forfiles how to move a directory to another directory

Question

I'm trying to move a directory which certain date parameter to another directory.. This is the command I'm using: FORFILES -p C:\test1\ /S /D -3 /C "cmd /c if @isdir == TRUE move C:\test2\"

I want to move subdirectories inside test1 to the test2 directory if they meet those parameters. Right now, the script will move test2 to test1.... why is that?

Answer 1

If you only give the move command one parameter, it moves the given file/directory to the current directory. You need

FORFILES -p C:\test1\ /S /D -3 /C "cmd /c if @isdir == TRUE move @path C:\test2\"

so that move knows what file/directory (in @path) it should be trying to move.