batch command to copy a file with specific date

HI

You can use the forfiles command to achieve this task where you can search for a file how old it is and delete it. You might need to download the command and paste it in system32

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/y2kfix/x86/

how can i use this to cpoy a file with specific date in the file name?

Check your system date format with DATE-command.

Assuming your system date format is dd-mm-yyyy...

Set File_Prefix=File1_

Set mm=%DATE:~3,2%  
Set dd=%DATE:~0,2%
Set yy=%DATE:~8,2%

REM Variable to adress file
set File_name=%File_Prefix%%dd%-%mm%-%yy%

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With COPY-command...

Schedule this batch script with standard Windows Task Scheduler...

Set File_Prefix=File1_

Set mm=%DATE:~3,2%  
Set dd=%DATE:~0,2%
Set yy=%DATE:~8,2%

REM Variable to adress file
set File_name=%File_Prefix%%dd%-%mm%-%yy%
 
Copy C:\DIR1\%File_name% C:\DIR2

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Thommy

not work

What's your system date format???

The paramters for the following commands must be adapted to your special system date format.

Open a DOS box and Type in "DATE" to check for your date format.
date.bmp

Sorry, have forgotten the commands which must be adapted to your date format:

Set mm=%DATE:~3,2%  
Set dd=%DATE:~0,2%
Set yy=%DATE:~8,2%

If this is not your problem, please tell me more detailled what goes wrong!!!

hi,

La date du jour est : 30/11/2010
Entrez la nouvelle date : (jj-mm-aa)

Your script map the current date to the file to copy, but if i need to copy a file with old day, its not work...

for exemple if i need to copy to day a file named "File1_28-11-10", its not work because your script use a variable for today and try to copy this file: "File1_30-11-10"

replace the fileName and destinationFolder and execute the script

this is vbscript

save the file as .vbs and execute it as

cscript filename.vbs

fileName = "test_"
destinationFolder = "c:\test"
datePattern = Year(Date) &  "-" & Month(Date) & "-" & Day(Date)
datePattern = Right("0" & Day(date),2) & "-" & Right("0" & Month(date),2) & "-" & Right(Year(date),2)
fileName = fileName & datePattern
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFSO.MoveFile fileName, destinationFolder

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What do you want to do in detail???

Do you want to copy files with current date or with old date???

itkamaraj

Not work

what error you are getting ?

please give the correct file name and where you want to move the file ?

i want to copy the file, not move him.

the file name is test_29-11-10.txt. i need to copy it to c:\test.

the file name can change, for exemple, to day the file name is test_30-11-10.txt

Tomorow, the file name must be test_01-12-10.txt.

Thanks

try this

fileName = "test_"
destinationFolder = "c:\test"
datePattern = Year(Date) &  "-" & Month(Date) & "-" & Day(Date)
datePattern = Right("0" & Day(date),2) & "-" & Right("0" & Month(date),2) & "-" & Right(Year(date),2)
fileName = fileName & datePattern
fileName = fileName & ".txt"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFSO.copyFile fileName, destinationFolder

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Schedule this batch with Windows Task Scheduler as a daily task, so that the file is copied to destination directory daily...

Set File_Prefix=test_
Set File_Ext=.txt
Set Dest_Dir=c:\test

Set mm=%DATE:~3,2%  
Set dd=%DATE:~0,2%
Set yy=%DATE:~8,2%

REM Variable to adress file
set File_name=%File_Prefix%%dd%-%mm%-%yy%%File_Ext%
 
Copy %File_name% %Dest_Dir%

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