Append timestamp to copy or move operation?

[SIMMS7400]

HI Folks -

I have a need to append a timestamp to block of code that does a move and a block of code that does a copy.

I've been able to acheive my goal do if know hte file names, such as this:

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FOR /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set timestamp=%%a%%b)
FOR /f "tokens=* delims= " %%c in ("%timestamp%") do (set timestamp=%%c)

::-- Setting PEMFIN Error Path --::
FOR /D %%f IN (%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\) DO (
                
    ::-- Setting PEMFIN Error File Names --::
    FOR %%b IN ( PEMFIN_dataload_adminfct.txt PEMFIN_dataload_adminfx.txt  PEMFIN_dataload_empfct.txt  PEMFIN_dataload_empfx.txt  ) DO (
                                
      ::-- Making Error File Archive Directory --::
         IF NOT EXIST "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%" MKDIR "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
                                
        ::-- Copy all *.err files to archive directory and append timestamp --::
        ECHO F | XCOPY /F "%%f%%b" "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%\%%~nb_%timestamp%%%~xb"

    )
)

But, having trouble adapting these (2) portions of code to use the method above. These are pieces of coee I have in a lot of my scripts:

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FOR %%f IN (%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%*) DO (
IF NOT EXIST "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%" MKDIR "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
MOVE %%f "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
)

I also use:

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FOR %%f IN (%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%*) DO (
IF NOT EXIST "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%" MKDIR "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
Copy %%f "%MAINPATH%%LOGPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
)

I believe the wildcards are giving me trouble tying to append a time stamp to them. Thank you!

[SIMMS7400]

Please ignore I've solved it.

[ShadowThief]

Please ignore I've solved it.

Don't tell us how or anything; other people couldn't possibly also be having this problem.

[SIMMS7400]

Sorry!

So, I modified the move command with the following syntax:

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FOR %%f IN (%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%%GJAERRORPATH%*) DO (
   IF NOT EXIST "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%%GJAERRORPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%" (
      MKDIR "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%%GJAERRORPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
   )   
MOVE /Y %%f "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%%GJAERRORPATH%%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%\%%~nf_%timestamp%%%~xf">nul
) 

\%%~nf_%timestamp%%%~xf is the trick.

%timestamp% is derived using the following code:

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FOR /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%")   do (set timestamp=%%a%%b)
FOR /f "tokens=* delims= " %%c in ("%timestamp%") do (set timestamp=%%c)

And whether or not your using two loops to generate the path and file names, the function is similar:

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::-- Setting PEMFIN Error Path --::
FOR /D %%f IN (%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\) DO (
                
    ::-- Setting PEMFIN Error File Names --::
    FOR %%b IN ( PEMFIN_dataload_adminfct.txt PEMFIN_dataload_adminfx.txt  PEMFIN_dataload_empfct.txt  PEMFIN_dataload_empfx.txt  ) DO (
                                
        ::-- Making Error File Archive Directory --::
        IF NOT EXIST "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%" MKDIR "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%"
                                
        ::-- Copy all *.err files to archive directory and append timestamp --::
        ECHO F | XCOPY /F "%%f%%b" "%MAINPATH%%ERRORPATH%PEMFIN_Errors\%date:~-4,4%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%\%%~nb_%timestamp%%%~xb"
      
        ::-- Overwrite current *.err files with blanks --::
        ECHO Y | ECHO >%%f%%b
    )
)

Thanks!