I have a file in a floppy (name D033ddmm) where dd is day & mm is month in numeric. I need a batch file for the following: (This batch file will copy a file daily from a floppy to a hard disk) a) Ask user to input file name in format (D033ddmm) b) Check if file exists in the floppy inserted in drive c) If exists, copy it to C drive. d) If not exists, give a message error "File not found in floppy" e) If floppy is corrupt, give error "Floppy is corrupt, please retry using a new floppy" You can mail me here or at russell_rego@hotmail.com

So, it's just a batch file to copy a file from floppy to C:, right? You mentioned that user will input the file name in format, for instance "D033ddmm". You mean user will input something like "D0331208", not that the batch file should interpret "dd" and "mm" as variables on the filename and calculate such values, right? The following batch file will do it: @echo off if "%1"=="" goto help if "%1"=="/?" goto help if "%1"=="-?" goto help ctty nul %comspec%/F/CDIR/ADH/W/-P A: |FIND ":\" > nul ctty con if errorlevel=1 goto err_flp if not exist A:\%1 goto err_file copy %1 C: goto end :err_flp echo Error - floppy is not inserted or is corrupted. goto end :err_file echo Error - file not found. goto end :help echo. echo Syntax: %0 filename echo Usage: Copy file from floppy to C: goto end :end echo. Please note that the file is being copied to "C:". That means the file will be copied to the drive C, to whatever directory is the current on that drive. In order change that, for instance specify that the file should be copied to the root, modify the line; copy %1 C: to this: copy %1 C:\ Got it? The input is not made by a prompt, like "type filename:", it is made by passing the filename as a parameter to the batch file. This makes things much simpler, but if you terribly want the user input in "prompt-style", I can make it. I hadn't had time to test the batch file, please tell me if it worked flawless or not. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br ____________________________________________________