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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.