xcopy with temp renaming

[marcorocchini]

Hi cats,

please I have a xdcam drive unit that can have a variable number of file based on the disc inserted. So for example I can have:

C0001.MXF
C0002.MXF
C0003.MXF
...
C0100.MXF

and so on.

I would like do a batch that copy all mxf files in the current directory but:

during the copy, and for each mxf, it have to copy the file as a temporary file with extension .tmp. ONLY when the copy is finisched --> rename it as the original.

For example: during the copy of C0001.MXF it have to write (in the current directory) C0001.TMP

and only when the the copy is finisched -->rename C0001.TMP as C0001.MXF

and so on.

How can I do? thanks

[pandy]

xcopy *.mxf *.tmp
ren *.tmp *.mxf

[teodz1984]

why do you have to name it tmp in the process?

[jagabo]

Do you have to use xcopy? What about copy in a for loop?

for %%f in ("D:\temp\folder 1\*.MXF") do (
    copy "%%f" "D:\temp\folder 2\%%~nf.TMP"
    ren "%%~dpnf.TMP" "%%~dpnf.MXF" )

[marcorocchini]

Do you have to use xcopy? What about copy in a for loop?

for %%f in ("D:\temp\folder 1\*.MXF") do (
    copy "%%f" "D:\temp\folder 2\%%~nf.TMP"
    ren "%%~dpnf.TMP" "%%~dpnf.MXF" )

XCOPY cat
a loop? exactly I don't know

[marcorocchini]

oh no sorry is enouth copy

[marcorocchini]

why do you have to name it tmp in the process?

to prevent corrupted destination .mxf video file if during the copy process ends prematurely in case of error, disconnection of the drive, or power failure, or other reasons that interrupt the copy

[marcorocchini]

however it works thanks

[SameSelf]

xcopy has been deprecated in favor of robocopy. YW