I need to set up a bat file that will use xcopy to copy a directory
from one drive to another. The resulting directory needs to
incorporate the date that it is copied into the name. Something like
this:

xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-10-oct-2008\*.*

I need to do this on a regular basis, so how can I pull the date
within the bat file into a variable?

Also, assuming I can get the date into a variable named something like
"DateIn" will a command like this work:

xcopy c:\bigdir\*.*/s/e d:\bigdir-%DateIn%\*.*

Thanks,

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:28:59 -0700, Ray Parrish <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Another link offers the following code which is similar to the last link
>there -
>
>for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
> (set Dy=%%i)
> (set Mth=%%j)
> (set Yr=%%k)
>)
>I've modified the last line of his code below to show how to name your
>directory.
>
>mkdir c:\%Dy%-%Mth%-%Yr%
>
>This assumes you want it on the C drive, change the drive and pathname
>to what you need.

Thanks Boys, this got me where I needed to go.


>
>Later, Ray Parrish

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:53:51 -0700, "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>for /f "tokens=1" %%a in (
> 'cscript.exe //Nologo %tmp%\today.vbs') do set today=%%a

Terry:

It seems to throw an error on this line. I don't know enough about
windows scripting to diagnose it.