Batch file to move all subdirectories except one

[jfunk]

Not sure how to do this.

I have an application that produces various files inside folders named by date. It also produces index files named by date in the root folder.

I want to have a scheduled task to run at the end of every month to move all of the folders to a different location, except the current day's items. OS is Win2K3.

Example:

C:\FOLDER contains 20090701.txt, 20090702.txt, 20090703.txt, etc...

C:\FOLDER\LOGS contains subdirectories named: 20090701, 20090702, 20090703, etc...

I want to MOVE all the files in C:\FOLDER and all the subdirectories in C:\FOLDER\LOGS to a different location, but not touch today's files.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

j

 

[EagleKeeper]

If the extensions are consistent - just change the extension of what you do not want to move.

Run a xcopy batch file to copy the files and delete the originals by extension.
rRname the unmoved file back to proper extension and you should be all set.

 

[Engineer]

Are you running this on the last day of the month or the 1st day of the next month? (yes, it can make a difference )

 

[Engineer]

The following will change the name of today's text file, move the others to the folder of your choice, and then rename today's text file back...

You need to download Deltree.exe (to remove the directories by wildcard)...

Click me for Deltree.exe.

You need replace c:\backupfolder with the location that you want to copy this stuff to. Also, you need to substitute the c:\path\ for your location that you store deltree.exe.


c:
cd \FOLDER
ren %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt sample.txt
move 2*.txt c:\backupfolder
ren sample.txt %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%.txt


cd logs
ren %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2% sample
xcopy 2*. c:\backupfolder\logs /E
c:\path\deltree /Y 2*.
ren sample %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%

 

[Engineer]

LOL, the OP is MIA. It's been a week since he/she logged on!

 

[EagleKeeper]

It is frustrating to provide advice/guidance to people then they never show back to follow up.:|

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
It is frustrating to provide advice/guidance to people then they never show back to follow up.:|

I just want to know if it works. By helping people out lately, I've dug up old programming that I've used to help myself out (backing up files by date in folders via example of the same batch file above).

 

[statik213]

install the windows 2003 resource kit then use robocopy, robocopy /? for help:

robocopy srcDir destDir /XF "fileName to exclude" /XD "subdirs to exclude"


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http://www.microsoft.com/Downl...790cffd&displaylang=en

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: statik213
install the windows 2003 resource kit then use robocopy, robocopy /? for help:

robocopy srcDir destDir /XF "fileName to exclude" /XD "subdirs to exclude"


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http://www.microsoft.com/Downl...790cffd&displaylang=en

That sure the hell beats my solution, lol!

Edit: How to create it in the form to exclude "today's" file and "today's" folder though without manually typing the entry?

Edit #2: Nevermind, it has maxage and minage options to allow by dates (i.e. over 1 day old, etc).

 

[jfunk]

Hey all, thanks for the help.

Sorry I was MIA for a while there, had some priority stuff come up and this kind of got pushed aside, then I went on vacation.

I completely forgot about Robocopy! Thanks for the reminder, that will certainly do the trick...I actually have that installed on my workstation and still forgot about it. Doh.