I am new to this , Actually my requirement is to take backup of some XML file from one machine to another machine .So my senario would be when i click on the batch file it will create a new folder on the second server (name of the folder should be date and time )and under this folder it paste all the copied files .
I need to create a new folder every time as i am doing version control.
Thanks
VG
The batch file is very simple
#echo off
setlocal
set "copydest=%date%_%time%"
for %%i in (/ - : .) do call set "copydest=%%copydest:%%~s=%%
xcopy "c:\path\to\your\datafiles\*.xml" "c:\parent\%copydest%\"
which should copy the .xml files from the directory c:\path\to\your\datafiles\ to a new directory under c:\parent\which has the date/time as its name.
The precise structure of that date/time depends on your settings. If you don't tell us what your settings are, we'd have to write a book about all of the possible combinations - not going to do that.
The for %%i... line does the removal of the common date/time separators; of these : and / are the important ones since they are invalid in a filename.
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So, I'm programming a game, but the compiler I use is written as a Windows batch file. I'm using Windows 10 as my operating system.
In my game files, I have one folder with images, and another folder with upscaled versions of those images that have the same file name and extension.
What I want to do is have the batch file go through all the images in the directory with the upscaled images, and check if a file with the same name and extension exists in the directory with the original images. If it doesn't exist in the original directory, it will delete it from the upscaled directory.
I got it working using an answer over here:
Batch Extract path and filename from a variable
All I had to do was extract the file name and extension, and then run all the files in one folder through the loop, checking if the file exists in the other folder.
Here is my code:
for %%i in (%folder1%\*.png) DO (
if not exist "%folder2%\%%~nxi" ECHO %%~nxi
)
If you actually want to delete the files, change ECHO to del /q, be warned you will lose files, so make sure you have backups.
I am trying to copy all .txt files that I have scattered throughout several subdirectories of one main directory into another directory using a batch file. I have research this site and found lots of answers at this link: batch file Copy files with certain extensions from multiple directories into one directory. Like the code below from Jay:
set dSource=C:\Main directory\sub directory
set dTarget=D:\Documents
set fType=*.doc
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /a-d /b /s "%dSource%\%fType%"') do (
copy /V "%%f" "%dTarget%\" 2>nul
)
My question is how to modify this code or other codes on this link to batch copy the files with time stamps, like I only want to copy .txt files created from Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 1, 2012.
My suggestion for finding and moving *.txt files in a directory tree of a drive, or the entire drive, or even multiple drives with last modification date in a definite time period is:
Start Windows Explorer.
Click on button Search.
Open advanced search options for finding files and folders.
Select/enter to search for files by last modification date.
Enter the two dates to specify time period or select the time period.
Run the search.
Select all found files in search result, for example with Ctrl+A.
Press Ctrl+X to mark the found files for being cut (moved).
Open the folder into which the files should be moved.
Press Ctrl+V to paste the files (move them).
That's it.
Nobody needs to code a batch job for this task if this find + move files job should not be done periodically using a scheduling task.
The exact steps for doing such an advanced find for files in a definite time period with Windows Explorer depends on version of Windows. See for example the computer tips
Find files by date modified in Windows for Windows 8/7/Vista, or
for Windows XP: How do I search for a file on my computer?
And of course there are many freeware and shareware tools which support also finding files according to various search criterias like last modification date within a specified time period and move them.
Well, that does not really answer the question as it does not contain the batch code for doing the job. So I answer this question with another question:
Why thinking about coding a batch file for such a task hard to adapt for varying dates if dozens of GUI applications including Windows Explorer exist doing the same by simple user input with no need on coding skills and therefore very easy to use, and the find + move must be done only once or from time to time with changed criterias?
I am completely new to this, but I am trying to create a .bat file that will allow me to rename a pair of files within a designated folder and move them into a subfolder. The part I am having trouble with is that I am wanting a prompt to come up to identify/select the files to be renamed and moved.
Example file names are:
A1234, A1235, A1236, B1234, B1235, B1236, etc.
Is there a way to bring up a prompt that allows the user to type the shared name (ex 1234)of the files and rename and move both files to the designated subfolder?
Any and all help would be appreciated!
Suggested approach
for part of problem
part I am having trouble with is that I am wanting a prompt to come
up to identify/select the files to be renamed and moved. Is there a
way to bring up a prompt that allows the user to type the shared name
(ex 1234)of the files and rename and move both files to the designated
subfolder?
Do a search operation using wildcard, like "?1234" for the case highlighted above ( should be made generalized for all acceptable and expected patterns "*1234*" is the generic most )
Now do a RENAME inside a For loop on the results obtained by search.
As you suggest you are a newbie with Batch, following tutorials will help you build your file. Look for elements like Variables, For Loop
Batch Tutorial
Here you go
#echo off
set /p file=Please type shared name:
for %%a in (C:\Folder\?%file%.*) do (
move "%%a" subdir
ren "subdir\%%a" newname.*
)
MY QUESTION:
I have the same situation as Rishi. I have a number of versions of the same song by the same artist that appear on different CD's. If I use the batch command as written, will DOS overwrite songs with the same name, even if the file size is different for each unique file?
PREVIOUS QUESTION: DOS command to move all files in subdirectories one level up
REFERENCE Rishi asked the question on Jan 15th:
"I have a folder with a lot of sub folders with one or more files in each. I am trying to write a batch file that moves all those files to C:\songs (for example).
C:>FOR /R C:\Test %i IN (*) DO MOVE %i C:\Songs
The folders Test and songs exist, but I get an error saying
%i was unexpected at this time.
What am I doing wrong?"
ANSWER WAS
"FOR /R %i IN (C:\Test*) DO MOVE "%i" C:\Songs
In a batch file, it has to be %%i. Weird quirk of batch."
Within a given folder there can only be one version of a file with a given name. When executed within a batch, the MOVE command will automatically overwrite any pre-existing file of the same name. So the answer to your question is - YES, a file with the same name will be over-written, even if it has a different file size. (Note - if you are using Windows XP then you are not using DOS)
You can prevent a batch move from overwriting an existing file by piping N to MOVE with the -y option:
echo n | move /-y "%%~i" "C:\songs\"
If you want to copy and preserve both versions into the same folder, then at least one version will have to be renamed. You will have to decide what kind of naming scheme you want to use before you can begin coming up with a solution.
I need to copy files from one machine to my local disc using batch commands.
My files contain the date in dd-mm-yyyy format. But in case if i am using this:
-%date:/=-%
it is interpreted as "day" and then date which is not really associated with my file name at the source end.
Once I click my bat file it will copy one folder say "xyz dd-mm-yyy" I want to copy only today's folder as on my source machine saved last 7 days folder.
EDIT: my folder name on source machine is Site_info 11-07-2011 and tomorrow one more folder will get added to the same machine with name site_info 12-07-2011. I want to run the bat file machine where it will copy only today's folder.
EDIT2: Thanks for kind support still i am not able to achieve my target.If possible please provide the commands for following situation
My machine path :c:\Documents and Settings\user1\Desktop\SITE_INFO\Site_info 12-07-2011 where Site_info 12-07-2011 will change to site_info 13-07-2011
Source address :- \97.253.72.127\Cdma Site_info\Site_info 12-07-2011 Tomorrow one more folder will get add on this path with dated like \97.253.72.127\Cdma Site_info\Site_info 13-07-2011
If you mean that there's the 'day of week' part preceding the date and you want to get rid of that part, then you'll probably need an additional variable. First you'll cut off the day of week, then replace / with -, like you are already doing. It might be something like this:
…
SET "dateonly=%date:~4%"
SET "dateonly=%dateonly:/=-"
…
COPY \\computer\share\path\whatever-%dateonly%.ext drive:\path\%dateonly%\
…
You could try to puzzle the date the way you want it:
set mydate=%date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%-%date:~-4%
xcopy /E /I "Site_info %mydate%" "Copy\Site_info %mydate%"