Dear Mechanix and IVO, I am working on a batch file that backs up some directories to a file server. Here's the code: @echo off Title Backup Script cls set day=%date:~-7,2% set month=%date:~-10,2% if %month% equ 01 set days=31 if %month% equ 02 set days=31 if %month% equ 03 set days=28 if %month% equ 04 set days=31 if %month% equ 05 set days=30 if %month% equ 06 set days=31 if %month% equ 07 set days=30 if %month% equ 08 set days=31 if %month% equ 09 set days=31 if %month% equ 10 set days=30 if %month% equ 11 set days=31 if %month% equ 12 set days=30 if %day% equ 08 set day=8 if %day% equ 09 set day=9 set /a day=%day%-1 if %day% equ 0 set day=%days% if %day% lss 10 set day=0%day% echo. echo. echo Now executing Nightly Backups -------------------- echo. echo. echo. echo Moving last nights backup to Retention -------------------- @echo on move %1\nightly\%2.zip %1\retention\%day% @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Now doing nightly backup -------------------- SET PATH=%1 SET PATH=%PATH:"=% SET PATH=%PATH:"=% @echo on C:\WINNT\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@%PATH%\%2.bks" /n "%2.bkf created %date% at %time%" /d "Set created %date% at %time%" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "%2" /l:f /f "%PATH%\nightly\%2.bkf" @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Compressing backup file -------------------- @echo on %1\7za.exe a -tzip -mx=9 %1\nightly\%2.zip %1\nightly\%2.bkf @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Copying Nightly Backups -------------------- @echo on xcopy /y /s /q "D:\Customer Data\Backup\nightly" l:\backups\nightly @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Moving Retention Backups -------------------- @echo on xcopy /y /s /q "D:\Customer Data\Backup\retention" l:\backups\retention @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Removing Backups -------------------- @echo on rmdir /q /s "D:\Customer Data\Backup\Nightly\" rmdir /q /s "D:\Customer Data\Backup\Retention\" mkdir "D:\Customer Data\Backup\Nightly" mkdir "D:\Customer Data\backup\Retention" @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Removing uncompressed .bkf file -------------------- @echo on del %1\nightly\%2.bkf @echo off echo. echo. echo. echo Backup Complete -------------------- What happens after this is done is on the server where the backups are created and compressed (D:\Customer Data\Backup\Nightly, and, D:\Customer Data\Backup\retention\%day% - where %day% is each day of the month, ie, 01, 02, 03, 04 etc... up to 31. I need to change this script so those folders, %day% aren't removed. This path: D:\Customer Data\backup\Retention needs to have 31 folders in it named 01, 02, 03 etc... Thanks a lot, tonysathre UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus.

I don't think I made myself very clear on what I need, so let me rephrase: The path is D:\Customer Data\Backup\Retention In the Retention directory there are folders named 01, 02, 03 etc... up to 31. In each of those folders are ZIP files. I need to delete the ZIP files, but not delete the folders they are in. The way I have the script now, it deletes the ZIP files and the housing folders. I hope I made myself more clear. Thanks, tonysathre UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus.

Nevermind, I figured it out. UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus.