Guest Doo4fun Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Batch file runs at cmd.exe but exits with 0x1 when attempting to run in Schdueled tasks. My intent is to delete all files with the .bak extention in Z:\ (this is a network share that is mapped on the local server) then copy the most recent .bak file to that directory In Schedule tasks the Run = c:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /c D:\Copy2Share\FileCopy.bat @ECHO OFF rem This script Deletes all *.bak files rem then Copies most recent .bak file to directory set localdir=O:\SQL-Backup\ set destdir=Z:\ del /s "%destdir%*.bak" for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%localdir%*.bak" /b /od') do set "file=%%a" copy "%localdir%%file%" "%destdir%" >nul Your assistance is appreciated. Doo4fun -- Doo4fun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doo4fun's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=50918 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=980326 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Re: Bat file will not run in Windows Schedule Tasks "Doo4fun" <Doo4fun.3ag1fd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:Doo4fun.3ag1fd@DoNotSpam.com... > > Batch file runs at cmd.exe but exits with 0x1 when attempting to run in > Schdueled tasks. > My intent is to delete all files with the .bak extention in Z:\ (this > is a network share that is mapped on the local server) then copy the > most recent .bak file to that directory > > In Schedule tasks the Run = c:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /c > D:\Copy2Share\FileCopy.bat > > @ECHO OFF > rem This script Deletes all *.bak files > rem then Copies most recent .bak file to directory > > set localdir=O:\SQL-Backup\ > set destdir=Z:\ > > del /s "%destdir%*.bak" > > for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%localdir%*.bak" /b /od') do set > "file=%%a" > copy "%localdir%%file%" "%destdir%" >nul > > Your assistance is appreciated. > Doo4fun > > > -- > Doo4fun Don't use fixed share drive letters in scheduled tasks - it won't work properly. Use UNC coding instead.
Guest Doo4fun Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Bat file will not run in Windows Schedule Tasks That was it. Really appreciate your response. Thanks, Doo4fun -- Doo4fun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doo4fun's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=50918 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=980326 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Bat file will not run in Windows Schedule Tasks "Doo4fun" <Doo4fun.3ahnrd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:Doo4fun.3ahnrd@DoNotSpam.com... > > That was it. Really appreciate your response. > > Thanks, > Doo4fun > Thanks for the feedback.
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