basic .bat

[Expl0de]

There's some basic file manipulation that I have to do at my job on a regular basis, so I decided to try my hand at scripting. I was having a bit of trouble, so I figured I'd come here :) It's just a simple .BAT.

 

Objective:

Delete old directory from the user's desktop (always ends in suffix *_Agenda)

Copy new directory (changes weekly, format is Date_Agenda) to desktop.

Open date_agenda folder, and start the date_agenda.docx file.

 

Problems:

copy X:\ command only copies files; it does not copy entire directories.

The start command does not work, as it needs an exact filename to start and the filename changes weekly. Is there a way around this?

 

@echo off
echo Deleting old board files. 
del c:\users\board\desktop\*_Agenda
echo Complete!
echo Finding Directory....
cd X:
dir X:
echo Found directory, copying. Please wait.
copy X:\date_agenda C:\users\board\desktop\
echo Completed copying.
start c:\users\board\desktop\date_agenda\date_agenda.docx
pause

[obfuscator]

Is the date format always the same? If you're running this file weekly it might be possible to grab the system date and figure out the folder name that way.

[Expl0de]

yes, it goes, for example, 05.24.10_Agenda. How do I grab those specifics from the system, and not the time as well?

[obfuscator]

Hmm, ok, I'll try to find that out. What you want to do logic wise is grab the current date, append it to the _agenda file name, blah blah blah.

 

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-16514-batch-file-for-one-current-date-in-text-file

 

This might help you.

[Expl0de]

Hmm, ok, I'll try to find that out. What you want to do logic wise is grab the current date, append it to the _agenda file name, blah blah blah.

 

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-16514-batch-file-for-one-current-date-in-text-file

 

This might help you.

 

Thanks, it did. :) This saves SO much time.

[obfuscator]

No problem, glad you got it working :)

 

If you want, I know there's a simple free batch to EXE converter out there somewhere :P Don't remember a name/url though.