Batchfile to create backup and rename with timestamp

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I have the following network path to copy the file to an archive folder  It copies File 1 from Folder to Archive but I would like to add these 2 adjustments that won t work    Rename File 1-1 to File 1 - date   time Running it now displays a cmd box with the copy code  is it possible to run it in the background or have a loading screen to show the progress    For my code I followed this example to change the name to a date   copy  F  Folder File 1 xlsx   F  Folder Archive File 1-1 xlsx   f  tokens 1-5 delim s       d in    date    do rename  F  Folder example 2 xlsx   F  Folder File example   e-  f-  g xlsx

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Yes  to make it run in the background create a shortcut to the batch file and go into the properties  I m on a Linux machine ATM but I believe the option you are wanting is in the advanced tab   You can also run your batch script through a vbs script like this    HideBat vbs CreateObject  Wscript Shell   Run  your batch file bat   0  True   This will execute your batch file with no cmd window shown

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Renames all  pdf files based on current system date   For example a file named Gross Profit pdf is renamed to Gross Profit 2014-07-31 pdf   If you run it tomorrow  it will rename it to Gross Profit 2014-08-01 pdf     You could replace the   with the report name Gross Profit  but it will only rename the one report   The   renames everything in the Conduit folder   The reason there are so many    is that some  pdfs have long names    If you just put 12  s  then any name longer than 12 characters will be clipped off at the 13th character   Try it with 1    then try it with many  s   The   length should be a little longer or as long as the longest report name    ECHO OFF SET NETWORKSOURCE   flcorpfile shared  SHORE Reports  2014 Conduit REN  NETWORKSOURCE    pdf                                                     date  -4 4 - date  -10 2 - date  7 2  pdf

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I ve modified Foxidrive s answer to copy entire folders and all their contents   this script will create a folder and backup another folder s contents into it  including any subfolders underneath   If you put this in say an hourly scheduled task you need to be careful as you could fill up your drive quickly with copies of your original folder  Before bitbucket etc i was using as similar script to save my code offline    echo off for  f  delims     a in   wmic OS Get localdatetime     find       do set dt   a set YYYY  dt  0 4  set MM  dt  4 2  set DD  dt  6 2  set HH  dt  8 2  set Min  dt  10 2  set Sec  dt  12 2   set stamp YourPrefixHere  YYYY  MM  DD   HH  Min  rem you could for example want to create a folder in Gdrive and save backup there cd C  YourGoogleDriveFolder mkdir  stamp  cd  stamp    xcopy C  FolderWithDataToBackup      s

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See if this is what you want to do    echo off for  f  delims     a in   wmic OS Get localdatetime     find       do set dt   a set YYYY  dt  0 4  set MM  dt  4 2  set DD  dt  6 2  set HH  dt  8 2  set Min  dt  10 2  set Sec  dt  12 2   set stamp  YYYY - MM - DD   HH - Min - Sec   copy  F  Folder File 1 xlsx   F  Folder Archive File 1 -  stamp  xlsx

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try this   ren  File 1-1   File 1 -  date   -   time   -

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