > NUL | ||
Murlox
France1699 Posts
Report, i used that: @ECHO OFF 2>NUL md %c:\test FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b %moustique.exe"' ) DO copy /y %%f %c:\test I removed the >NUL since i don't want the original file to be deleted. This does make a folder c:\test, and replaces it with no warning on every use. However, this stops there, does not duplicate the file moustique.exe (which is located on my desktop) into the folder c:\test | ||
yh8c4
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On July 18 2009 05:05 Murlox wrote: Report, i used that: @ECHO OFF 2>NUL md %c:\test FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b %moustique.exe"' ) DO copy /y %%f %c:\test I removed the >NUL since i don't want the original file to be deleted. This does make a folder c:\test, and replaces it with no warning on every use. However, this stops there, does not duplicate the file moustique.exe (which is located on my desktop) into the folder c:\test try just these two lines to see all output: md c:\test FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir \ /s /o /b moustique.exe"' ) DO copy %%f c:\test the variable names are %1 and %2, so if you want to replace them with constant values, you have to replace %1 and not just the 1. The >NUL stuff after the copy line actually just surpresses the output, but does not stop the auto overwrite. to remove that, you have to remove the /y switch. now, if a moustique.exe was found somewhere on your HD and copied it to c:\test and another moustique.exe is found somewhere else on your HD, you will be prompted to choose an action (i.e. you have to press y or n or sth) EDIT: btw, the copy command does indeed make a copy (it's not like in scifi movies where the original is gone after a copy, to achieve that effect you'd have to use "move" instead of "copy"). so, dont be afraid to use your source file | ||
Murlox
France1699 Posts
@ECHO OFF md c:\test copy moustique.exe c:\test However, the .bat HAS to be in the same directory as the file moustique.exe which is not what I want. Is there a better way to use the COPY command, that is to say not to have to specify the path of the source, only its name? @yh8c4 : mate, i don't understand your lines, and even after removing the % before 1 and 2 (which i did in the first place), it stills doesnt work to the end : it makes the directory, but doesn't copy the file in it. | ||
yh8c4
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md C:\test FOR /F %%f IN ( '"dir C:\moustique.exe /s /b"' ) DO copy %%f C:\test | ||
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