I am trying to copy zip files from one server to another with a batch file. Problem is, I only need the 4 zip files with the current date and not the other 100 zips. The file names change everyday, so I need a script to just pick up the files with the current date. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi Not sure about servers, but this help. @echo off dir | find "%date%" > files.txt for /f "tokens=1-4 delims= " %%a in (files.txt) do ( echo copy %%d \Destination )

@Echo Off For /F "tokens=4 delims=/ " %%n in ('Date /T') Do Set Year=%%n Set Year=%year:~2% Set FDate=%date:~4,-4%%year% For /F "tokens=*" %%n in ('Dir ^| Find "%fdate%"') Do Echo %%n >> %temp%\%~n0.tmp For /F "tokens=4" %%n in ('Find "zip" %temp%\%~n0.tmp') Do Copy \\server\source\%%n \\server\destination Del %temp%\%~n0.tmp ---- This might address issues with 2 character year formats for Windows 2000 and earlier should you use the script in those OS'.

Hi astroraptor ^ dtech10, interesting stuff. As ever, the gotcha is that there are probably dozens of date layouts. Many will use - or : instead of /. Not to mention the YMD order. I hammered out the script below which gets the system date into these vars: YYYY MM DD I believe it will work with any flavor of 2k/XP and maybe NT4. But NOT DOS. I welcome any feedback/bug reports. If there is enough interest, I'll work on a comparable DOS solution. Ther's a copyHere ::== YMD6.bat :: get sys YMD into vars @echo off :: YYYY getter > syyyy.d echo a 100 >> syyyy.d echo mov ah,2a >> syyyy.d echo int 21 >> syyyy.d echo. >> syyyy.d echo p=100 2 >> syyyy.d echo n sizeYYYY >> syyyy.d echo w >> syyyy.d echo q debug < syyyy.d > nul :: OK :: MM getter > sMM.d echo a 100 >> sMM.d echo mov ah,2a >> sMM.d echo int 21 >> sMM.d echo mov cx,0 >> sMM.d echo mov cl,dh >> sMM.d echo. >> sMM.d echo p=100 4 >> sMM.d echo n sizeMM >> sMM.d echo w >> sMM.d echo q debug < sMM.d > nul :: OK :: DD getter > sDD.d echo a 100 >> sDD.d echo mov ah,2a >> sDD.d echo int 21 >> sDD.d echo mov cx,0 >> sDD.d echo mov cl,dl >> sDD.d echo. >> sDD.d echo p=100 4 >> sDD.d echo n sizeDD >> sDD.d echo w >> sDD.d echo q debug < sDD.d > nul :: OK del *.d for %%F in (sizeYYYY sizeMM sizeDD) do call :sub1 %%F set /p YYYY=<sizeYYYY.# set /p MM=<sizeMM.# if %MM% LSS 10 set MM=0%MM% set /p DD=<sizeDD.# if %DD% LSS 10 set DD=0%DD% del size*.* echo YYYYMMDD=%YYYY%%MM%%DD% goto :eof :sub1 > %1.# echo %~z1 goto :eof :: DONE If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2