Hi, I need a batch file to list the directory name satisfying the following condition: -Display directory names which are greater than or equal to 7days old from the last modification date. Example: Test.cmd may be the batch file C:\test-Dir may be the directory to be verified. The batch file must read all the root directory names inside this C:\test-Dir and should display the directory names which are satisfying the condition Note: The root directory names format may be of any type like the following: 12.23.12 1234.3.2 2.2.1234 3.2.3.4.5 sample sample dir xxx yyy zzz 9.9_test 8_test Im new to dos. I tried but cant find any command for it. Please help me on this issue. Thanks Trusp

Why does this sound so eerily familiar? These are NOT DOS directory names: sample dir xxx yyy zzz I've been using DOS for 22 years and have yet to make 'date math' work. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

These are sample names of the directories. Actually i tried to say some sample directory names inside the specified path. But to say as "xxx yyy" I specified wrongly. i.e., What i mean is "program Files" there is a directory inside the path. Similarly., Do we be able to access the directory last modified date and check the date was >=7days from accessing. Please help me on this. thanks Trusp

M2, I appreciate your patience in trying to educate people about difference between DOS and the other stuff that looks like DOS, which people use interchangingly. -- Holla.

try this... coding is a bit messy though =P @echo off SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion set /a OLD=-7 set DIR=c:\ set /a yyyy=%date:~-4% set /a mm=%date:~3,2% set /a dd=%date:~0,2% echo TimeStamp=%yyyy%%mm%%dd% and OLD=%OLD% call :AdjustDate %OLD% echo AdjustedTimeStamp=%yyyy%%mm%%dd% set AdjustedTimeStamp=%yyyy%%mm%%dd% for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in ('dir %DIR% /tw/ad/o-d/4^|findstr "\/"') do ( set filedate=%%a set /a filedate=!filedate:~-4!!filedate:~3,2!!filedate:~0,2! if !filedate! geq !AdjustedTimeStamp! (echo %%a %%b) else (goto :breakLoop) ) :breakLoop goto :eof REM ** REM FUNCTION AdjustDate(howmanydays as %1) REM ** :AdjustDate if %1==0 (goto :eof) else (if %1 GEQ 0 (set /a sign=1) else (set /a sign=-1)) set /a loopUntil=%1-!sign! for /L %%i in (0,%sign%,%loopUntil%) do ( set /a dd+=%sign% ::adjust dd & mm for + sign for %%a in (29 30 31 32) do if !dd!==%%a ( call :GetNumOfDays !mm! !yy! if !dd! gtr !numOfDays! ( set /a dd=1 set /a mm+=1 if !mm! gtr 12 ( set /a yyyy+=1 set /a mm=1 ) ) ) ::adjust dd & mm for -sign if !dd!==0 ( set /a mm-=1 if !mm!==0 ( set /a yyyy-=1 set /a mm=12 ) call :GetNumOfDays !mm! !yy! set /a dd=!numOfDays! ) :: echo i=%%i !yyyy!-!mm!-!dd! numDays=!numOfDays! echo >nul ) goto :eof REM ** REM FUNCTION GetNumOfDays month as %1, year as %2 REM ** :GetNumOfDays for %%i in (1 3 5 7 8 10 12) do if %1==%%i set /a numOfDays=31 for %%i in (4 6 9 11) do if %1==%%i set /a numOfDays=30 if %mm%==2 ( set /a remainder=%2-%2/4*4 if !remainder!==0 (set /a numOfDays=29) else (set /a numOfDays=28) ) goto :eof

sorry, there is a bug in the code above, when day or month is the 8th or 9th. it gives octal error. i'll post a fix solution maybe tomorrow. basically i know 2 ways to do it: 1. parse the "/" in date format 2. set /a dd=1%dd%-100

i just learn new trick from "razor" in the other thread using vbs. it makes the code neater and simple. i also have the code without vbs if needed. @echo off SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion set /a DAYS=-7 set DIR=c:\ call :DateAdd(!DAYS!) echo DateAdd=!DateAdd! for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%a in ('dir %DIR% /tw/ad/o-d/4^|findstr "\/"') do ( set filedate=%%a set /a filedate=!filedate:~-4!!filedate:~3,2!!filedate:~0,2! if !filedate! geq !DateAdd! (echo %%a %%b) else (echo NOT %%a) ) :breakLoop goto :eof REM Function DateAdd(day as %1) Return Int yyyymmdd :DateAdd set /a day=%1 echo d=DateAdd("d",WScript.Arguments(0), date) > #.vbs echo WScript.Quit DatePart("yyyy", d) * 10000 + DatePart("m", d) * 100 + DatePart("d", d) >> #.vbs cscript //NOLOGO #.vbs !day! Set /a DateAdd=%ErrorLevel% del #.vbs goto :eof