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rahrahruby
Asked: 2016-02-13 14:18:39 +0800 CST

copy file with date appended

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I am writing a script that copies files to another directory. I wanted to append the date to the end of the file but when I try to use %date% I get the following:

copy c:\mydir\file.zip "c:\temp\file-%date%.zip"

The system cannot find the path specified.

     0 file(s) copied.

if I remove the %date% it copies just fine

Thanks

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Your %date% contains some reserved character(s), e.g. / (forward slash). As %date% strongly depends on user's locale settings, I'd use next locale-independent solution with date in yyyymmdd format:

    SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
for /F "delims=" %%G in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime /value^|find "="') do set %%G
copy c:\mydir\file.zip "c:\temp\file-%LocalDateTime:~0,8%.zip"

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