Why is the date not added to the saved folder in the attached code?

@echo off
:: variables
set drive=F:\Backup
set folder=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

md "%drive%\eDIGS_%folder%"

%backupcmd% "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW" "%drive%\eDIGS_%folder%"

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

oops, i put the date on the wrong folder:

@echo off
:: variables
set drive=F:\Backup
set folder=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

md  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW_%folder%"

%backupcmd% "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW_%folder%" "%drive%\eDIGS"

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

actually, the first one may have been right after all -- I'm confused by your last sentence: "...the current date is added to the "eDIGSNEW" folder" - I think you mean the eDIGS folder instead, correct?

I'm adding an echo statement for clarity:

@echo off
::variables
set drive=F:\Backup
set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
set backupcmd=xcopy/s/c/d/e/h/i/r/y

md "%drive%\%folder%"

@echo %backupcmd%  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  "%drive%\%folder%"
%backupcmd%  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  "%drive%\%folder%"

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

Yes. That was a mistake. The date should appear on the "eDIGS" folder. Thanks

Note that I added eDIGS to the folder variable in my most recent post:  
set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%

What is the meaning of /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y?  Thanks

Tested your code. Did not add date to the eDIGS Folder.
See error message. I had another folder in the Backup Folder = eDIGS3.15.11

It says the folder it is attempting to create already exists and then creates an eDIGS folder without the date.
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To see the meaning of the XCOPY options, do this at a command prompt:

xcopy /?

What is the meaning of these letters    /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y?

Used your latest code exactly and got exactly the same result =   F:\BAckup\eDIGS

NO DATE is added to the end of the eDIGS folder.  

please run this at a command prompt and post the result here:


set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
echo %folder%

C:\Users\Administrator>

now post the result of this command:

date/t

see attached
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Any ideas about the issue here?

you used the wrong slash:  use / instead of \  as in date/t

You will need to press CTRL-C to break out of the date prompt above (if it is still like that).

also, in addition to date/t please re-run the following and paste another screenshot as you did above:

set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
echo %folder%

Screen shot attached. Thanks
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this is two separate commands:

first run:
set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%

THEN run:
echo %folder%

Screen shot attached -
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That is the expected result.  Do me a favor and cut-n-paste this into a separate batch file and show the result here.  It won't do anything, it just echos the commands.

@echo off
setlocal

::variables
set drive=F:\Backup
set folder=eDIGS_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%
set backupcmd=xcopy/s/c/d/e/h/i/r/y

ECHO md "%drive%\%folder%"

ECHO %backupcmd%  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  "%drive%\%folder%"
REM  %backupcmd%  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  "%drive%\%folder%"

REM echo Backup Complete!
REM @pause

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I cut and pasted into notepad and saved as a .cmd file. Ran it and it did nothing as you said.  Screen shot of cut and paste is attached. Is that what you are looking for?
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sorry, i get what you are doing now.  I didn't realize you would be double-clicking it.  (I run .cmd files from a command prompt, but either way works.)

Remove the word "REM" before @pause on the last line -- save it and run it again.

I can not cut and paste into the cmd prompt. Can you?

Screen shot attached. Looks like your code works.
Something I forgot to mention. The first time I ran your code, I got a message that it could not be saved because this file already existed and it displayed eDIGS_2011_03_16 in the message. This is very strange since there never was such a file in the F:\backup folder.  I'm going to create another folder and try saving into a different folder.
Thanks,
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Actually, you can cut-n-paste to a command prompt by setting the "Quick Edit" option, but don't worry about that now, it isn't important.

The output shows that the script is working as expected -- assuming you are specifying the correct source directory to be backed up.

Let's try a simpler version that doesn't use all the variables (which aren't really necessary)

@echo off
 setlocal

 set today=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%

 if not exist "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW\*" echo No files exist in "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  & exit/b

 md "F:\Backup\eDIGS_%today%" >nul

 xcopy/s/c/d/e/h/i/r/y  "C:\shared$\eDIGSNEW"  "F:\Backup\eDIGS_%today%"

 echo Backup Complete!
@pause

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Tried to email this about 20 minutes ago but EE site was unavailable.  PROBLEM SOLVED.

Looks like I made a mistake and left out two of the "%"  Sorry about that.  Thought I cut and pasted it in but must not have.

If I could, I'd give you more points for the extra effort you put in.  I appreciate your sticking with this.

Have a great day.

Thanks for the extra effort.
Excellent solution+++

I gave you the highest scores and yet they scored it at 7.8 - very good?
Whatever algorithm they use to calculate the score needs to be updated.
Does not reflect the actual process. Thanks again.

no worries, i've never understood the scoring anyway.  :)