Hi,

Please help, I do not know much about DOS scripting.

I require a script that copies and renames a file to a new location and increments the file name.
eg, c:\alert_file to c:\files\alert_file_1
.The original alert file is then deleted, but only if the new one has been created.

::== i2.bat
@echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f "tokens=3 delims=_" %%a in ('dir /s/b/a-d alert_file*') do (
set /a N=%%a
)
set /a N+=1
echo move c:\alert_file c:\files\alert_file_!N!
::==

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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

CORRECTION

::== i4.bat
@echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

pushd c:\files
for /f "tokens=3 delims=_" %%a in ('dir /b/a-d/od alert_file*') do (
set /a N=%%a
)
set /a N+=1
echo move c:\alert_file c:\files\alert_file_!N!
popd
::==

=====================================
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Thanks, but im getting:

The system cannot find the path specified.
File Not Found
move c:\alert_file c:\files\alert_file_1

The files definately exist....

"The files definately exist"

try:

dir c:\files\alert_file*

=====================================
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

I think im bein thick...But let me just explain the issue in more detail.

I have a file in c:\alerts\alert.txt and I want to move it to a folder called c:\old_alerts\alert_NUMBER.txt, The 'NUMBER' will increment.

The original alert file is then deleted, but only if the new one has been created.

Is this what your script will do?
Sorry about this..

No problem. In order for the script below to work you need to have one 'dummy' file in the target directory. You can create the dummy like this:

type nul> c:\old_alerts\alert_0

do that just once, then try this script:

::== increm6.bat
@echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

pushd c:\old_alerts
for /f "tokens=2 delims=_" %%a in ('dir /b/a-d/od alert_*') do (
set /a N=%%a
)
set /a N+=1
move c:\alert_file c:\old_alerts\alert_!N!
popd
::==

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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Dear Mechanix

Sach advises o/s as Win 2003. What is this?

Does dos script allow for directory and/or file names greater than 8 characters, which he appears to be attempting.

If so, do they have to be truncated with the ~ character?

Regards - Mike

Good Luck - Keep us posted.