Hi,
I need a batch file to do the following, however I do not have the knowledge, can anyone help?

1. Batch file to run every hour.

2. Copy file from remote PC on same subnet to local dir or dir on another remote PC.

3. Rename the file with the current date & time, keeping the extn (htm)

Though you might like the reason...

I Have a NASLite-2 server that keeps crashing every couple of days, it has a syslog that is not saved & a new one is generated each time the server is rebooted & you are unable to retrieve the syslog after the NASLite-2 server goes south. So in using the batch file I hope to find the u/s hardware & replace it.

Thanks in advance.

The following batch file copies the current file to a local folder and renames it to the current date and time:
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@echo off
setlocal
set LocalFolder=C:\Logs
set RemoteFile=\\remotehost\C$\Logs\syslog.htm
set timestamp=%DATE:/=-%-%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%
copy %RemoteFile% %LocalFolder%\%timestamp%.*
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Note that you have to edit the above to use the correct folder and file names. Note that the time stamp has some characters removed (such as the colon) which are not allowed in file names.

To run this file every hour, create a scheduled task in Control Panel. Get it to run every day, then click Advanced before you click Finish, and change the "every day" to "every hour."

Hi klint,

Thanks for the answer, however I keep getting the following error,
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The syntax of the command is incorrect.
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Here is a copy of the file I used,
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@echo off
setlocal
set LocalFolder=C:\My Documents\Logs
set RemoteFile=\\Nas-01\Status\htm\syslog.htm
set timestamp=%DATE:/=-%-%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%
copy %RemoteFile% %LocalFolder%\%timestamp%.*
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You need to use quotes

copy "%RemoteFile%" "%LocalFolder%\%timestamp%.*"

Thanks for that, Razor. I keep making the same mistakes when I give code samples to people. Of course, I tested the above and it worked on my machine - but that's because my pathnames did not contain any spaces. As soon as you've got spaces, you need to enclose in quotes. But I keep forgetting.

Thanks, klint & Razor2.3 all is working well.
I have a question, can I replace
set LocalFolder=...
with any folder on my subnet?

Thank again...

Yes, no problem, LocalFolder is just used in the batch file as the destination of the copy command, so it doesn't necessarily have to be "local."