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Number   :  2657
Date     :  2002-08-14
Author   :  dayvah49
Subject  :  Re: basic src dst question
Size(KB) :  1


Jeff, I have found one way to rename a filename (not the file ext.) 
using XXCOPY's folder "macro reference" /$YYYY-MM-DD$ and 
the "directory-flattening" /SX switch. With a batch file using your 
ex. the file is renamed to foobar`2002-08-14_1314.abc on another HD 
or partition. 

xxcopy c:\foobar.abc	d:\temp\/$YYYY-MM-DD_HHNN$\
xxcopy d:\temp\*\foobar.abc d:\temp1\ /sx
xxcopy d:\temp\2*\* /rs/yy

/RS deletes the source temp folder, file and /YY means no prompt is 
given before deletion! If you try this leave off /YY until it's 
fully tested. I always do this operation in a set of temp folders to 
minimize the chance of a catastrophe. 

Michael 

--- In xxcopy@y..., "Jeff Jansen"  wrote:
> I must be missing something very basic here. I'm trying to make 
copies of a
> set of files and give the copies different extensions. But when I 
try to
> execute:
> 
> xxcopy *.xyz *.abc
> 
> I get the following error message:
> 
> Invalid destination directory name.
> 
> But the plain DOS command
> 
> xcopy *.xyz *.abc
> 
> works fine.
> 
> Even this doesn't work:
> 
> xxcopy .\*.xyz .\*.abc
> 
> Why doesn't xxcopy do this simple operation?
> 
> BTW, this is a simplification of what I'm really trying to do which 
is make
> copies of a set files so that the copies are date-time stamped. For 
example,
> I'd want the file foobar.abc to become foobar_2002-08-14_0930.abc. 
any
> suggestions on how to do that with xxcopy?
> 
> Jeff Jansen
> Portland, Oregon
> USA
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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