Question

Create batch file to rename current folder, create new folder and zip the old folder and delete away if successful

Asked by: htetzaw

Hi All ,I need help to create batch file to rename current folder, create new folder and zip the old folder and delete away if successful . For e.g. One application is using this folder D:/SMEX/spammail folder and I will like to rename that folder , zip it with current date, create the new folder with same name (spammail) and delete the old folder if successfully zipped .Is there any way to use the batch file for above process . Thanks in advanced ! I am going to use it on window 2000 server .

This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.

Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get

Instant Access to this Solution

  • Plus...
  • 30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation
  • Collaborate with the world's top tech experts
  • Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database
  • Never be left without tech help again

Subscribe Now

Asked On
2009-02-18 at 19:38:00ID24156743
Topics

Exchange Email Server

,

Windows Batch Scripting

Participating Experts
1
Points
80
Comments
5

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

  • "The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.
  • "Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin
  • "Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.

Screenshot of an Article

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Access the answers to your technology questions today.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?

Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Trusted by the world's most respected brands.

image of each brand's logo

Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.

Experts Exchange Logo

Try it out and discover for yourself.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

Related Solutions

  1. Batch file to rename files.
    here is my prob. We reciently lost one of our Servers. We used a program to recover all the data (most of it) from the hard disk array (1.5 TB of data). All of the files are ZIP files. They are corrupt. We used a program the repair the corrupt Zip files, and now they are ...
  2. Zipping in batch files?
    Hi everyone, I am trying to create a batch file that will zip a certain file when actived by task scheduler. I have downloaded the new version of winzip which has a add on fuction which allows to use zip in the command line. The code for this is: Echo off d:\backup\Wzzi...
  3. Batch rename files inside zips
    As the title suggest I am looking for some examples that will let me batch rename files inside of zip files... here is an example of what I would like to do .... 1. Load the zip (sample.zip) Contents of the zip look like this: andna.jpg anoiun.jpg e89bo.jpg 33nnt.jpg ff...
  4. Batch file to copy and rename *.ZIP files
    I am not sure if this can be done through a batch file or not, Batch will look into M:\Groups\care\cost\2007 Folder 2007 exists of 14 other subfolders,(Ex: Axu) with in each of these folders there are 2 more folder, SMS_Folder,Client_Folder.(they might be more then 2 folder...
  5. Write a batch to determine .txt exists and rename extensio…
    Hello All, Need to write a batch file that does the following: - determine if a .txt file exists in a specific directory, e.g. C:\Directory, if a .txt exists in this directory get the name and replace the .txt with .zip then call another batch file, e.g. test1.bat ...

Free Tech Articles

  1. WARNING: 5 Reasons why you should NEVER fix a computer for free.
    It is in our nature to love the puzzle. We are obsessed. The lot of us. We love puzzles. We love the challenge. We thrive on finding the answer. We hate disarray. It bothers us deep in our soul. W...
  2. SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting
    SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispe...
  3. Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2
    This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the fo...
  4. Create a Win7 Gadget
    This article shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, ...
  5. Outlook continually prompting for username and password
    There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover t...
  6. Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup
    There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 s...

Cloud Class Webinars

  1. Avoiding Bugs in Microsoft Access
    Alison Balter takes and in-depth look at avoiding bugs in Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the immediate window to debug your applications, invoking the debugger, using breakpoints to troubleshoot, stepping through code, setting the next statement to execute, ...
  2. Top 10 Best New Features in Visio 2010
    Scott Helmers gives live demonstrations of the top 10 new features in Visio 2010. This webinar will teach you how to create compelling diagrams by adding shapes to the page with a single click, linking the shapes in a diagram to data in Excel (or SQL Server, or SharePoint), ...
  3. IT Consultant Business Secrets Revealed
    Michael Munger, Experts Exchange tech pro and IT consultant, pulls back the curtain on his very successful businesses and answers question on every IT consultant and business owner should know about. He shares secrets on what he did to solve the 5 most common problems in IT, ...
  4. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
    Quest CTO, Mike Billon, gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dunamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tooles for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a better understandin of where you are, where you want ...
  5. Organize Your Visio Diagrams with Containers and Lists
    Scott Helmers uses cross functional flowcharts, wireframe diagrams, data graphic legends and seating charts to teach you: how to ustilize all three new structured diagram components in Visio 2010, the best practices for organizeing shapes in previous version of Visio, how to organize ...
  6. How to Us Objects, Properties, Events and Methods in Microsoft Access
    Alison Dalter gives an in-depbth look at objects, properties, events and methods in Microsoft Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the object browser, referring to objects, working with properties and methods, working with object variables, understanding the ...

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.

Join the Community

Answers

 

by: GuruGaryPosted on 2009-02-18 at 21:11:14ID: 23678076

Yes.  The ZIP part will depend on which zip archiver program you have installed, and the date creation will depend on what date format you want and how your computer's regional settings are configured.  I will assume to following:
* You want an alphabetical date format of YYYYMMDD (20090218)
* The Windows 2000 server is configured for US English
* You are using 7Zip as your zip archiver (my personal favorite) installed in C:\Program Files\7-Zip

Try something like this:

@echo off
setlocal
set TargetPath="D:/SMEX"
set TargetDir="spammail"
set Zipper="C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
set Today=%date:~-4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%
 
ren %TargetPath%\%TargetDir% %TargetDir%_%Today%
if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto Error
md %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%
%Zipper% a %TargetDir%_%Today%.zip %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%_%Today%
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 rd /q /s %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%_%Today%
goto :EOF
 
:Error
echo Error renaming directory ... aborting
                                              
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:

Select allOpen in new window

 

by: htetzawPosted on 2009-02-18 at 23:58:48ID: 23678782

Hi Gary, Thanks . The script is working but is there any way to generate the error msg and cancel everything if zipping fail and where should I see the error msg . Thanks.

 

by: GuruGaryPosted on 2009-02-19 at 00:27:08ID: 23678915

Yes.  The script is already checking for an errorlevel on the ZIP process, so we can just add more logic to that part of it, and another error statement:

@echo off
setlocal
set TargetPath="D:/SMEX"
set TargetDir="spammail"
set Zipper="C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
set Today=%date:~-4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%
 
ren %TargetPath%\%TargetDir% %TargetDir%_%Today%
if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto ErrorRen
md %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%
%Zipper% a %TargetDir%_%Today%.zip %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%_%Today%
if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto ErrorZip
rd /q /s %TargetPath%\%TargetDir%_%Today%
goto :EOF
 
:ErrorRen
echo Error renaming directory ... aborting
goto :EOF
 
:ErrorZip
echo Error zipping files ... aborting
                                              
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:

Select allOpen in new window

 

by: htetzawPosted on 2009-02-19 at 19:04:33ID: 23688523

Thanks Gary! I will test it tonite and will let you know the result !

20120131-EE-VQP-002

3 Ways to Join

30-Day Free Trial

The Experts

98% positive feedback on 31,087 answers since March 2000. angeliii is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with MS SQL Server & Develoment.

He has also proven his knowledge of Visual Basic Programming, PHP Scripting and Oracle Databases.

The Experts

97% positive feedback on 10,752 answers since July 2000. lrmoore has more than 18 years experience in the networking industry.

The six-time Mircosoft MVPs specialties include firewalls, virtual private networking, and network management.

Testimonials

"...and excellent source for support... Kind of like having your very own IT dept." Electriciansnet

Testimonials

"I was apprehensive at signing up at first. However... it has already made my life as an IT administrator much easier." JaCrews

Testimonials

"WOW! You guys have great, active, and knowledgeable people on here." moore50

Business Clients

Business Clients

In the Press

"If you’ve got a question... Experts Exchange can supply an answer.”

In the Press

"...an invaluable aid for both IT professionals and those who require tech support."

In the Press

"where IT professionals provide quick answers on just about any topic"

Business Account Plans

Loading Advertisement...