I would like to use xcopy to move, not copy files across a network with the Verify flag. I could not find a switch on xcopy to move files, is there an xmove I can use that has verify?
At the moment I am using xcopy /D /V but need to get rid of the files at the source only when it is verified a file was successfully copied to the destination.
You should check out robocopy, it is much more powerful than xcopy. You can easily move files with /MOV or /MOVE.
To move files only (delete from source after copying)
robocopy from_folder to_folder files_to_copy /MOV
To move files and directories (delete from source after copying)
robocopy from_folder to_folder files_to_copy /MOVE
You could use a batch file to run your Xcopy command with the verify, followed by a check of the error level returned by Xcopy to determine if the files copied successfully or not. If they did, delete the source.
From the Xcopy documentation:
Exit
code Description
==== ===========
0 Files were copied without error.
1 No files were found to copy.
2 The user pressed CTRL+C to terminate xcopy.
4 Initialization error occurred. There is not
enough memory or disk space, or you entered
an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on
the command line.
5 Disk write error occurred.
Example batch:
Rem Attempt file copy...
xcopy /D /V %1 %2
Rem Check result code and if it was successful (0), delete the source.
if errorlevel 0 (
echo Copy completed successfully
del /Q %1
exit /B
)
Rem Not Errorlevel 0...
echo Copy failed for some reason.
