I'm trying to figure out a means to copy a single file from one location on to multiple workstations, but because the workstation names might change I want to put the names in a text file for the batch to take to plunk into the command.

Something like

:start
get computername starting with line 1 from text file
:process
xcopy C:\filename.txt \\%computername%\folder
get next computername from text file
if last computername goto end
goto process
:end

(robocopy might WORK better for this instead of xcopy)

In the text file will have one column like:

abc
abb
acc
etc...

Any sort of pointers would help greatly. Something along these lines perhaps?

Code: [Select]for /f "delims==" %%A in (file.txt) do (
xcopy c:\filename.txt \\%%A\folder
)

This FOR loop reads each line in turn from a text file called file.txt and substitutes that line for the computername in the xcopy command which is then executed
That SEEMS to work. Thanks!

I tested this for another task, to rename a folder on muliple workstations and did it for one and worked like a charm. I'll do the file copy next once I get this task done...

Now I just need to figure out 'upon ERROR' goto next computer in case the pc is down and somehow report the missing computer.Quote from: Relig on September 04, 2009, 04:59:17 PM

Now I just need to figure out 'upon error' goto next computer in case the pc is down and somehow report the missing computer.