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Windows Batch File Need to Get Exact Run Time of File Copy
I have a batch file that runs a scheduled file copy every 2 hours. This file copy is time sensitive. Is their some way I can have the file copy write to a text file when the file copy starts and write to the file again when it completes?
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oBdA: I tried your suggestion. The log file shows the the end time stamp but not the beging. Please see my copy and paste of my syntax below. Please note I set the log file to over write each time.
set LogFile=C:\CopyLog.txt
>"%LogFile%" echo Start copy: %Date% %Time%
copy u:\clean.db c:\
>"%LogFile%" echo End copy: %Date% %Time%
set LogFile=C:\CopyLog.txt
>"%LogFile%" echo Start copy: %Date% %Time%
copy u:\clean.db c:\
>"%LogFile%" echo End copy: %Date% %Time%
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set logfile=C:\CopyLog.txt
echo Start time: !date! !time! >> %logfile%
copy u:\clean.db c:\
echo End time: !date! !time! >> %logfile%
set logfile=C:\CopyLog.txt
echo Start time: !date! !time! >> %logfile%
copy u:\clean.db c:\
echo End time: !date! !time! >> %logfile%
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What does this line do??
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
It enables delayed expansion of variables such as %time% and %date%, so that they will be calculated at execution time. This also requires the !time! syntax instead of %time% , for example.
also, for good form you might want to include this line at the very end of your batch file:
endlocal
endlocal
however, after taking a second look at your post, I think your problem has to do with the single > instead of the double >> in your output re-directs. The single > will overwrite the existing file, whereas the double >> will append to it. If this is the case then the delayed expansion syntax is probably not necessary, and you can go with oBdA's original suggestion using >> instead of >
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How can I set script to overwrite the same text file each time though?
I suggest using a single > when writing the start time and a double >> when writing the end time.
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Everytime I add one > instead of two using the orginal post it just writes the end time to the log file and not the start time.
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that seems to work.
Tracerpt
Processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and allows you to generate trace analysis reports and CSV (comma-delimited) files for the events generated.
Syntax
tracerpt [FileName [filename ...]] [-o [FileName]] [-report [FileName]] [-rt session_name [session_name ...]] [-summary [FileName]] [-config [FileName]
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Parameters
FileName [ filename ... ] : Specifies the name of the file for the event trace session. You can specify multiple files.
-o [ FileName ] : Specifies the name of the CSV (comma-delimited) file. If no files are specified, then the default is dumpfile.csv and not summary.txt.
-report [ FileName ] : Specifies the name of the output report file. Default is workload.txt.
-rt session_name [ session_name ... ] : Gets data from the realtime data source. To use this option, include the event trace session.
-summary [ FileName ] : Specifies name of output summary file. Default is summary.txt.
-config FileName : Specifies the pathname of the settings file that contains command line parameters. Use this to enter your command line options into a file.
/? : Displays help at the command prompt.