Batch File Help

[Jokerswild]

I have a batch file on my USB Drive. When I run it, it makes a backup copy of everything that has been updated on the drive onto my hard drive. I want to make the batch file automatically creates a folder with that days date and move the backup copy there. So it would create on folder for today, one folder for tomorrow, etc.

What syntax would I need to throw in there?

[saladbarkid]

I found this online:

Here is the website, so the author gets his credit:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/computer...g_tips956.html

Code:
echo on
@REM Seamonkey's quick date batch (MMDDYYYY format)
@REM Setups %date variable
@REM First parses month, day, and year into mm , dd, yyyy formats and then combines to be MMDDYYYY

FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%

Just copy this text into a batch file; run the batch file; In dos, change to the directory of the folder you wish to change; Type "ren foldername %date%"

(Do not type the quotes)Replace foldername with the name of the folder you wish to change the name of.

[Jokerswild]

Here is what I have so far :


@Echo Off

Echo This Program is for Copying Files.
Echo Used to create backup copy of flash disk

mkdir "F:\Backup"


xcopy /w /d /y /h /e "C:\Documents and Settings\wb277600\Favorites"
"F:\Backup"


Echo Copy complete
Pause

Echo Hopefully this will rename the folder to today's date.

REN "Backup" "%mm%%dd%%yyyy%"
Echo Rename Complete
Pause


Where you see the second ECHO command, followed by (what I think is...) the rename command, I just need the command that will insert the date.

[saladbarkid]

Tell it to run the batch code above then use REN "Backup" %date%

That should do it.

[Jokerswild]

That seems like it should work but whenever I run it, I get an error message "The syntax of the command is incorrect". I've tried making a test file and running the command directley from the command prompt but receive the same error.

I've tried several combos like %d%, %date......

[saladbarkid]

Hmmm...that's odd. It ran fine for me on 2000. Try copying the code from the website link I provided and add it into a batch. Just make sure you are not adding in the ren command into the batch - that needs to run after the batch is run.

[Jokerswild]

I finally got it to work, I used the code below which is similar to what you showed me in that link.


Echo Hopefully this will rename the folder to today's date.


Rem Get Day,Mth & Year from %Date%
set Day=%Date:~0,2%
set Mth=%Date:~3,2%
set Yr=%Date:~6,4%


ren "backup" %Day%-%Mth%-%Yr%


Pause



Any idea how to squeeze the time feature in there as well? I've tried this line

set time=%time.....
but I don't know what the put after that.

I'm not batch-file smart.