Hello,

I have a batch file which does some copy jobs nightly.

I wish to copy a file only if there is enough space, otherwise I wish to delete
some other file(s).

I get the size of the file to be copied by the for...%~zI - clause.
DIR gives me the free disk space into another variable.

Now I compare these values (and redirect the output into a logfile).
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Result of the *first* copy job:
disk free: 33013485568
file size: 18418023936

Result message of copy: "Network is not available any more"

Result of the *following* copy job:

disk free: 24847392768
file size: 18418023936

Result message of copy: "Not enough space available"


The *following* job (3037577216, 77614592) however succeeded as I expected.

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Whats wrong, any hints?

Thank You

Joachim

[Windows 2000 Server]

"Joachim Hofmann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have a batch file which does some copy jobs nightly.
>
> I wish to copy a file only if there is enough space, otherwise I wish to
> delete
> some other file(s).
>
> I get the size of the file to be copied by the for...%~zI - clause.
> DIR gives me the free disk space into another variable.
>
> Now I compare these values (and redirect the output into a logfile).
> ========================================================================
>
> Result of the *first* copy job:
> disk free: 33013485568
> file size: 18418023936
>
> Result message of copy: "Network is not available any more"
>
> Result of the *following* copy job:
>
> disk free: 24847392768
> file size: 18418023936
>
> Result message of copy: "Not enough space available"
>
>
> The *following* job (30 37 577 216, 77 614 592) however succeeded as I
> expected.
>
> ========================================================================
>
> Whats wrong, any hints?
>
> Thank You
>
> Joachim

Let's have a look at your batch file.
Also: Have you tried copying your files manually? If yes, by what method?

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> Have you tried copying your files manually? If yes, by what method?

Not so easy to reproduce by day.
This special case normally only happens on a Saturday, when the Admin was not
present to delete old files manually, so that on this day there is less disk
space.
On Mo-Fr, when there is more space, it works.

Example:
disk free: 66381103104
file size: 30682228224
-> copy ok

So I thought it could be a difference between actual disk space and calculated
disk space.

> Let's have a look at your batch file.

1 FOR /F "usebackq" %%F in (`DIR %BasePath% /AD /B`) DO (
2 FOR /F "usebackq tokens=2 delims= " %%D IN (`DATE /t`) DO (
4 FOR %%B IN (%BasePath%%%F\%Filemask%) DO (
5 ECHO Backup: %%~nxB to %%~nB_%%D%%~xB... >> logfile.log
6 ECHO Comparing free disc space and file size ...
7 FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3 delims=, " %%I IN (`DIR /-c ^| findstr "Bytes.frei"`) DO (
8 IF %%~zB GTR %%I (
9 ECHO No space -%%I- for file -%%~zB- , deleting existing file before copying new one
>> logfile.log
10 DEL %ZielMandantPfad%%%F\%%i >> logfile.log 2>&1
11 ) ELSE (
12 ECHO Space enough -%%I- for file -%%~zB- >> logfile.log
13 ))
14 COPY %%B %ZielMandantPfad%%%F\%%~nB_%%D%%~xB >> BefehlsausgabenVoll.log 2>&1
15 ...


In 4 I get the file name into %%B
In 7 I put the "Bytes free" output into %%I
In 8 I compare these two values to decide what to do: deleting existing file or
not

Hmm.. as I write this, I notice that in 10 I am using %%i, I think it should be
%%B; %%i is a size variable.

I will change that and watch what the job does.

Joachim

"Joachim Hofmann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>
> > Have you tried copying your files manually? If yes, by what method?
>
> Not so easy to reproduce by day.
> This special case normally only happens on a Saturday, when the Admin was
> not
> present to delete old files manually, so that on this day there is less
> disk
> space.
> On Mo-Fr, when there is more space, it works.
>
> Example:
> disk free: 66381103104
> file size: 30682228224
> -> copy ok
>
> So I thought it could be a difference between actual disk space and
> calculated
> disk space.
>
> > Let's have a look at your batch file.
>
> 1 FOR /F "usebackq" %%F in (`DIR %BasePath% /AD /B`) DO (
> 2 FOR /F "usebackq tokens=2 delims= " %%D IN (`DATE /t`) DO (
> 4 FOR %%B IN (%BasePath%%%F\%Filemask%) DO (
> 5 ECHO Backup: %%~nxB to %%~nB_%%D%%~xB... >> logfile.log
> 6 ECHO Comparing free disc space and file size ...
> 7 FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3 delims=, " %%I IN (`DIR /-c ^| findstr
> "Bytes.frei"`) DO (
> 8 IF %%~zB GTR %%I (
> 9 ECHO No space -%%I- for file -%%~zB- , deleting existing
> file before copying new one
> >> logfile.log
> 10 DEL %ZielMandantPfad%%%F\%%i >> logfile.log 2>&1
> 11 ) ELSE (
> 12 ECHO Space enough -%%I- for file -%%~zB- >> logfile.log
> 13 ))
> 14 COPY %%B %ZielMandantPfad%%%F\%%~nB_%%D%%~xB >>
> BefehlsausgabenVoll.log 2>&1
> 15 ...
>
>
> In 4 I get the file name into %%B
> In 7 I put the "Bytes free" output into %%I
> In 8 I compare these two values to decide what to do: deleting existing
> file or
> not
>
> Hmm.. as I write this, I notice that in 10 I am using %%i, I think it
> should be
> %%B; %%i is a size variable.
>
> I will change that and watch what the job does.
>
> Joachim
>

No, %%i is not a size variable, it is nothing because it is in lower case.
Your code does not appear to set it in any way.