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Hello All Is it possible to use a varible with the set command? Im trying to create a directory to backup files into. So Im using the "set BACKUP_DIR=\ESM_Backup_5_x\Latest" however I would like to have the script name the folder with the current date and time. The problem is throughout th...

Thanks that worked great!

Ok I have the bat file working great. I would like to add a log file that keeps track of failures. In the event of a failure the script does the following; :exitError echo. echo Backup Failed! echo. pause exit /B 1 could I add something like "echo failed >> c:\log.txt" to create a log file...

Hehe, I get the feeling a lot of people come here expecting someone to write or fix their script rather than lead them in the right direction. Netcom, I don't fully understand your problem or script, but if you're trying to put the current date into the name of a new directory, the script would go ...

Thanks for your help, But Im not sure understand how to use that in my script. Im pretty new to this stuff. So if I understand correctly I would use set filename=%date:~0,14% ipconfig >> "c:\%filename%.txt" and that would create a new folder with the currently date/time? How would I add th...

Hello All, Im trying to modify the below script to create the folder woth a time/date stamp each time the batch file is ran. Currently the batch file stops in error if a folder exist. Whats the easiest was to accomplish this? @echo off : : BackupESM.bat : : This batch file will save a backup of the ...