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Peggy - 30 May 2008 04:07 GMT

Can you help me please.

I have;
many directories with 1 or 2 gif files in each

I want to;
copy gif files from many directories to one directory.

I downloaded xxcopy. but it was too complex for me to find the correct
command.

Many years ago I could write .bat files. but have forgotten most of
that.

I have spent most of the morning moving them 1 or 2 at a time, and I
think there has to be an easier way!

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Alan Edwards - 30 May 2008 04:37 GMT

Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
items to the required folder.
It only takes me a minute or two to copy hundreds of files like this
from multiple directories.

...Alan
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>Can you help me please.
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>I have spent most of the morning moving them 1 or 2 at a time, and I
>think there has to be an easier way!

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Peggy - 30 May 2008 04:47 GMT

>Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
>Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
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>...Alan

I did try that - maybe there were too many!!!

I will try again.

Thank you for your response

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Peggy - 30 May 2008 05:25 GMT

>>Use the Search facility and search for *.gif files.
>>Select what you want from the search results and Copy the selected
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>Thank you for your response

Thank you!
I am thrilled - it worked - job is done.

It was very slow, that is why I thought it was not working earlier.

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