I am a semi-newbie and I was wanting to write a script that reads a list of folder names from an excel file or text file, doesnt really matter, and it reads in those names and matches those names with folder names in a directory. If there is a match I want it to move the entire folder in that directory and place it in another directory. Or it could place that folder in another folder in the same directory which ever would be easier. Does this sound do-able? If so could someone point me in the right direction with a good tutorial or a few good code snippets. Ive already looked at working with directories but just opening and reading them couldnt find anything about moving folders and their contents anywhere. The folder is on a server that resides on a NT machine. I can access the folder from my client machine with runs windows xp pro. I would rather run the script from my machine so I dont have to install perl on the server. Thanks

In reply to Moving folders by bobdole

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