Batch command to move files to a new directory

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I want to write a batch job that when executed will grab all the files in the C  Test Log folder and move them to a new directory in the C  Test  This new directory will have a name called  Backup-  and CURRENT DATE     So once completed  the log folder should be empty with all the files now located in the new folder   I know I would have to use the MOVE command  but have no idea how to dynamically create a new folder  and use the date to name it

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this will also work  if you like     xcopy  C  Test Log  c  Test Backup- date  4 2 - date  7 2 - date  10 4   time  0 2  time  3 2    s  i  del C  Test Log

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Something like this might help   SET Today  Date  10 4  Date  4 2  Date  7 2  mkdir C  Test Backup- Today  move C  Test Log     C  Test Backup- Today   SET Today    The important part is the first line  It takes the output of the internal DATE value and parses it into an environmental variable named Today  in the format CCYYMMDD  as in  20110407    The  Date  10 4  says to extract a  substring of the Date environmental variable  Thu 04 07 2011   built in - type echo  Date  at a command prompt   starting at position 10 for 4 characters  2011   It then concatenates another substring of Date  starting at position 4 for 2 chars  04   and then concats two additional characters starting at position 7  07     The substring value starting points are 0-based   You may need to adjust these values depending on the date format in your locale  but this should give you a starting point

[windows] Batch command to move files to a new directory

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