I have the following problem:
I have large files located in different directories that I want to copy/move to other directory/directories.
Today, i have to copy/move the files in the following sequential manner:
1a) Goto Dir1
1b) copy/cut file1
1c) Goto Dir2
1d) Paste file1
1e)
WAIT UNTIL THE TRANSFER IS FINISHED
2a) Goto Dir3
2b) copy/cut file2
2c) Goto Dir4
2d) Paste file2
2e)
WAIT UNTIL THE TRANSFER IS FINISHED
etc...
I think you understand the frustration of waiting for each transfer to be finished to proceed to the next copy/move.
Now I have coded in AutoHotKey an application that takes care of the tedious task above.
RobocopyScripter
This proggy requires robocopy.exe to be located in the script directory or your system common path. Robocopy.exe is part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools that can be downloaded at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFDRobocopy is a very robust replacement for copy.exe. It has retries, bandwidth allocation routines and much more... and is designed for internet server operations from a DOS shell.
Use:Drag and drop your dir+files in the list window
The clipboard monitoring options are really useful if you use XYPlorer as file browser:
-use Ctrl+P to send to the clipboard your selected dir + file paths (source monitoring). The whole list will be imported in the file/dir list
-use Ctrl+P to send to the clipboard your actual directory (target folder)
The tray icon proposes several options:
-always on top on/off
-exit when finished
-silent mode
May be I should add shutdown when finished?
The compiled script is located at
http://www.autohotkey.net/~noutters/RoboCopyScripter.exeCheers,
