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Number   :  4399
Date     :  2003-04-21
Author   :  dcohn99
Subject  :  Date Macro
Size(KB) :  1


Yan -

I need some help (or anyone that has a clue).

I am using the Data Macro to create directory names while copying 
files. It happens to be that the application we are copying files 
using the following format for the folder names.

4-21-03 or 11-22-03 etc. The key issue here is the padded zeros 
that XXcopy performs.

Basically I need to grab files from a folder that gets cleaned out 
daily. In the pass we simply copied the files from the folders the 
system had created that were already named 4-21-03. XXCopy would 
simply copy the folders completely and I had no problems. But it 
seems the files are not the same quaility (digital images) as the 
files in the initial folder that is cleaned out daily and does not 
have the directory structure. Here is a sample of what we are doing.

xxcopy sourcedir t:\/$mm-dd-yy$ /tm-1 blah blah blah

As you see the folder I create is based on the current date minus 1 
day. This is perfect. EXCEPT for the PADDED ZEROES.

This is because we also copy the directories that the system 
creates. Those folders are in the format 4-2-03. Therefore if I 
have no way to remove those padded zeroes I end up getting duplicate 
files.

Any ideas on how to fix this issue. Renaming the directories is not 
a choice as all of this is automated and we cannot babysit the 
process.

Thanks

Doug



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