script to copy folder contents

[ful56_uk]

Hi guys

 

i am after a script or a bat file that will copy the contents of a folder on a local server to a network share but it creates a folder with the date and copys the contents to that folder on the share

 

any ideas?

 

mark

[box_l]

linky----->Create dir with current date then xcopy to it

 

response 2 should help you.

 

Box

[ful56_uk]

love that

 

cheers

[ful56_uk]

oh do you know what i would need to add to delete the contents of the source folder after it has copied?

 

@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date/T') do

 

set target=c:\backup\%%A%%B%%C

xcopy "C:\test\*" "%target%\" /E /-Y

[box_l]

DEL C:\test\*.*

 

if you have subfolders, then add

/S

 

it would be better to use robocopy though

Robocopy

 

with

/MOVE 

 

check out SS64.com Command line reference for detailed commands for most OS and languages.

 

BoX