jatman

i am using the following batch file, that works for the basic back up on XP,
SP2

cd C:\Operations\Forms (source folder)
rasdial.exe vpn username passwd (establish VPN)
echo %date%, %time% VPN Established > Report.txt (records date, time of VPN
connection)
set folder=%date:~0,2% (sets the folder name to the day of the week, Mo, Tu,
We, ... to be used on the destination drive)
net use "\\...\" (maps the drive)
xcopy c: \\server\pll065\%folder% /s /e /h /D (copies, source to destination.)
rasdial.exe test /disconnect (disconnects VPN)
echo %date%, %time% VPN Disconnected >> Report.txt (records VPN
disconnection in Report.txt file)
shutdown -r

all of this works pretty good, but there are two things that i cannot get it
to do:
first, the reports file writes over itself. How can i change it so that it
does not write over itself, but either adds to the existing file or creates a
new file with a date stamp in the title (either way will work, but prefer
just adding to the existing file.)

i tried the line:
echo %date%, %time%, VPN established > copy con report.txt
but this did not work. i also tired it without the ">" and no luck either.
(copy con is supposed to use the next available line, but i could be wrong.)

the second thing, i would like it to do is list any files that were updated
(if any.) the xcopy command shows the file names that are updated/backed up,
and at the end, how many were backed up. can this be sent to the same
report.txt?

ultimately, the report.txt should look like this:

date, time, vpn established (done)
file1.doc
file2.doc
file3.xls
3 files copied
date, time, vpn disconnected (done)

and the next time either it continues from there, or a new file. really
sounds easy, but i cannot get the last two things figured out.

any help is appreciated.

thank you,

jat

jatman

i can rename the file, at the end using:

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "Report.txt"
%%f-%%e-%%d.txt

but if i update more than once a day (i get a duplicate file error, so i
thought i'd add the time as follows:

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "Report.txt"
%%f-%%e-%%d,%time%.txt

but i get an error message indicating that the syntax of the command is
incorrect.

further, but still need help.

jat


"jatman" wrote:

> i am using the following batch file, that works for the basic back up on XP,
> SP2
>
> cd C:\Operations\Forms (source folder)
> rasdial.exe vpn username passwd (establish VPN)
> echo %date%, %time% VPN Established > Report.txt (records date, time of VPN
> connection)
> set folder=%date:~0,2% (sets the folder name to the day of the week, Mo, Tu,
> We, ... to be used on the destination drive)
> net use "\\...\" (maps the drive)
> xcopy c: \\server\pll065\%folder% /s /e /h /D (copies, source to destination.)
> rasdial.exe test /disconnect (disconnects VPN)
> echo %date%, %time% VPN Disconnected >> Report.txt (records VPN
> disconnection in Report.txt file)
> shutdown -r
>
> all of this works pretty good, but there are two things that i cannot get it
> to do:
> first, the reports file writes over itself. How can i change it so that it
> does not write over itself, but either adds to the existing file or creates a
> new file with a date stamp in the title (either way will work, but prefer
> just adding to the existing file.)
>
> i tried the line:
> echo %date%, %time%, VPN established > copy con report.txt
> but this did not work. i also tired it without the ">" and no luck either.
> (copy con is supposed to use the next available line, but i could be wrong.)
>
> the second thing, i would like it to do is list any files that were updated
> (if any.) the xcopy command shows the file names that are updated/backed up,
> and at the end, how many were backed up. can this be sent to the same
> report.txt?
>
> ultimately, the report.txt should look like this:
>
> date, time, vpn established (done)
> file1.doc
> file2.doc
> file3.xls
> 3 files copied
> date, time, vpn disconnected (done)
>
> and the next time either it continues from there, or a new file. really
> sounds easy, but i cannot get the last two things figured out.
>
> any help is appreciated.
>
> thank you,
>
> jat
>

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"jatman" <jatman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i can rename the file, at the end using:
>
> for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "Report.txt"
> %%f-%%e-%%d.txt
>
> but if i update more than once a day (i get a duplicate file error, so i
> thought i'd add the time as follows:
>
> for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "Report.txt"
> %%f-%%e-%%d,%time%.txt
>
> but i get an error message indicating that the syntax of the command is
> incorrect.
>
> further, but still need help.
>
> jat
>
>
> "jatman" wrote:
>
>> i am using the following batch file, that works for the basic back up on
>> XP,
>> SP2
>>
>> cd C:\Operations\Forms (source folder)
>> rasdial.exe vpn username passwd (establish VPN)
>> echo %date%, %time% VPN Established > Report.txt (records date, time of
>> VPN
>> connection)
>> set folder=%date:~0,2% (sets the folder name to the day of the week, Mo,
>> Tu,
>> We, ... to be used on the destination drive)
>> net use "\\...\" (maps the drive)
>> xcopy c: \\server\pll065\%folder% /s /e /h /D (copies, source to
>> destination.)
>> rasdial.exe test /disconnect (disconnects VPN)
>> echo %date%, %time% VPN Disconnected >> Report.txt (records VPN
>> disconnection in Report.txt file)
>> shutdown -r
>>
>> all of this works pretty good, but there are two things that i cannot get
>> it
>> to do:
>> first, the reports file writes over itself. How can i change it so that
>> it
>> does not write over itself, but either adds to the existing file or
>> creates a
>> new file with a date stamp in the title (either way will work, but prefer
>> just adding to the existing file.)
>>
>> i tried the line:
>> echo %date%, %time%, VPN established > copy con report.txt
>> but this did not work. i also tired it without the ">" and no luck
>> either.
>> (copy con is supposed to use the next available line, but i could be
>> wrong.)
>>
>> the second thing, i would like it to do is list any files that were
>> updated
>> (if any.) the xcopy command shows the file names that are updated/backed
>> up,
>> and at the end, how many were backed up. can this be sent to the same
>> report.txt?
>>
>> ultimately, the report.txt should look like this:
>>
>> date, time, vpn established (done)
>> file1.doc
>> file2.doc
>> file3.xls
>> 3 files copied
>> date, time, vpn disconnected (done)
>>
>> and the next time either it continues from there, or a new file. really
>> sounds easy, but i cannot get the last two things figured out.
>>
>> any help is appreciated.
>>
>> thank you,
>>
>> jat
>>