How to create a batch file, which will make a folder with date and time as folder name in each 1 hrs
I have a folder name in c drive 'test', my instrument will generate a txt file in the same folder. data will update and accumulate in the txt file in each 2 min.
I want to copy the same txt file from the location and paste in another location in every 1 Hr.
each time copying I want to create a new folder with name as current date and current time.
the trick is: don't create your folder with something like md %time% (wouldn't work anyway), but create a variable and use that for md AND copy:
@echo off
REM change to the destination folder:
cd /D c:\destination
REM generate datetime-string:
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%I in ('wmic os get localdatetime /format:list') do set datetime=%%I
REM format to the desired format (example):
set string=%datetime:~0,12%
REM create a subfolder:
md %string%
REM xopy the file:
copy "c:\test\myfile.txt" "c:\destination\%string%\"
Instead of creating a new folder with a single file inside, I would just rename the textfiles to include the date-time-string:
forget the md command and replace the copy line with:
copy "c:\test\myfile.txt" "c:\destination\%string%-myfile.txt"
To execute it regularily, I recommend using a scheduled task.
