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Number   :  1114
Date     :  2001-12-05
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: My backup routine
Size(KB) :  0


It's not essential to use xxcopy's macro to create the directory 
name. If you're using NT or later, the following will extract the 
month & day from the date/t command.

for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do set date=%%b-%%c

You would then use %date% instead of /$MON-DD$ as in
xxcopy c:\* c:\bak\%date%
\ /s /M /Xc:\mp3s\*\* /CCY /IA /oAc:\bupdaily.log

Note that this generates a date like 12-05 instead of DEC-05 and 
depends on your regional date format being mm-dd-yy. You can adjust 
the 'set date=' command to handle different date formats. If really 
needed, you could also map the numeric month to a text month value.

If you're using W9x or instead of using 'date /t', you can use a 
utility program like STRINGS or similar to extract a date in the 
desired format and place it in an environment variable.



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