Check if drive is present before running bat file
WhiteTea77581
(I am using TrueCrypt for a partition on a thumbdrive and the volume
may not have been mounted when this is run.)
Thanks,
Andy
:: Backup files from c: drive to thumbdrive j:
@echo off
if exist
c:
cd/
cd Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Backup\lmtd_bks.zip j:\Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Backup\wrdbckup.zip j:\Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Job_Search\All_Resumes.zip i:\Job_Search
cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla
\Firefox\Profiles\gkpd58dg.default"
xcopy /d /y bookmarks.html j:\Backup
Andrew
> I am trying to modify this to check first that J: drive exists.
> (I am using TrueCrypt for a partition on a thumbdrive and the volume
> may not have been mounted when this is run.)
Hi,
Well, i do it like this. First i create a file on a stick like stick.dummy
Here�s the trick to "find" the driveletter of your stick
FOR %%I in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)DO IF exist
%%I:\stick.dummy SET LW=%%I
your batchfile would look like this then
:: Backup files from c: drive to thumbdrive j:
@echo off
FOR %%I in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)DO IF exist
%%I:\stick.dummy SET LW=%%I
c:
cd \Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Backup\lmtd_bks.zip %LW%:\Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Backup\wrdbckup.zip %LW%:\Backup
xcopy /d /y c:\Job_Search\All_Resumes.zip i:\Job_Search
cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\gkpd58dg.default"
xcopy /d /y bookmarks.html %LW%:\Backup
the only problem could be that your usbstick could be invisible if it
gets the same letter as a previously created networkdrive. Then you
would have to clear the assignment of that networkletter first (NET USE
(Networkletter:) /D
Andrew
WhiteTea77581
When I tried you bat file, xcopy said it could not find the path.
I opened a cmd window and xcopy works in copying files from C: drive
to the thumbdrive.
Maybe there is a way to set an environmental variable that the bat
file could check for?
Or try to create a file on the thumbdrive and branch accordingly.
Andy
Ted Davis
> I am trying to modify this to check first that J: drive exists. (I am
> using TrueCrypt for a partition on a thumbdrive and the volume may not
> have been mounted when this is run.)
You posted from XP - if that is the OS of interest, then
if not exist j:\ goto :no_drive
with, of course, a lable :no_drive at the ehad of the code to execute if
the drive is not present, or at the end of the code to skip.
Note that the test fails if the drive is physically present, but has no
file system (an empty CD drive, for example) - it is not a test for the
drive; it is a test for a readable file system on the drive.
--
T.E.D. (tda...@mst.edu)
WhiteTea77581
Thanks, I will try it.
Andy
Andrew
> On Jun 15, 8:29 am, Andrew <vnc_serv...@t-online.de> wrote:
>> WhiteTea77581 schrieb:
>> > I am trying to modify this to check first that J: drive exists.
>> > (I am using TrueCrypt for a partition on a thumbdrive and the volume
>> > may not have been mounted when this is run.)
> When I tried you bat file, xcopy said it could not find the path.
Those 2 Lines have to be one ! (without the >>
of course). Other than that i didn�t alter your batch.
>> FOR %%I in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)DO IF exist
>> %%I:\stick.dummy SET LW=%%I
After reading your post again i�m not sure if you want to copy your
files onto your stick or on to that TrucryptVolume on that stick
If you want to copy it onto that TC Volume i see no way of looking for a
unmounted volume on a stick
regarding ...
If exist Drive:\ goto :whatever
i think this one is more bulletproof
If exist drive:\NUL goto :whatever
Andrew
Tim Meddick
@echo off
if NOT EXIST j:\nul goto end
xcopy /d /y c:\Backup\lmtd_bks.zip j:\Backup
xcopy /d ........etc,
.............and end with this:
:end
...your 'cd' command is unnecessary at the beginning as you give the
whole paths in the first few 'xcopy' commands.
However, your next 'cd' command IS needed, as you change directory
*before* using the 'xcopy' command to copy a file [bookmarks.html] to
j:\backup
Be sure to include the line-label :end at the very end of your
script, then the line if NOT EXIST j:\nul goto end
will send the focus to this line and, being at the end, will exit if
it does not find dive j:
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"WhiteTea77581" <andrewk...@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
news:6efd2f4a-b4c7-4b72...@x29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
FileGod
>Thanks,
> Andy
I would use lables & use them pretty much like this:
if exist j: goto :found
goto :notfound
goto :end
:found
xcopy /d /y bookmarks.html j:\Backup
:notfound
:end
Sorry if the wordwrap is messed up, this is a fresh install...
eitan...@gmail.com
I tried to use this on my XP and it is not working for me:
@echo off
FOR %%I in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)DO If exist %%I:\updates.disk SET "LW=%%I" ELSE goto :nodrive
@echo ***************************
@echo * External drive is: %LW% *
@echo ***************************
pause
goto :end
:nodrive
@echo **************************
@echo * no external disk found *
@echo **************************
pause
goto :end
:end
if the file "updates.disk" is on my external drive, it works as expected, but if the file "updates.disk" is not there, I get:
***************************
* External drive is: *
***************************
Press any key to continue . . .
and the batch ends
The ELSE is not working...
any suggestions?
Thanks
Eitan
foxidrive
@echo off
set "LW="
FOR %%I in (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO If exist %%I:\updates.disk SET "LW=%%I"
if defined LW (
echo ***************************
) ELSE (
echo **************************
)
pause
goto :end
:end
--
foxi
eitan...@gmail.com
Mark
REM Is Drive N: mapped?
set _ready=true
dir N: > "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" 2>&1
find "The device is not ready" "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" > nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 set _ready=false
find "The system cannot find the path specified" "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" > nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 set _ready=false
if exist "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" del "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir"
REM Continue if mapped
if "%_ready%"=="true" (
blah blah blah...
)
REM Complain if not mapped
if "%_ready%"=="false" (
blah blah blah...
)
--
<br>
<font size=1 color=blue face=Verdana>Mark</font>
<br>
<br>
<hr size="2" color=lightgray width=100%>
<br>
Stanley Daniel de Liver
> I've been using this for years, especially on network drives.
>
"if exist N:\nul" used to work in DOS/W98, but maybe not now (can't test
here, no local network)
>
> REM Is Drive N: mapped?
> set _ready=true
> dir N: > "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" 2>&1
> find "The device is not ready" "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" > nul
> if %errorlevel% EQU 0 set _ready=false
> find "The system cannot find the path specified" "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" >
> nul
> if %errorlevel% EQU 0 set _ready=false
> if exist "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir" del "%temp%\tmp$$$.dir"
>
> REM Continue if mapped
> if "%_ready%"=="true" (
> blah blah blah...
> )
>
> REM Complain if not mapped
> if "%_ready%"=="false" (
> blah blah blah...
> )
>
>
--
foxidrive
> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:24:30 +0100, Mark <no....@reply.here> wrote:
>
>> I've been using this for years, especially on network drives.
>>
> Not that many, it requires NT or greater!
> "if exist N:\nul" used to work in DOS/W98, but maybe not now (can't test
> here, no local network)
--
foxi