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Copy A file + Append Date to that file

Dear All,

I need a bat file for this :

I have a folder that contain several files, for example Folder A with 3 files : Susan.log, Mitch.log, Bryan.log. OS : Windows XP

I want to copy those 3 files to folder B, but I need when copied the file name will append date time with format : yyyymmdd. With the yyyymmdd is fetched from the modified date of those 3 files.

So
File in Source Folder Modified Date The result of copy in Folder B
================= ============== =============================
Susan.log 23-March-2010 Susan-20100323.log
Mitch.log 18-Dec-2009 Mitch-20091218.log
Bryan.log 7-Dec-2008 Bryan-20081207.log

Please give me the bat file for these results : copy files from folder A to Folder B, with the files name including the modified date of the corresponding files.

Farhan Kazi

Check following batch script if this helps!

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%I IN ('DIR C:\DATA\*.log /B') DO (
	SET TDate=%%~tI
	SET MM=!TDate:~0,2!
	SET DD=!TDate:~3,2!
	SET YYYY=!TDate:~6,4!
	ECHO Coping "%%I"
	COPY "%%I" "D:\DATA\%%~nI_!YYYY!!MM!!DD!%%~xI">NUL)

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softbless

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Hi, it's not working.

I save your code in test.bat, and i run it from CMD

It said : copying... (see image)

But in d:\data there are no files copied.

Please help. Thank you.
cmd-printscreen.jpg

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Farhan Kazi

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