this question should be easy, but i am not a programmer. so you may want to talk at a novice level. my problem is this, i need to write a batch file or script that will keep a running count (a batch file would be preferable). when i launch the file it needs to have 2 counters that it references (i assume). i am running the program m-f, every mon-thurs it should run one script (call it code 1 - i already have this - it is a batch file command). for 3 fridays it should run another script (not code 1, but code 2 - i already have this - it is a batch file command). on every 4th friday it should run another script (only code 3 - i have this - it is a batch file command). S/one else helped me a lot to write this code, but it gives me a "The syntax of the command is incorrect" error. Can s/one please help me fix the code? :=====8<-------[ TapecopyToTape.bat ]--------- @ECHO OFF TITLE Tapecopy - Copying DISK to TAPE SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION cd\ cd\Program Files\CA\Brightstor ARCserve Backup\ SET CountFile=CountFile.txt SET code1=TAPECOPY -qPASTTIME 1 -dGROUP1 -mGTCTAPE_DLY -g SET code2=TAPECOPY -qPASTTIME 1 -dGROUP1 -mGTCTAPE_WLY -g SET code3=TAPECOPY -qPASTTIME 1 -dGROUP1 -mGTCTAPE_MLY -g IF NOT EXIST "%CountFile%" (ECHO 0>"%CountFile%" & ECHO 0>>"%CountFile%" SET TempCount=1 FOR /f "tokens=*" %%C in (%CountFile%) do CALL :COUNT_0 "%%C" GOTO :NEXT_0 :COUNT_0 SET Count!TempCount!=%~1 SET /a TempCount+=1 EXIT /B :NEXT_0 SET /a Count1+=1 IF %Count1% LSS 5 ( %code1% GOTO :EOF ) ELSE ( IF %Count1% GEQ 5 ( SET /a Count2+=1 ) ) IF %Count2% LSS 4 ( %code2% SET Count1=0 GOTO :EOF ) ELSE ( IF %Count2% GEQ 4 ( %code3% SET Count1=0 & SET Count2=0 GOTO :EOF ) ) :EOF ECHO %Count1%>%CountFile% ECHO %Count2%>>%CountFile% :=====8<-------[ TapecopyToTape.bat ]---------

Hi IF NOT EXIST "%CountFile%" (ECHO 0>"%CountFile%" & ECHO 0>>"%CountFile%" This line should have an end bracket ")" I take it this line puts 2 blank lines in the CountFile.txt and then this command would read these two blank lines. Is this what you require. FOR /f "tokens=*" %%C in (%CountFile%) do CALL :COUNT_0 "%%C" and how does this batch file know what weekday it is. Is this what you need help with. if so what does the command "echo %date% produce on your machine.

This might give you some ideas. Type in the code below to create Weekday.txt for <enter> just press the enter key to create a blank line. This when run returns the Errorlevels of 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday and so on. the enter "debug < Weekday.txt" this will create Weekday.com, Weekday.txt can then be deleted if you want. -- n Weekday.com a mov ah,2a int 21 mov ah,4c int 21 <Enter> r cx 8 w q ---------------------- This will give you some idea of what you need delete the rem's and echo's that display the commands ie echo %Code%mth -g ect. ---------------- @echo off rem Create NoFridays.txt with the WeekNo you want to start with rem change the echo 0 to echo 1 2 3 if not exist NoFridays.txt echo 0 >NoFridays.txt rem Set environment variable set Code=tapecopy -qpasttime 1 -dgroup1 -gtctape_ rem call Weekday.com to day of week to set Errorlevel rem 0 Sunday, 1 Monday ect. weekday.com rem Check Errorlevel rem Not Sat or Sun if errorlevel 6 goto NoWay if errorlevel 0 ;if not errorlevel 1 goto NoWay rem Monday-Thursday if errorlevel 1 ;if not errorlevel 5 goto Mon-Thu rem Here if it's a Friday rem set FriCount to number in NoFridays.txt set /p FriCount=<NoFridays.txt rem set FriCount to (FriCount+1) modulus 4 set /a FriCount=(%FriCount%+1)%%4 rem write number back to NoFridays.txt echo %FriCount% > NoFridays.txt echo Friday Week %FriCount% rem if not 0 it's weekly rem else its Friday, time for the monthly rem delete the echo's to execute your program if %FriCount% neq 0 ( echo %Code%wly -g ) else ( echo %code%mly -g ) exit /b :NoWay echo Mon-Thu Only exit /b :Mon-Thu echo Mon-Thu echo %Code%dly -g ------