.bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

[Guest +Bob+]

I need to set up a bat file that will use xcopy to copy a directory

from one drive to another. The resulting directory needs to

incorporate the date that it is copied into the name. Something like

this:

 

xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-10-oct-2008\*.*

 

I need to do this on a regular basis, so how can I pull the date

within the bat file into a variable?

 

Also, assuming I can get the date into a variable named something like

"DateIn" will a command like this work:

 

xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-%DateIn%\*.*

 

Thanks,

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: .bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

 

The date and time was 10/20/2008 9:20 AM, and on a whim, +Bob+ pounded

out on the keyboard:

> I need to set up a bat file that will use xcopy to copy a directory

> from one drive to another. The resulting directory needs to

> incorporate the date that it is copied into the name. Something like

> this:

>

> xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-10-oct-2008\*.*

>

> I need to do this on a regular basis, so how can I pull the date

> within the bat file into a variable?

>

> Also, assuming I can get the date into a variable named something like

> "DateIn" will a command like this work:

>

> xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-%DateIn%\*.*

>

> Thanks,

 

Hi Bob,

 

I use this script in a batch file that adds a "today" variable, then I

use it to create the folder name.

 

This is the script:

:: begin script

@echo off

echo D = Now : WScript.Echo Right(100+Month(D),2) ^& "-" ^& _

>%tmp%\today.vbs

echo Right(100+Day(D),2) ^& "-" ^& Year(D) >>%tmp%\today.vbs

 

for /f "tokens=1" %%a in (

'cscript.exe //Nologo %tmp%\today.vbs') do set today=%%a

 

del %tmp%\today.vbs

echo Todays date: %today%

:: end script

 

Then I add a line like this to use the variable:

xcopy "d:\data\Mozilla Firefox\Profiles\*.*" "d:\data\Mozilla profile

backup\%today%\Firefox\" /e /y /d

 

I'm sure you can modify it for your needs,

 

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[Guest Ray Parrish]

Re: .bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

 

I did a quick google on "dos date" and the first link below has a batch

file to name a folder with the date and time.

 

http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-gentle/anne-gentle/dos-timestamp-tips/view?searchterm=batch

 

I then searched on name file with date in batch and got the following

link which seems a bit complicated -

 

http://www.ericphelps.com/batch/samples/namedate.txt

 

Then I found this link which has a much simpler method -

 

http://www.zorbathegeek.com/153/batch-file-to-append-date-to-file-name.html

 

Another link offers the following code which is similar to the last link

there -

 

for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (

(set Dy=%%i)

(set Mth=%%j)

(set Yr=%%k)

)

I've modified the last line of his code below to show how to name your

directory.

 

mkdir c:\%Dy%-%Mth%-%Yr%

 

This assumes you want it on the C drive, change the drive and pathname

to what you need.

 

Later, Ray Parrish

 

+Bob+ wrote:

> I need to set up a bat file that will use xcopy to copy a directory

> from one drive to another. The resulting directory needs to

> incorporate the date that it is copied into the name. Something like

> this:

>

> xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-10-oct-2008\*.*

>

> I need to do this on a regular basis, so how can I pull the date

> within the bat file into a variable?

>

> Also, assuming I can get the date into a variable named something like

> "DateIn" will a command like this work:

>

> xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-%DateIn%\*.*

>

> Thanks,

 

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[Guest +Bob+]

Re: .bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

 

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:28:59 -0700, Ray Parrish <crp@cmc.net> wrote:

>Another link offers the following code which is similar to the last link

>there -

>

>for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (

> (set Dy=%%i)

> (set Mth=%%j)

> (set Yr=%%k)

>)

>I've modified the last line of his code below to show how to name your

>directory.

>

>mkdir c:\%Dy%-%Mth%-%Yr%

>

>This assumes you want it on the C drive, change the drive and pathname

>to what you need.

 

Thanks Boys, this got me where I needed to go.

 

>

>Later, Ray Parrish

[Guest +Bob+]

Re: .bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

 

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:53:51 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com>

wrote:

>for /f "tokens=1" %%a in (

> 'cscript.exe //Nologo %tmp%\today.vbs') do set today=%%a

 

Terry:

 

It seems to throw an error on this line. I don't know enough about

windows scripting to diagnose it.

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: .bat file to copy files using current date as part of name?

 

The date and time was 10/28/2008 6:00 PM, and on a whim, +Bob+ pounded

out on the keyboard:

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:53:51 -0700, "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com>

> wrote:

>

>> for /f "tokens=1" %%a in (

>> 'cscript.exe //Nologo %tmp%\today.vbs') do set today=%%a

>

> Terry:

>

> It seems to throw an error on this line. I don't know enough about

> windows scripting to diagnose it.

>

>

>

 

Did you just copy and paste all of it into your batch file? It runs

perfectly here and wherever I install it...

 

What is the error? You sure it's not about deleting the today.vbs in

the temp folder?

 

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