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dos batch if exists problem

I am created a ms dos batch file that will check if a file exists in a drectory, but I keep on getting the unexpted at this time problem ...

here is what I am doing

set SrcFileDir=C:\SRC\
set SrcFile=TEST.TXT
set DestinationFileDir=c:\DEST\
set CASENumberForPromotion=123
set PromotionDate=20110101
set dosDumpFileName=sample.log
set DirCopyOldFilesDIR=%DestinationFileDir%%PromotionDate%\%CASENumberForPromotion%\
set OldFileExtenxtion=.%CurrentDateTime%

::------------------------------------------------------------
:: Define how to copy the files
::------------------------------------------------------------
:CopyFiles
set CopySource=%SrcFileDir%%SrcFile%
set DirCopyOldFilesDIR=%DestinationFileDir%%PromotionDate%\%CASENumberForPromotion%\
set OldFileExtenxtion=.%CurrentDateTime%
echo. CopySource=%SrcFileDir%%FILENAME% >> %dosDumpFileName%
For /F "tokens=*" %%n in ('dir %CopySource% /b') Do (
set TCopyFile=%%n
If Not Exist %DestinationFileDir%%TCopyFile% (Goto:CopyFile) Else (Goto:RenameCopyFile))
GOTO:EOF

:CopyFile
echo. copy %SrcFileDir%%TCopyFile% %DestinationFileDir%
GOTO:EOF

:RenameCopyFile
echo. rename %SrcFileDir%%TCopyFile% %SrcFileDir%OLD_%TCopyFile%%OldFileExtenxtion%
echo. copy %SrcFileDir%%TCopyFile% %DestinationFileDir%
GOTO:EOF

Bill Prew

What problem or error message are you having?

~bp

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Jayesh Acharya

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i get "unexpected at this time"

the error seems to be when it tried to check for the the file existance

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Jayesh Acharya

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ok this has got past the error, but for some reason the check
If Not Exist %DestinationFileDir%!TCopyFile!

is not logically working

unless I am reading it wrong.

I read this if as :

If the file c:\DEST\TEST.TXT does not exist then the if is TRUE

But when running it it comes out false.
any help??

Jayesh Acharya

ASKER

no i am just trying to loop through all the files that are in the directory, If I dont give a srouce file name
then I wanted to program to loop through every file in the srouce directory

So I am trying to make this work with just one file

You are right about the copy / reanme but at this point I wanted to fisrt make sure the logic is right

Jayesh Acharya

ASKER

thasnks again you are areally a big help

Jayesh Acharya

ASKER

nope im wrong i didnt save the changes before i re ran my script duh !!!
sorry
thanks again ...

this is what I am using
::------------------------------------------------------------
:: Define how to copy the files
::------------------------------------------------------------
:CopyFiles
set CopySource=%SrcFileDir%%SrcFile%
set DirCopyOldFilesDIR=%DestinationFileDir%%PromotionDate%\%CASENumberForPromotion%\
set OldFileExtenxtion=.%CurrentDateTime%
echo. CopySource=%SrcFileDir%%SrcFile% >> %dosDumpFileName%
For /F "tokens=*" %%n in ('dir %CopySource% /b') Do (
set TCopyFile=%%n
If Not Exist %DestinationFileDir%!TCopyFile! (
echo. the file !TCopyFile! does not exists in %DestinationFileDir%
echo. copy %SrcFileDir%!TCopyFile! %DestinationFileDir%
) Else (
echo. the file !TCopyFile! exists in %DestinationFileDir% , destination file copying file to DirCopyOldFilesDIR% first
echo. copy %DestinationFileDir%!TCopyFile! to %DirCopyOldFilesDIR%OLD_!TCopyFile!%OldFileExtenxtion%
echo. copy %SrcFileDir%!TCopyFile! %DestinationFileDir%
)
)
GOTO:EOF

the other varaibles are set before in other parts of the script

Jayesh Acharya

ASKER

brillian easy to understand

Bill Prew

Sorry, was a way, but glad that got you to a point you could work forward from.

~bp