Writing a batch file

[Undeadlord]

Hey guys,

I have a question. I need to write a batch file that will run under Task Scheduler. I need it to get the time, make a directory with the name of the current time and move a file to that dir. Now the making a directing and copying a folder I can do. But how do I get the time and make the time th dir name? I think this would be done in Win98 .. but maybe WIn2k? .... SO could this be done at all and in both OS's? Thanks for your help.


Undeadlord

Edit: Spelled my own name wrong!!!

[digital_d_17]

Unfortunately, I don't believe that you can, with the built in functions of DOS (Batch files specifically) make a folder based on the current time. You might ask Microsoft this question, but I know of no command to do this. You might be able to write some sort of VB or C++ app to do this, but I'm not sure how.

[Undeadlord]

Well does anyone know how to write a small c++ that can do what I need?

Undeadlord

[strangerstill]

Just use Windows Scipting Host (vbs or js)
It superseded batch files years ago

http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/scripting

VBScript:

Dim fso, newFolderPath
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
newFolderPath = Now
While Instr(newFolderPath, "/")
newFolderPath = Left(newFolderPath, Instr(newFolderPath, "/")-1) & "." & Mid(newFolderPath, Instr(newFolderPath, "/")+1)
Wend
While Instr(newFolderPath, ":")
newFolderPath = Left(newFolderPath, Instr(newFolderPath, ":")-1) & "." & Mid(newFolderPath, Instr(newFolderPath, ":")+1)
Wend
newFolderPath = "C:\" & newFolderPath
fso.CreateFolder(newFolderPath)
fso.CopyFile "c:\windows\tips.txt", newFolderPath & "\"

[strangerstill]

Oh yeah, here's the JScript version:

JScript:

var fso;
var newFolderPath;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
newFolderPath = "C:\\" + ((String)(new Date())).replace(/\//g, ".").replace(/:/g, ".");
fso.CreateFolder(newFolderPath);
fso.CopyFile("c:\\windows\\tips.txt", newFolderPath + "\\");

[strangerstill]

Ooh. Note that the two scripts have different output. The .vbs gives

C:\22.09.01 19.49.54\

while the .js gives

C:\Sat Sep 22 19.49.54 UTC +0100 2001\

This is default behaviour but I guess consistency is possible; however I would recommend choosing one script and sticking to it.

[strangerstill]

Sorry. That should be
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/

[digital_d_17]

For VBscript, look up the DateFormat function.

[Dove19983]

This Would help me a good bit if I could copy a folder and lots of sub-directorys every few days. How Can I get this to copy the sub-directorys to?

[strangerstill]

Easy: just use the CopyFolder method of the FileSystemObject object in place of the CopyFile method.

So the line would be

fso.CopyFile "c:\windows\samples\*", newFolderPath & "\"

or

fso.CopyFile("c:\\windows\\samples\\*", newFolderPath + "\\");

[Dove19983]

Wow thanks worked great.
Takes less than a sec to backup a entire 20 MB Website.