Hey Guys I am looking to see if Xcopy can give me a log or file that tells me how long it took to run the Xcopy batch script. I have created just a simple Xcopy batch script to copy files from a server to an external HDD but would like to know how long the entire process took. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance for any help!

I don't think you can do it directly with XCOPY. There may be a way to do it within a batch file, but I'm not very experienced at batch scripting - someone else may be able to help you there. But, you could do it through vbscript: Create the log file, add the start time, run XCOPY, add the finish time, close the log file. However, if it can be done in a batch file, which I believe it can, then I think that would be a more efficient solution. Michael J

::== timer.bat @echo off set start=%TIME% call YOUR.BAT echo %START% echo %TIME% ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks M2 for the reply but manybe I am missing something? I ran your script and it copied my files but nothing else. No time stamps, start or stop time? What did I miss? Sorry for the newbe question and thanks for your help.

Did it show two times on the screen? If not, something is goofy here. If it did and you want the time in a log file: ::== timer2.bat @echo off set start=%TIME% call YOUR.BAT echo started at %START%>logfile echo done at %TIME%>>logfile :: DONE ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2