Copying folders with specific names (perhaps using ROBOCOPY)

I have a server with a fairly complex folder structure that needs
certain folders copied to another location.

Essentially, there are many folders and subfolders all over the D:
drive. In most of the subfolders there is a folder called "Archive".
Inside these Archive folders is the data that I need to move to
another server.

Does ROBOCOPY have a way of copying only folders with certain names? I
know how to copy files using wildcards to only copy certain filenames.

I am hoping that the same folder structure would be duplicated on the
destination server.

I have tried the following command, but of course it did not work (I
do not think that wildcards are allowed in folder names):

c:>robocopy \\source\d$\apps\arch*\ \\destination\d$\apps /s /e /z /
ipg:100 /r:1 /w:2

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

You could do it with the batch file below. Please note this:
- The batch file will fail if your folder names include "poison" characters
such as &, %, ^, !, (, ).
- To activate the batch file, you must remove the word "echo" in
the robocopy line.

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set Source=D:\Source Folder\
set Target=\\server\share\dest folder\
dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\archive" > c:\dir.txt

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (
set T1=%%*
call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!
echo robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*
)

I am trying to use this script, and am getting an error:

ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Accessing Source Directory C:\%a\
The system cannot find the file specified.

here is how I modified the script to my own use:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set Source=C:\docume~1\
set Target=C:\profiles\
dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\desktop" > c:\dir.txt

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (
set T1=%%*
call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!
robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*
)

I copied it from here, and only changed the source, target, and what it is finding, took out the echo, and it is not working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Give yourself some eyes: Replace the line
robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*
with
echo robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*
and you will see immediately what's going on. Hint: Have a
closer look at this line:
for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (
and ask yourself what name you assigned to your loop variable,
i.e. the one preceded with %%.

>I'm trying to use robocopy to migrate some workstation profiles, settings, >and data but keep also coping the IE temp files and other unwanted files on >the new machines. Is robocopy capable of copying just wanted files from >the profiles and send them to a backup folder on the destination PC?

Yes, it is. Have a look at the robocopy help files to see how it's done. It
depends, of course, what you mean with "wanted files" . . .

Pegasus is not being very helpful in this post, and his original script was incorrect. Here is the corrected version:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set Source=D:\Source Folder\
set Target=\\server\share\dest folder\
dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\archive" > c:\dir.txt

for /F "tokens=*" %%a in (c:\dir.txt) do (
set T1=%%a
call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!
echo robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*
)

He put an asterisk instead of an 'a' in two places, but used the 'a' correctly in the last line. This is what he meant by 'your loop variable'.

Is there a way to perform this copy using a wildcard in the Find command?

For example find all of the folders in the Source that have names beginning with "ABCD"?