My question may have answered someway or other but unfortunately I did not get the exact answer that I was looking for. Here is what I'm trying to do-
- create a folder on pc1,
c:\temp1
- map a network drive that contains source folder/files –
\\server1\directory1folder01...10000
( each day system creates either just single or multiple folders but with unique time stamp - copy the latest folder that was created in the PC1 i.e.
c:\temp1
This is what I have written in the batch file:
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@echo off
mkdir c:\temp1
echo mapping drive...
net use Y:\\server\directory1 /user:myusername mypassword
echo copying files/folders into c:\temp1....
xcopy Y:\ c:\temp1 /s/e/d:"%DATE%"
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It creates the c:\temp1
and maps the drive but can't copy.
Can anyone please help me here?
Kam
Best Answer
%DATE% will give you the format MM/DD/YYYY instead of the required MM-DD-YYYY
Try this instead to get dashes instead of slashes:
As a side note, if your using Windows 7 have a look at using the 'Robocopy' /MINAGE /MAXAGE command instead, as it is usually far more reliable than xcopy, and provides a lot more options.