Hi All I have a file that is created each day and always dumps as "Output", renamed as follows: @echo off for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "C:\output.txt" output_%%d_%%e_%%f.txt What I now need to do is to move the renamed file to a new location. Is there a method of moving files in a '.bat' based on today's date? Maybe by last modified date?

If you use the same naming convention for the folder I guess you could: move output_%%d_%%e_%%f.txt %%d_%%e_%%f ===================================== Helping others achieve escape felicity M2

what about substit. "move" for "rename", like: for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do move "C:\output.txt" TESTDIR\output_%%d_%%e_%%f.txt that's assuming the directory stays constant, and is not also changing according to date.

it's just occurred to me that if I swap the job around (i.e. move the file first and then rename it) this is a lot easier! Thanks for your help chaps.

MOVE can do an in-flight name change. ===================================== Helping others achieve escape felicity M2

OK guys, back to the drawing board, there are in fact three files that need moving - two of which are output from other in house software that need moving on a daily basis. They to have the date string applied to naming convention of the file. Is there any way to specify moving a file by attribute 'last modified'?