Moving Files Continuously with a Batch Script

Question

I'm trying to create a .bat file to continuously move new images to a folder to archive them. So far I have figured out how to get the images to move between folders without prompting to be overwritten but getting the action to loop has been tricky for me.

Script to move files between folders

@echo off
echo File Copy Started 
xcopy /s /Y "Source" "Destination" 
echo File Copy Completed 
pause

Does anyone have any ideas to get this script to loop continuously? I was thinking of using something such as

IF EXIST .jpeg (an image)
then run the script to move the files 

ELSE 
Pause

?? I'm Just not sure how to start writing this. Any feed back would be great. Thanks!

Take a look [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1672338/269126), might give you some ideas and provide part of the solution. — Lumi, Dec 06 '12 at 16:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '12 at 16:18

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Maybe something like this?

@echo off
:LOOP
echo File Copy Started 
xcopy /s /Y "Source" "Destination" 
echo File Copy Completed
goto :LOOP

answered Dec 06 '12 at 16:18

Bali C

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Thank you. That works perfect. I can't believe I didn't think to loop it like that. : ) – Nightzrain Dec 06 '12 at 17:05
No worries, sometimes the simplest solutions are the best :) – Bali C Dec 06 '12 at 18:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '14 at 12:22

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Use the AT command or the Windows Scheduler to run the task on a continuous basis

answered Aug 30 '14 at 12:22

Patrick Boens

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Moving Files Continuously with a Batch Script

Script to move files between folders

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