Question

DOS batch file backup script

Asked by: parcou

How can I modify the code\script below to:
-exclude specific file types (eg. mp3, m4a, mpg, etc)
-hide\mask the error message when it searches for the SD\USB drive name on each pass
-run minimized (optional)

Goal: We have laptops with SD drives and I have added a 32GB SD to each PC. I want to run an automated backup controlled by a batch file (see code below) and use Windows Task Scheduler to kick off the backup at a scheduled time daily. Yeah poor man way but boss will not offer any assistance so I have to work with a homebrew :-) My users need a backup safety net...

---------
I have a DOS code below created by one of the great users here. It works great but I need to take it up a notch.

-The script will search for a USB (SD soon) drive name 'IMG DRV' or whatever I call it

-Currently it is set to search drive letters (C,D,E,F,G,I,J). I usually do not see letters higher than J. Beforehand it was set all the way to 'Z' but it hangs on network drives until it times out.

-I get an error (nothing major but will alarm users) when running the drive look-up cycle until it finds the correct drive letter. I added the 'cls' between the script below to try clearing it on each drive letter look-up pass. Beforehand it listed a drive look-up error for each following letter on a new line until the drive was finally found. I WOULD LIKE to hide/mask that if possible until the letter is found.

(extracted from the code below)
"%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
cls <--- I added this was not there before......
goto end

-Last part of the code will copy the needed data to a USB drive or in my case will be the attached SD drive on the laptop. I WILL ADD more lines of data in the script to backup but I want to EXCLUDE certain file types like (music, movies, videos, etc). How can I do that?

Please help me modify or rewrite this code if needed for my two (three) main questions above. My DOS knowledge is beginner.

Thx

@echo off
 
REM ---------
REM BACKUP
REM ---------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS and APPLICATIONS NOW!!
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
ECHO Your hard drive is about to be searched for Documents,
ECHO Databases, Spreadsheets, and Email storage files.
ECHO.
ECHO All files of these types will be saved to 
ECHO your REMOVABLE DEVICE in their original
ECHO directories\folders.
ECHO.
ECHO This will replace any previous backup on the
ECHO removable drive.
ECHO.
 
PAUSE
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Finding Removable Drive Letter Code...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=unknown
 
for %%a in (C,D,E,F,G,I,J) do call :testdrive %%a
goto continue
 
:testdrive
set test=%1
REM Use Dir to get drive label.  Sets drive variable
for /f "tokens=5,*" %%x in ('dir %test%:\*.* 2^>NUL ^| find /i "volume in drive"') do if /i "%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
cls
goto end
 
:continue
cls
echo.
echo USB drive was found...
echo.
echo The drive name is. %testfor% 
echo Drive letter is.  %drive%
echo.
echo.
REM xcopy c:\source\*.* %drive%\backup /e /i /y
 
pause
cls
 
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Starting Backup Routine...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
ECHO Copying "My Documents" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\My Documents" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Desktop" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Desktop" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Favorites" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Favorites" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Storage" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.pst" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Nickname File" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nk2" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook_NK2\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "AXSOne" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\AXSOne\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\AXSOne" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Siebel-SROC Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.7\web client\LOCAL\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\SROC\Local" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "I-ROAM Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\NikeGolf I-ROAM\*.sdf" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\IROAM" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Wallpaper" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\*.bmp" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\" /e /h /i /y
 
 
dir %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\ /s > %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\backup_log.txt
 
 
 
cls
ECHO.
ECHO Your BACKUP has been completed!!!.  
ECHO It is located on your removable device
ECHO in a folder called: _Rep_Backup
ECHO.
ECHO You may disconnect your device from the PC!
ECHO.
ECHO Please continue to periodically backup...
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Systems Tech Support
ECHO.
PAUSE

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Asked On: 2009-04-20 at 20:55:53ID24340013
Tags: dos
,; windows xp
Topics: MS DOS
,; Windows XP Operating System
Participating Experts: 2
Points: 500
Comments: 16

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Answers

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 06:53:01ID: 24194312

why not use redirection?

You can redirect standard output and AND standard errors

if you append '>NUL' to the end of a line, output is redirected (in this case) to the NUL device - ie, it just doesn't go anywhere and therefore won't be displayed. Try this:

ECHO Hello World>NULL

It just disappears. You can also redirect output to a file such as:

ECHO Hello World>c:\file.txt

Again, nothing appears on the screen however, this time, a file is created (C:\FILE.TXT) and if you examine it's contents using TYPE FILE.TXT then you will see the text "Hello World".

Now, if you run a batch file with ECHO ON rather than ECHO OFF, then you'll see DOS expand the command line from:

ECHO Hello World>NUL

to:

ECHO Hello World 1>NUL

Interesting!!!! You can actually just add the line "ECHO Hello World 1>NUL" yourself and DOS won't have to do the conversion for you.

Anyway, the '1>NUL' instructs DOS to output all standard output to the NUL device (or in the case of 1>C:\FILE.TXT, to a text file named FILE.TXT in the root folder of drive C:).

Now then... Just as you can redirect standard output, you can ALSO redirect standard error messages as in:

ECHO Hello World 2>NUL

Hmmm..... What's going on here then. Here, the text "Hello World" is displayed on the screen as usual and because there are no errors, nothing is redirected however, if we did something like:

TYPE X:\file.txt

If the drive X: does not exist, you're going to get an error on the screen hoever, if you redirect all errormessages as in:

TYPE X:\file.txt 2>NUL

The this time, if the drive (or the file) do not exist then the error message will just get sent to NUL (nowhere) - which is great because it doesn't mess up your screen.

Finally, how about this:

TYPE c:\file.txt 1>c:\file2.txt 2>NUL

This says, write the contents of the file C:\FILE.TXT to the file C:\FILE2.TXT (rather than the screen) AND write any errors to the NUL device (should there be any!).

You could have also done:

TYPE c:\file.txt 1>"c:\output file.txt" 2>"error file.txt"

Here's a variation (Try it)....

>>file.txt ECHO Hello World
>>file.txt ECHO Hello Again....

Google redirection, it's fascinating and it has many powerful and everyday uses.

Final word:

ECHO Hello World 1>file.txt

the '>' will CREAT the file FILE.TXT whereas using '>>' will APPEND to the file as in:

ECHO Hello World 1>>file.txt

Try it. Experiment. Have fun.

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 07:07:31ID: 24194516

Oh, just noticed you ARE already familiar with redirection!!! Sorry for the previous whaffle.

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 07:51:50ID: 24195073

How about testing for each drive first as in:

IF EXIST x:\ (
SET drive=x
) ELSE (
SET drive=
)

This also works too...

IF EXIST x:\NUL (
...
...

So, you could do something like:

for %%a in (C,D,E,F,G,I,J) do if exist %%a:\nul call :your_process_name %%a

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 08:31:04ID: 24195575

Please try this.... remove the added ECHO and REM statements to perform the XCOPYs etc...

@echo off

REM ---------
REM BACKUP
REM ---------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS and APPLICATIONS NOW!!
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
ECHO Your hard drive is about to be searched for Documents,
ECHO Databases, Spreadsheets, and Email storage files.
ECHO.
ECHO All files of these types will be saved to
ECHO your REMOVABLE DEVICE in their original
ECHO directories\folders.
ECHO.
ECHO This will replace any previous backup on the
ECHO removable drive.
ECHO.

rem PAUSE

REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Finding Removable Drive Letter Code...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=unknown

echo Searching for removable drive...

for %%a in (C,D,E,F,G,I,J) do (
call :testdrive %%a
if not defined drive (
echo Cannot find USB drive. Backup aborted.
exit /b 1
)
)

rem cls
echo.
echo USB drive was found...
echo.
echo The drive name is. %testfor%
echo Drive letter is. %drive%
echo.
echo.
echo xcopy c:\source\*.* %drive%\backup /e /i /y

rem pause
rem cls

REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Starting Backup Routine...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECHO Copying "My Documents" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\My Documents" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Desktop" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Desktop" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Favorites" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Favorites" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Email Storage" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.pst" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook\" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Email Nickname File" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nk2" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook_NK2\" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "AXSOne" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\AXSOne\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\AXSOne" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Siebel-SROC Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.7\web client\LOCAL\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\SROC\Local" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "I-ROAM Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\Program Files\NikeGolf I-ROAM\*.sdf" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\IROAM" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Wallpaper" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
echo xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\*.bmp" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\" /e /h /i /y

rem dir %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\ /s > %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\backup_log.txt

rem cls
ECHO.
ECHO Your BACKUP has been completed!!!.
ECHO It is located on your removable device
ECHO in a folder called: _Rep_Backup
ECHO.
ECHO You may disconnect your device from the PC!
ECHO.
ECHO Please continue to periodically backup...
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Systems Tech Support
ECHO.
rem PAUSE
exit /b

rem ==========================================
rem TESTDRIVE
rem ==========================================
:testdrive
set test=%1
REM Use Dir to get drive label. Sets drive variable
for /f "tokens=5,*" %%x in ('dir %test%:\*.* 2^>NUL ^| find /i "volume in drive"') do (
if /i "%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
)
exit /b

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 08:47:54ID: 24195794

Sorry... Replace:

REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=unknown

with the following:

REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=

This will ensure the batch file aborts if it cannot find the drive.

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 08:49:14ID: 24195807

And then run the code as is (without taking out the additional ECHOs and REMs) to see the run-effect.

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-21 at 09:13:27ID: 24196053

t0t0

I am not familiar with DOS and the code was written by someone else for me I posted it here to modify it a bit.

1. Thx the tutorial I am read word for word. I will test all the examples shortly
2. Help me out a bit more since I am green. Can you copy part of the code and insert you you recommend in there for me. I am not sure where to add it. I assume between lines 34-41.

3. Any idea on how I can exclude file types in this code for the xcopy process

THX!!!

by: AmazingTechPosted on 2009-04-21 at 09:18:03ID: 24196104

Create a file "ExcludeExt.txt" with the extensions you want to exclude 1 on each line in the same folder as your batch file.

.mp3
.avi
.mpg

The exclude will exclude if the match is found in the entire path so

C:\Music files all .mp3\AlbumListing.doc

Will be excluded because the folder name has .mp3

Your script doesn't have a label END so I changed it to :EOF.

I added code to remove network drives found with "net use". You might still have a problem with CDROM drives not accessible.

I would probably think changing the script to use WMIC and querying removeable drives would be better.

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
REM ---------
REM BACKUP
REM ---------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS and APPLICATIONS NOW!!
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
ECHO Your hard drive is about to be searched for Documents,
ECHO Databases, Spreadsheets, and Email storage files.
ECHO.
ECHO All files of these types will be saved to 
ECHO your REMOVABLE DEVICE in their original
ECHO directories\folders.
ECHO.
ECHO This will replace any previous backup on the
ECHO removable drive.
ECHO.
 
PAUSE
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Finding Removable Drive Letter Code...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=unknown
set drives=C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
 
Set AllNetworkLetters=
for /f "tokens=1 delims=:" %%a in ('net use ^| find ":"') do (
    Set NetworkLetter=%%a
    Set AllNetworkLetters=!AllNetworkLetters!,!NetworkLetter:~-1!
)
 
 
for %%a in (%AllNetworkLetters%) do (
    Set Drives=!Drives:%%a=!
    Set Drives=!Drives:,,=,!
)
 
Echo %Drives%
Pause
 
for %%a in (%Drives%) do call :testdrive %%a
goto continue
 
:testdrive
set test=%1
REM Use Dir to get drive label.  Sets drive variable
for /f "tokens=5,*" %%x in ('dir %test%:\*.* 2^>NUL ^| find /i "volume in drive"') do if /i "%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
cls
goto :EOF
 
:continue
cls
echo.
echo USB drive was found...
echo.
echo The drive name is. %testfor% 
echo Drive letter is.  %drive%
echo.
echo.
REM xcopy c:\source\*.* %drive%\backup /EXCLUDE:"%~dp0\ExcludeExt.txt" /e /i /y
 
pause
cls
 
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Starting Backup Routine...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
ECHO Copying "My Documents" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\My Documents" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Desktop" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Desktop" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Favorites" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Favorites" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Storage" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.pst" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Nickname File" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nk2" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook_NK2\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "AXSOne" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\AXSOne\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\AXSOne" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Siebel-SROC Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.7\web client\LOCAL\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\SROC\Local" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "I-ROAM Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\NikeGolf I-ROAM\*.sdf" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\IROAM" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Wallpaper" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\*.bmp" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\" /e /h /i /y
 
 
dir %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\ /s > %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\backup_log.txt
 
 
 
cls
ECHO.
ECHO Your BACKUP has been completed!!!.  
ECHO It is located on your removable device
ECHO in a folder called: _Rep_Backup
ECHO.
ECHO You may disconnect your device from the PC!
ECHO.
ECHO Please continue to periodically backup...
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Systems Tech Support
ECHO.
PAUSE

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by: AmazingTechPosted on 2009-04-21 at 09:19:19ID: 24196116

Opps. For my testing lines 46 and 47 can be removed when you give this to your users. It merely shows the letters it will use to search/test for.

by: t0t0Posted on 2009-04-21 at 09:31:11ID: 24196252

AmazingTech
Hello.... Just gonna look at your code in a mo to see if I've missed something myself....

parcou
In the meantime, here's your code (edited). It should work to the specs you've given....

@echo off

REM ---------
REM BACKUP
REM ---------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS and APPLICATIONS NOW!!
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
ECHO Your hard drive is about to be searched for Documents,
ECHO Databases, Spreadsheets, and Email storage files.
ECHO.
ECHO All files of these types will be saved to
ECHO your REMOVABLE DEVICE in their original
ECHO directories\folders.
ECHO.
ECHO This will replace any previous backup on the
ECHO removable drive.
ECHO.

PAUSE

REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Finding Removable Drive Letter Code...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=

echo Searching for removable drive...

for %%a in (C,D,E,F,G,I,J) do (
call :testdrive %%a
if not defined drive (
echo Cannot find USB drive. Backup aborted.
exit /b 1
)
)

cls
echo.
echo USB drive was found...
echo.
echo The drive name is. %testfor%
echo Drive letter is. %drive%
echo.
echo.
rem copy c:\source\*.* %drive%\backup /e /i /y

pause
cls

REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Starting Backup Routine...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECHO Copying "My Documents" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\My Documents" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Desktop" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Desktop" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Favorites" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Favorites" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Email Storage" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.pst" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook\" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Email Nickname File" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nk2" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook_NK2\" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "AXSOne" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\AXSOne\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\AXSOne" /e /h /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Siebel-SROC Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.7\web client\LOCAL\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\SROC\Local" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "I-ROAM Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\NikeGolf I-ROAM\*.sdf" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\IROAM" /e /i /y

ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO Copying "Wallpaper" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\*.bmp" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\" /e /h /i /y

dir %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\ /s > %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\backup_log.txt

cls
ECHO.
ECHO Your BACKUP has been completed!!!.
ECHO It is located on your removable device
ECHO in a folder called: _Rep_Backup
ECHO.
ECHO You may disconnect your device from the PC!
ECHO.
ECHO Please continue to periodically backup...
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Systems Tech Support
ECHO.
PAUSE
exit /b

rem ==========================================
rem TESTDRIVE
rem ==========================================
:testdrive
set test=%1
REM Use Dir to get drive label. Sets drive variable
for /f "tokens=5,*" %%x in ('dir %test%:\*.* 2^>NUL ^| find /i "volume in drive"') do (
if /i "%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
)
exit /b

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-26 at 22:27:38ID: 24239049

t0t0

Sorry for the delay suffered a family loss so I was out a few days...back to business...

I tested (coped) the code as is but I cannot get it to complete. I run the bat file and as soon as I see the:

Searching for removable drive...

the command window closes...what am I missing? I have the USB drive attached by the correct volume name but I see nothing else in the code because the window closes after the echo string above

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-26 at 23:15:23ID: 24239200

AmazingTech

Your code is working perfectly. I have not tested the exclude code yet will do so in the morning... One question. I ran the script with the USB drive removed although it said it was not found it will run the code xcopy the files but with no backup drv attached it goes no where:

How could you add a simple code IF drv by volume name is not found it goes to :end where I can echo a message 'no drive found terminating backup"....?

Thx

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-27 at 00:07:27ID: 24239390

AmazingTech

Not having much luck with the EXCLUDE....can you explain to me how to code is called in the script where you added /EXCLUDE:

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-27 at 08:15:17ID: 24242612

AmazingTech...

I did figure out that the /EXCLUDE:"%~dp0\ExcludeExt.txt" would show in the command window as:

cannot read: "e:\\excludeExt.txt"

by putting a pause in the code. I changed it to: /EXCLUDE:"%~dp0ExcludeExt.txt" and it shows as:

cannot read: "e:\excludeExt.txt"

Although the file is there I still cannot get the script to read it....

by: parcouPosted on 2009-04-27 at 09:04:10ID: 24243112

AmazingTech

Got the exclude to work found by just putting in a direct path to the c: drive over the %~dp0

I am almost there:

Can you help me with the other question above:

Your code is working perfectly. I have not tested the exclude code yet will do so in the morning... One question. I ran the script with the USB drive removed although it said it was not found it will run the code xcopy the files but with no backup drv attached it goes no where:

How could you add a simple code IF drv by volume name is not found it goes to :end where I can echo a message 'no drive found terminating backup"....?

Thx

by: AmazingTechPosted on 2009-04-27 at 11:29:52ID: 24244323

Hmm... Sorry I haven't been on Experts Exchange much. I've been busy with other things.

Will you only ever have 1 removable drive with IMG_DRV? Because the script currently will only back up the last one found.

Anyways here's the update you wanted (if I understand what you want).

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
REM ---------
REM BACKUP
REM ---------
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS and APPLICATIONS NOW!!
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
ECHO Your hard drive is about to be searched for Documents,
ECHO Databases, Spreadsheets, and Email storage files.
ECHO.
ECHO All files of these types will be saved to 
ECHO your REMOVABLE DEVICE in their original
ECHO directories\folders.
ECHO.
ECHO This will replace any previous backup on the
ECHO removable drive.
ECHO.
 
PAUSE
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Finding Removable Drive Letter Code...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
REM The string below will be for the DRIVE Name eg. set testfor=ABS
set testfor=IMG_DRV
set drive=unknown
set drives=C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
 
Set AllNetworkLetters=
for /f "tokens=1 delims=:" %%a in ('net use ^| find ":"') do (
    Set NetworkLetter=%%a
    Set AllNetworkLetters=!AllNetworkLetters!,!NetworkLetter:~-1!
)
 
 
for %%a in (%AllNetworkLetters%) do (
    Set Drives=!Drives:%%a=!
    Set Drives=!Drives:,,=,!
)
 
Echo %Drives%
Pause
 
for %%a in (%Drives%) do call :testdrive %%a
if /i "%drive%" == "unknown" (
    echo No drive with LABEL: %testfcr% was found. Terminating backup.
    goto :EOF
) else (
    goto continue
)
 
:testdrive
set test=%1
REM Use Dir to get drive label.  Sets drive variable
for /f "tokens=5,*" %%x in ('dir %test%:\*.* 2^>NUL ^| find /i "volume in drive"') do if /i "%%y"=="%testfor%" set drive=%test%:
cls
goto :EOF
 
:continue
cls
echo.
echo USB drive was found...
echo.
echo The drive name is. %testfor% 
echo Drive letter is.  %drive%
echo.
echo.
REM xcopy c:\source\*.* %drive%\backup /EXCLUDE:"%~dp0\ExcludeExt.txt" /e /i /y
 
pause
cls
 
 
 
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Starting Backup Routine...
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
ECHO Copying "My Documents" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\My Documents" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Desktop" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Desktop" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Favorites" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Favorites" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Storage" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.pst" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Email Nickname File" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nk2" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\Outlook_NK2\" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "AXSOne" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\AXSOne\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\AXSOne" /e /h /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Siebel-SROC Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.7\web client\LOCAL\*.*" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\SROC\Local" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "I-ROAM Database" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Program Files\NikeGolf I-ROAM\*.sdf" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\IROAM" /e /i /y
 
ECHO.
ECHO.
 
ECHO Copying "Wallpaper" Folder to Backup device...
ECHO.
ECHO.
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\*.bmp" "%drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\" /e /h /i /y
 
 
dir %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\ /s > %drive%\_Rep_Backup\%username%\backup_log.txt
 
 
 
cls
ECHO.
ECHO Your BACKUP has been completed!!!.  
ECHO It is located on your removable device
ECHO in a folder called: _Rep_Backup
ECHO.
ECHO You may disconnect your device from the PC!
ECHO.
ECHO Please continue to periodically backup...
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Systems Tech Support
ECHO.
PAUSE

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