how to copy a folder by date?

[walter4991]

how can I copy a folder by date?

I have three folders, and copy that I created to last ... how do I do?
(Of course in batch...)

PLEASE HELP ME....

[aGerman]

This may help:

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@echo off &setlocal

set "rootfolder=C:\where\the\folders\are\placed"
set "destination=C:\where\the\latest\folder\should\be\copied"

pushd "%rootfolder%" ||goto :eof
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad /b /od') do set "latest=%%~a"
xcopy "%latest%" "%destination%\%latest%" /s/e/i/q/g/h/r/k/y
popd

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

This may help:

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@echo off &setlocal

set "rootfolder=C:\where\the\folders\are\placed"
set "destination=C:\where\the\latest\folder\should\be\copied"

pushd "%rootfolder%" ||goto :eof
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad /b /od') do set "latest=%%~a"
xcopy "%latest%" "%destination%\%latest%" /s/e/i/q/g/h/r/k/y
popd

Regards
aGerman

thanks a lot! works fine ...
I can explain the commands that you used? For example, what does "| |" or "& setlocal" and "latest =%% ~ a"??

thanks again ...

[aGerman]

what does "||"

If pushd fails then goto :eof (quit the batch) will proceeded.

or "& setlocal"

You probably don't need it. It's just to protect you from wrong values if you run several batch files in the same environment (e.g. by dropping them onto a a command prompt).

and "latest=%%~a"??

The tilde (~) would remove enclosing quotes from the value in %%a.

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

thanks a lot ... you are great ...
one last thing ... if I want to read a set of variables. ini file how can I do?
for example

Test.ini
color = fc
color = ab

batch
Set color1 = fc (reading from ini file)
Set color2 = 0A (reading from ini file)

[aGerman]

Test.ini
color = fc
color = ab

Don't use the same value for different data and be careful with white spaces (also in your batch code).

Test.ini

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color1=fc
color2=ab

ReadIni.bat

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@echo off &setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%a in (Test.ini) do set "%%a"
echo %color1%
echo %color2%
pause

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

sorry ... white space will not put them online is the translator that puts them ... xD (I'm Italian)

This code does not work ...

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@echo off &setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%a in (Test.ini) do set "%%a"
echo %color1%
echo %color2%
pause

you have some other idea?

[aGerman]

Hmm, works fine for me.
Did you change the Test.ini according my example? What is the output?

BTW: Why did you translate code or the content of files?

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

yes yes I changed it does not work not even open the DOS window.

[aGerman]

Show me the content of your INI file and your batch file (both enclosed in code tags). Otherwise I'm not able to see where it fails. As I said, the example worked for me.

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

code of batch:

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call C:\stile.bat

set/p "cho=>>> "
if %cho%==0 goto SCELTA
if %cho%==1 goto NE-AZ

:NE-AZ
color 09
echo color 09>C:\stile.bat
cls
:BI-AZ
color f9
echo color f9>C:\stile.bat
cls

I would write the color in a file. ini and then when it starts the batch to read and set the color written nell'file. ini ...

[aGerman]

Try:

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@echo off &setlocal

if exist style.ini for /f "delims=" %%a in (style.ini) do set "%%a"

if not defined color (
  setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
  set /p "color=Enter a color combination: "
  color !color!
  >style.ini echo color=!color!
  endlocal
) else (
  color %color%
)

pause

Regards
aGerman

[walter4991]

ok wrote in ini file ... but to load the color insert before, the initiation of the batch?

[aGerman]

Um, sorry ... what is the meaning of your last post
I don't get it.

Regards
aGerman