Windows Copy Script

[bbbngowc]

Hello Good peeps of Mother Earth,

Can someone help me with a Windows scripts please?

I need a script that will:

1. Check a directory for new files

2. Copy ONLY new files to another location

3. Repeat the process

I can do this in UNIX with the -newer command, but I'm unfamiliar with a way to do this in Windows. Does anyone have a script on hand that can do this? I looked at RoboCopy and RichCopy for Windows, but they don't have the flexibilty I'm looking for.

I tried using the below commands and it works ... except .... I have another system doing an FTP to get the copied files. Once the system copies the files using ftp, it renames and moves the files. Because of this, when the xcopy command runs again, it recopies all the files. I don't want this.

set backupcmd=c:windowssystem32xcopy.exe /c /d /e /h /r /y

set dt=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%

%backupcmd% source_dir *%dt%.txt destination_dir

[Yzöwl]

Have you thought about date/time stamps?

[bbbngowc]

What I'm trying to do is:

1. Check a directory for all files

2. copy all files with *.tada extensions

3. modify a file "afterme.txt"

When the script runs again it should:

1. Check a directory for all files newer than "afterme.txt"

2. Copy all new files with the *.tada extension

3. modify the "afterme.txt" file

I can do this in unix with the following command "find / -type f -name "*.tada" -newer afterme.txt -exec cp {}......" But I don't know how to duplicate this in windows. Obviously the newer command doesn't exist in windows. XCOPY doesn't offer this kinda of flexibilty, I don't know VB or Perl, but I need something to accomplish this task in windows.

[bbbngowc]

What I'm trying to do is:

1. Check a directory for all files

2. copy all files with *.tada extensions

3. modify a file "afterme.txt"

When the script runs again it should:

1. Check a directory for all files newer than "afterme.txt"

2. Copy all new files with the *.tada extension

3. modify the "afterme.txt" file

I can do this in unix with the following command "find / -type f -name "*.tada" -newer afterme.txt -exec cp {}......" But I don't know how to duplicate this in windows. Obviously the newer command doesn't exist in windows. XCOPY doesn't offer this kinda of flexibilty, I don't know VB or Perl, but I need something to accomplish this task in windows.

Someone just reminded me of Cygwin. Since I can do what I need in UNIX, Cygwin is the answer!

[SenHu]

The original poster wants to

1. Check a directory (assuming C:/dir1) for all files

2. copy all files with *.tada extensions (assuming to C:/dir2)

3. modify a file "afterme.txt" (assuming also in C:/dir2)

Here is a script in biterscripting (http://www.biterscripting.com/install.html) . Will work on all windows versions.

# Get the modification time stamp of file C:/dir2/afterme.txt.
var str timestamp; af "C:/dir2/afterme.txt" 
if ($fexists)
	set $timestamp = $fmtime;
endif
# If afterme.txt does not exist, then $timestamp will remain empty.

# Get a list of *.tada files in directory C:/dir1 which were modified after $timestamp.
var str filelist; lf -n "*.tada" "C:/dir1" ($fmtime >= $timestamp) > $filelist

# Copy files one by one.
while ($filelist <> "")
do
	var str file; lex "1" $filelist > $file
	system copy ("\""+$file+"\"") "C:/dir2"
done

# Modify the modification timestamp for the afterme.txt file.
echo > "C:/dir2/afterme.txt" 

# We are done !

Sen

[jaclaz]

Here is a script in biterscripting (http://www.biterscripting.com/install.html) . Will work on all windows versions.

Still, you didn't reply/comment on the other thread :

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...131969&st=5

Are you somehow connected to the site/company?

Can you share some info on the program?

jaclaz