making a backup script

[mjs_mjs]

So i googled about a bit and found the following command to drop into a batch file to copy files about, but it doesn't quite work.

 

xcopy c:\Hornresp\* c:\Hdata\%date:~0,3%\* /Y /Q /S

 

I get the following error (in attachment);

 

Many thanks to anyone who can shed light on why this might not be working for me.

[Steve21]

Your date formatting isn't correct I'd say. What is it you're trying to show with that?

 

Currently you're taking the first 3 letters, aka 02/ 02 is being added, then your / is making the next part a switch. I'm assuming you either want 0,2 or something totally diff?

 

Steve

Edited September 2, 2011 by Steve21

[Arthur]

The following will give you the date in YYYY-MM-DD format if that's of any use?

 

%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%

[mjs_mjs]

The following will give you the date in YYYY-MM-DD format if that's of any use?

 

%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%

 

awesome this worked a treat - thanks guys.