I'm creating a batch file that I would like to create a directory name using the user input, and then subdirectories within.

The inputted directory name will be something like "Week Ending June 5, 2004", being more than one word.

Right now I'm using %1 but I'd like to prompt the user to enter a directory name.

Is there a simple way to do this?

@echo off
md %1
cd %1
md tues
md wed
md thur
md fri
md sat
cd tues
echo Insert Tuesday's disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*
cls
cd..
cd wed
echo Insert Wednesday's disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*
cls
cd..
cd thur
echo Insert Thursday's disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*
cls
cd..
cd fri
echo Insert Friday's disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*
cls
cd..
cd sat
echo Insert Saturday's disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*
cls

Is something like this what you want.

To create Weekday.com
1, Create a text file as below press the
return key on every line including the
blank one.
2, Save it as Weekday.txt
3, Enter Debug < weekday.txt

To accept input is a lot harder from Dos
I wrote a c program to accept input and
store it into a environment variable.
with a prompt message.
I take you are working from a dos prompt in
Windows if you want to create a directory
name with spaces in it.
I can email it to you if you can't find
anything thing anywhere on the net to
help.

-------------
a100
mov ah,2a
int 21
mov ah,4c
int21

r cx
8
n weekday.com
w
q
----------------

@echo off
Weekday.com
if errorlevel 0 set day=Sun
if errorlevel 1 set day=Mon
if errorlevel 2 set day=Tue
if errorlevel 3 set day=Wed
if errorlevel 4 set day=Thu
if errorlevel 5 set day=Fri
if errorlevel 6 set day=Sat

cls
cd..
cd %day%
echo Insert %day% disk and press any key...
pause
xcopy a:\*.*

I am going to stir up the "Is it DOS?" debate again. If you are in 'real' DOS then how do you have directories with long file names?

It's a DOS box running under Windows 98. Is there a way for the user to input a name for the first folder, and then the folders for each day will be created within that main folder?

MoTown01: There are ways of doing what you want, but without using batch files. I would use a BASIC program.

The problem is that an increasing number of people think that BATCH files can do everything, and there must be an easily constructed script. You can do a lot more with a script if you use Linux or Unix. However, since the DOSes at not the same calling it DOS when you are in a DOS box will not solve your problem if I give you an answer that does not run in your environment.

Actually I don't mind mixing the environments as long as the poster specifies up front exactly the operating environment that we must consider and not be offended if it is suggested that it go to XP, NT, or Programming forum.

Hi,

This should do it:

@echo off > quit.bat
@echo echo %%1 %%2 %%3 %%4 %%5 %%6 %%7 %%8 %%9 >> quit.bat

echo.
echo This is the world famous %0.bat
echo.
echo copyright 2004 ThaiGuides.com All rights reserved
echo.
echo Free for private use. Others email: Consult@ThaiGuides.com
echo.
echo built and tested on windoze 2000; may act funny on other versions
echo.
echo. The purpose is to create a folder named by user and 7 subfolders, Sun to Sat
echo.

if %1'==' quit Please provide a floder name for %0.bat to create

md "%1 %2 %3 %4 %5"
cd "%1 %2 %3 %4 %5"

for %%D in (Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat) do md %%D

echo Put the Sunday disk in drive A and press any key
pause>nul
xcopy a:\ Sun\

:: And so on through the next six days

HTH

Hi,

dtech10, Cool weekday.com debug script.

mowtown01, my solution above will work in plain old DOS, but with 8.3 [filename.ext] directories only.

Everyone,

Here's a real DOS challenge:

Write a batch file to put the time, date and day into environment variables using ONLY DOS internals [no debug, no find, nobasic.]

Any contestants?

Mechanix2Go

Hi Mechanix
Thanks I have some more somewhere.
It's just a question of diging out my old
floppies.
I think there was debug scripts for
Weekday,Day,Month,Hour and Minute.
I post them here if anyone is interested and
I can find them.

Here something to get the Date and Time into
the environment, no day.
line 7 would be better with the find command
so to do away with the ctty commands.
which are there to stop error messages.
Tryed in Msdos 6.22 & 5.
ie dir temp0.bat | find "TEMP0
.BAT" > temp1.bat
------------
@echo off
rem Sets DATE & Time environment varables
ctty nul
echo @echo off > temp0.bat
echo set DATE=%%3 >> temp0.bat
echo set TIME=%%4 >> temp0.bat
dir temp0.bat > temp1.bat
call temp1.bat
del temp?.bat
ctty con
echo Date %date%
echo Time %time%

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Hi,

dtech10,

I never thought to use dir xx>some.bat

I always used echo.|time>my.bat

When I started out years ago I didn't know the two bat trick. I was doing echo set var=>a.bat
But of course you get a CRLF with the string. The only way I knew was to use debig to chop off the CRLF.

My solution lets you get time, date AND day into vars. I can post it here, or if nobody else wants it, send it directly to you.

It can be tweaked to work with various DMY order or other languages.

TY

Mechanix

On my PowerLoad site I support MS-DOS and Win3x as well as Windows 95 which itself is becoming a classic. I call the DOS that comes with 95/98/Me WinDOS and supply bootdisks for all versions for use a recovery or preparation disks. Weinger's 'MS-DOS 7.10' has its uses and I for one do not mind it is not supported by Bill Gates and Co.

Microsoft do in fact have an OEM 32bit LFN version of MS-DOS (6.25) which is a ROM-Based DOS produced for Major Finance Houses and the U.S. Department of Defence for High-Powered Single Task Computers that need 100% reliability (Say no more! - Just try and find a copy!!) Its more or less what MS-DOS 7.10 is anyway....without the extras.

Yes flimflam, like X86 before you (you do really sound like him? LOL)you are anti anything other than Pure DOS But if this forum started that all over again - We tried it once before and X86 left in protest... you would hear the wind blowing in this forum, as it is a lot quieter than it used to be.

Again I say, If you do not like a particular post then ignore it and answer one more to your liking (Thats what I do) Its not that we are overcrowded here in the first place.

I am sick of the 'WinBlows' 'WinBloat' 'WinDoze' and other referances posted here. People come hear for advice not your opinion. I use Windows 98se and Windows XP as well as a DOS/Win3x Laptop. 90% of visiters to PowerLoad do so via Windows, but DOS Bootdisks is my main download.. Work that out.... Love it or hate it Microsoft are the market leader and more computers use Windows than all the other OS's put together and then some. So live with it...

Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

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Thankyou Mick C, as X86 was banned from only the DOS forum and did not actually leave of his own accord, though JW told him he is welcome to the other Forums which he declined. I have read all X86 posts and admire him wether any body else that is their perogotive.

If I am starting to EMULATE him, well then I am extremely proud!

BTW He has updated yet again:
http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net

Thanks for your help, I decided to use the date for my folder name, this is the code:

@echo off
c:
cd\new folder\weekly backup

for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%f in ('date /t') do (
set mm=%%g
set dd=%%f
set yyyy=%%h
)

set dat="Backup - %mm%-%dd%-%yyyy%"

md %dat%
cd %dat%

md Tues
md Wed
md Thur
md Fri
md Sat

cls
cd Tues
echo Insert Tuesday's disk.
pause
echo.
xcopy a:\*.*
echo.
cd..
cd Wed
echo Insert Wednesday's disk.
pause
echo.
xcopy a:\*.*
echo.
cd..
cd Thur
echo Insert Thursday's disk.
pause
echo.
xcopy a:\*.*
echo.
cd..
cd Fri
echo Insert Friday's disk.
pause
echo.
xcopy a:\*.*
echo.
cd..
cd Sat
echo Insert Saturday's disk.
pause
echo.
xcopy a:\*.*
echo.
echo The backup has been completed in the %dat% folder.
echo Please insert a blank CD in the CD drive.
pause
start /d "C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero" Nero.exe

Hi Mechanix
Yes I would be quite interested in your batch file, can you post it here.
Thanks

From your code above I take it you are using
Win 2000/XP. If thats correct you can get direct input like this using the inproved set command.

ie.
Prompt for Weekday and store in %Dir%
set /p Dir=Weekday
You can also do things like this to set %dir%
from data in a file.
set /p Dir=< Dir.txt
You can also do integer maths
set /a WeekNo=%WeekNo%+1
set /a Week=20*3
ect.
Hope this helps.

Hi dtech10,

Here's the bat to put DAY/DATE/TIME into vars:
****************************************
@echo off
goto start
:: Works in 98SE, booted to DOS 7 [?], no GUI
:: Works in 2k CMD box
:: 12:16 11 June 2004

:: The only reason to flip-flop versions is the output verbage
:: from TIME/DATE
:: ie it uses no 2k cmd extensions like %~blabla
:: Probably can be tweaked to work back to at leasty DOS 3.x

:: Thanks to Laura Fairhead for 'showing the way' to do this without debug

:start
:: This line will clear the vars with any parameter
if not %1'==' goto clear

if %OS%'==Windows_NT' goto NT
goto 9x

:NT

echo.|date>datevar.bat
echo.|time>timevar.bat

echo set DATEvar=%%5>the.bat
call datevar

echo set DAYvar=%%4>the.bat
call datevar

echo set TIMEvar=%%4>the.bat
call timevar

goto cleanup
goto end

:9x

echo.|date>datevar.bat
echo.|time>timevar.bat

echo set DATEvar=%%4>current.bat
call datevar

echo set DAYvar=%%3>current.bat
call datevar

echo set TIMEvar=%%3>current.bat
call timevar

:cleanup

for %%B in (the.bat datevar.bat timevar.bat current.bat) do if exist %%B del %%B

goto end

:clear

set TIMEvar=
set DATEvar=
set DAYvar=

:end
**************************************
Hope someone can find it useful.

Here's a good one for you. Without line#2 goto start, 2k reads line#9 and spits out this msg:

The following usage of the path operator in batch-parameter
substitution is invalid: %~blabla

So why, pray tell, does it ignore almost anything else beginning with :: and 'look at' this one.

Curiouser and curiouser.

RocketScienceDept@Golden-Triangle.com

Thanks Again Mechanix
Great Info on other ways of doing things in
batch files.