I am using the XCOPY command to copy files from one folder to another based on date.
Example:
xcopy /d:8-1-00 c:\temp\*.* c:\temp2

What I would like to do is prompt the user to enter the date, then pass that date to the XCOPY command. Is this possible? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Travis

You'd need a prog. to do that, but how about a batch file (or are you already using one?)

Hope this is not too obvious for you - difficult to always gauge a poster's level of expertise...

e.g. name the file (notepad) as (say) mycopy.bat

@echo off
xcopy /d:%1 c:\temp\*.* c:\temp2

The user would have to type in mycopy 8-1-00

I am in a similar jam. I am creating a batch file that will copy a clients data from one folder on their PC to a network share on a daily basis. I wish for it to be unattended (no user interaction). I have the batch file working but I need to auto-increment the date to the next day following standard monthly number of days.

I will try to work with what you have posted above Rambler.