Batch Script to check date created of 2 exe. If source is newer, run command

That sounds good.  I was thinking of suggesting xcopy before I saw Bill had already responded.  As you can use xcopy to copy a file if newer, I was thinking of using /L option to not copy but just say if it needed to copy, i.e.

xcopy /d /l /y file2.exe file1.exe

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If file2.exe is newer than file1.exe then it will show the filename and 1 File(s) otherwise 0 File(s)

You could use that inside a script if wanted along the lines of:

xcopy /d /l /y file2.exe file1.exe | find /v "0 File" > NUL

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The errorlevel from that of 1 would mean the files are the same, errorlevel 0 means do the copy

xcopy /d /l /y file2.exe file1.exe | find /v "0 File" > NUL && ECHO NEED TO COPY NEWER FILE

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or

xcopy /d /l /y file2.exe file1.exe | find /v "0 File" > NUL
if errorlevel 0 ECHO NEED TO COP NEWER FILE

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Bill's technique looks neater but that should work too if needed.

Steve

Nice!

Change point split to:

    Bill Prew's comment #a41892972 (200 points)
    Bill Prew's comment #a41892355 (100 points)
    Steve Knight's comment #a41892624 (200 points)

~bp