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09-24-2008
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| | Script to move oldest .ready file Hi, I need to create a script that will move the oldest .ready file in a specific directory to another specific directory. Can anyone help me create a script? TIA! |
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09-24-2008
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| | Re: Script to move oldest .ready file <dbthomson76@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:f4d2f0c9-fe9c-4751-a71c-68c8988163e6@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > I need to create a script that will move the oldest .ready file in a > specific directory to another specific directory. > > Can anyone help me create a script? > > TIA! dates with each other or else you could rely on standard system tools and do the job with this batch file: @echo off set Source=d:\Some Folder set Target=c:\Some other folder for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d "%Source%\*.ready"') do set File=%%a echo Moving "%Source%\%File%" to "%Target%" rem move /y "%Source%\%File%" "%Target%" Remove the word "rem" in the last line to activate the batch file. |
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09-24-2008
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| | Re: Script to move oldest .ready file On Sep 24, 8:13*am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > <dbthomso...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:f4d2f0c9-fe9c-4751-a71c-68c8988163e6@xxxxxx > Quote: > > Hi, Quote: > > I need to create a script that will move the oldest .ready file in a > > specific directory to another specific directory. Quote: > > Can anyone help me create a script? Quote: > > TIA! > You could re-invent the wheel and write a script to compare the various file > dates with each other or else you could rely on standard system tools anddo > the job with this batch file: > @echo off > set Source=d:\Some Folder > set Target=c:\Some other folder > for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d "%Source%\*.ready"') do set File=%%a > echo Moving "%Source%\%File%" to "%Target%" > rem move /y "%Source%\%File%" "%Target%" > > Remove the word "rem" in the last line to activate the batch file. |
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09-24-2008
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| | Re: Script to move oldest .ready file "DBT" <dbthomson76@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:596556ef-3070-4150-ae1a-847a4fe2d87d@xxxxxx On Sep 24, 8:13 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > <dbthomso...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:f4d2f0c9-fe9c-4751-a71c-68c8988163e6@xxxxxx > Quote: > > Hi, Quote: > > I need to create a script that will move the oldest .ready file in a > > specific directory to another specific directory. Quote: > > Can anyone help me create a script? Quote: > > TIA! > You could re-invent the wheel and write a script to compare the various > file > dates with each other or else you could rely on standard system tools and > do > the job with this batch file: > @echo off > set Source=d:\Some Folder > set Target=c:\Some other folder > for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d "%Source%\*.ready"') do set File=%%a > echo Moving "%Source%\%File%" to "%Target%" > rem move /y "%Source%\%File%" "%Target%" > > Remove the word "rem" in the last line to activate the batch file. =============== Thanks for the feedback. |
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