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I meant %date% in the above code - not %dat% (a typo)<br />
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This might look neater:<br />
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copy /y /z &quot;\\192.168.2.121\Title Loan Professional Plus\database\titleloan2k_<wbr />be.mdb&quot; N:\Athens 2&gt;&gt;error.log<br />
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 (<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;echo %date% %time% Error occured copying titleloan2k_be.mdb &gt;&gt;error.log<br />
)<br />
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I meant %date% in the above code - not %dat% (a typo)

This might look neater:

copy /y /z "\\192.168.2.121\Title Loan Professional Plus\database\titleloan2k_be.mdb" N:\Athens 2>>error.log
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 (
   echo %date% %time% Error occured copying titleloan2k_be.mdb >>error.log
)



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For some reason the second answer didn't work but this one worked perfectly. &nbsp;Thanks!
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For some reason the second answer didn't work but this one worked perfectly.  Thanks!

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I have a batch file I've written that copys a file every night over our VPN from each of our stores to the server. &nbsp;The problem is that if there's an error then I don't know it. &nbsp;Is there a way using a switch or DOS to generate a log.txt file only if there's an error such as if the VPN were down? &nbsp;Below is an example of my file at present.<br />
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copy &quot;\\192.168.2.121\Title Loan Professional Plus\database\titleloan2k_<wbr />be.mdb&quot; N:\Athens /y /z<br />

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I have a batch file I've written that copys a file every night over our VPN from each of our stores to the server.  The problem is that if there's an error then I don't know it.  Is there a way using a switch or DOS to generate a log.txt file only if there's an error such as if the VPN were down?  Below is an example of my file at present.

copy "\\192.168.2.121\Title Loan Professional Plus\database\titleloan2k_be.mdb" N:\Athens /y /z


DOS batch file to copy and generate a log file only if there's an error

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.

Microsoft DOS

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.