Question

xcopy to copy modified or new files after certain date

Asked by: paul_at_work

Hi
im trying to copy all folders and files either modified or created since 28th october to an external drive and keep the folder structure

ive tried using this command inside the correct drive path:
xcopy \myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /A /D:10-28-09

but it doesnt appear to copy anything, although i know there are some relevant files in there.

for example I have
main\myfolder\paul\file1.txt
main\myfolder\newfolder\file1.txt

i want it to copy all those relevant files to the external drive and keep folder structure
f:\myfolder\paul\file1.txt
f:\myfolder\newfolder\file1.txt

many thanks

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2009-11-03 at 08:03:40ID24867558
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Answers

 

by: TheNauticanPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:13:56ID: 25730437

try xcopy myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /A /D:10-28-09
without leading \

 

by: TheNauticanPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:14:57ID: 25730448

and probably all the /I switch

 

by: TheNauticanPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:16:11ID: 25730473

xcopy myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /A /I /D:10-28-09
like so....

 

by: JSunnPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:17:26ID: 25730490

Do all of those file have the archive bit set? Try dropping the /A.

 

by: NetcraftPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:21:49ID: 25730546

Perhaps the date notation is incorrect? Start Control Panel --> Regional and Language Options. Under the fiels Short date, are there dashed between the numbers, and are they dd-mm-yyyy? Try the full year.

Possibly the calender-entry is incorrect. Check the settings from Regional and Language Options, choose Customize, tab Date, look at Calender.

 

by: vahiidPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:26:41ID: 25730614

Or use RoboCopy if your windows has it:

Robocopy myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /MAXAGE:20091028

 

by: garycasePosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:30:19ID: 25730661

I'd use XXCopy -- it's like XCopy on steroids :-)     It's got all the features of Robocopy and then some.    There are so many options it can be a bit intimidating -- but just look at the ones you need (e.g. date-related) and it's not hard at all.

http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm

 

by: paul_at_workPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:39:34ID: 25730757

i tried dropping the / in front and it didnt help.

jsunn- i need to copy modified and new files only from that date, so is that ok to drop the /a?
i spose it would be as the /D: is telling it to only copy files after that date (although i want to be sure it copies modified files aswell as new files)
i issued this command with /l as suggested by nautican above and it listed 3 files
but it didnt seem to copy them?

i checked the date format and im entering the syntax correctly

 

by: paul_at_workPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:41:17ID: 25730773

i was trying to do it with xcopy rather than robocopy or xxcopy but i will try those if i cant get it working with xcopy

 

by: JSunnPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:43:44ID: 25730803

Try this
Change the year to 08, see if anything copies. If so then its a date issue. Other wise hard code all the paths from this:
xcopy \myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /A /D:10-28-08

to this: (replace c:\ with your path)
xcopy C:\myfolder\*.* f:\myfolder /S /A /D:10-28-08

 

by: paul_at_workPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:48:24ID: 25730874

dropping the /l helped- as that seem to only list files it wanted to copy

the bit that made it work was dropping the archive bit as recommended by jsunn

thanks for all your advice

 

by: JSunnPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:49:43ID: 25730887

Glad you got it working.

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