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by jc001
16 Dec 2018 14:21
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Creating a folder with today's date
Replies: 5
Views: 6378

Re: Creating a folder with today's date

Many thanks for all your help on this. I have managed to find another way of doing this. I will keep your suggestions for future tasks though.
by jc001
16 Dec 2018 12:22
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Using xcopy with folders with spaces
Replies: 2
Views: 2951

Re: Using xcopy with folders with spaces

Steffen

That's it!! I knew it was something as simple as that.
Changing the line:
For /D %%K IN ("C:\This Folder\*") DO ...
works for me!!
Thank you so much!! :D
by jc001
15 Dec 2018 12:08
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Using xcopy with folders with spaces
Replies: 2
Views: 2951

Using xcopy with folders with spaces

Using xcopy with the code below. I have read you can put double quotes around the source and destination folder so that the folders with spaces can be treated correctly as a directory. However, when I use quotes around the path it shows an error: Invalid number of parameters For /D %%K IN ("C:\This ...
by jc001
06 Dec 2018 13:04
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Creating a folder with today's date
Replies: 5
Views: 6378

Re: Creating a folder with today's date

Squashman - Many thanks for the quick reply. However, I am not familar with these. This code was written by someone else and left with comments in but I have substituted the following lines of code is this correct? Also what do I need to change to make a folder with the current date? SETLOCAL FOR /f...
by jc001
06 Dec 2018 12:25
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Creating a folder with today's date
Replies: 5
Views: 6378

Creating a folder with today's date

Hi Is it possible in the code below to have the folder that is created to be today's date as the folder name? At the moment it's copying files and folders to a folder C:\Temp\test\backup\ but I would like the copied contents to go to a folder with the date structure yyyy_mm_dd, e.g C:\Temp\test\back...