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Number   :  3495
Date     :  2003-01-09
Author   :  yodaslo
Subject  :  Select files by Directory names
Size(KB) :  1


Hello-

Currently, I use some xxcopy batch programs that save files to a 
directory which then renames using winzip to reflect todays date.

example
2003-01-08-1201p

Each day, the batch runs automatically, creating a new directory with 
the current days date.

I end up with :
2003-01-08-1201p
2003-01-09-1201p
2003-01-10-1201p
2003-01-11-1201p
etc

After a period of time, I currently manually delete the older ones.

I would like to automate this process now.

I know xxcopy can distinguish dates using
/DA:2001-10-30 // on or after
/DB:2002-12-31 // on or before
or
/DA#10 // ten days ago or after
/DB#7 // seven days or before

as seen on Kan's recent post.

Is there a switch in xxcopy which would work similar on directory 
names as it does on dates? This would allow a set of files not to be 
backed up after __ number of days.

Using the switches for dates does not appear to be working for me, 
which could be the result of being copied nightly to another hard 
drive, c/o xxcopy.

Any suggestions?

Rich 



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