All gists Back to GitHub Sign in Sign up ... Share Copy sharable link for this gist. Hello Wahine, Actually I would like a batch code example. when i run my batch file this erroe comes out, @echo off setlocal set srcDir=C:\Paul1\ set destDir=C:\Paul2\ 1. Copying files and taking file backups is a crucial part of our work schedule. I know files can be copied by its date with xcopy using a single line of code. This will move all files matching name "*.log" which have not been modified in the last 5 minutes from source folder "C:/Log Directory" to destination folder "C:/Moved Log Directory" . The example below grabs the newest file created and copies it to a new destination. Example: @echo off xcopy C:\Folder\text.txt C:\User\Username\Desktop However before copying, It should rename old filles to today's date and then copy the new file which results in a backup of the previous version along with the new version. *" F:\BACKUP\Pictures /s /h /i /y The example of batch file to get latest modified file. Test it first. Please help to me in that Example. I refered to a post made about 2 years ago, and while it appeared to be valid code it did not work in W7. The example of batch file to get latest modified file. I am trying to write a batch script, that will copy only modified files from a source folder to a destination folder(I am sure XCOPY does the work for this) . ( In this case *.bak) 4. You may want to copy files from one place to another. Set the srcdir to where the original files reside 2. I am trying to copy files from a folder with numerous subfolders to another drive using a batch file. @Paulkan: I don't know what "2^" is supposed to accomplish in your dir command, but you may not need it or the redirection to NUL. Squashman Expert ... Im trying to have my batch script to copy a .txt file from one folder and copy it to another folder only if the test.txt file date modified is the same as the system date...can this be done in batch? - last_modified_file.bat. We often take backups or copy files only that are required and leave out the rest. Hi any one can help me on my problem?? 01-01-2016 to 03-31-2016). Skip to content. Set up to run in Microsoft scheduler. Set the destdir to where your destination is to be 3. So I'm attempting to copy the last file modified in a directory and I'm having trouble. You can use the command xcopy.The syntax is xcopy c:\From C:\To. I want to copy files within specific date ranges (ex. When all working, schedule the following command in task scheduler. above code working fine to copy all the files from source which start with ProductMix_ , but with that I also want to pass modified date , so It can move only given modified date file. But I want to set an absolute number of files to be copied independent of the modified date. - last_modified_file.bat. @TheMeq: The quotation marks are okay, and would be necessary if there are spaces in any of the filenames. I am using this command with Xcopy: xcopy "C:\Users\John\Pictures\*. At that, we mostly need only the modified files. Maybe to refer to what we had worked on and modified last time or what more changes are to be made to that file according to work progress. Last edited by dbenham on 25 Jun 2012 16:06, edited 1 time in total. Top. In this example we'll teach you. Set the file type you wish to apply to. Back to GitHub Sign in Sign up... Share copy sharable link for this gist single line code! 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