You need to change this: set finddate=%DD%-%MM%-%YYYY% to this: set finddate=%MM%/%DD%/%YYYY% ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go

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Done but still no effect. Can you review your repost the revised batch order from your post number 3? I think that because you suggest changing the set findate it mite have impact on the rest? i_XpUser

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OK, Try the bat below, and if you don't see this: finddate=05/04/2006 something is haywire. ::== x4.bat :: find today's files :: for this to work you need to know the date layout :: if no command line parameter is given, :: it checks the current drive and today's date :: it will take one or two params: DATE and DRIVEl no colon :: developed on a 2K box with file dates 21-02-2004 @echo off if not %2'==' goto :2 if not %1'==' goto :1 call :YMD6 ::set finddate=%DD%-%MM%-%YYYY% set finddate=%MM%/%DD%/%YYYY% echo finddate=%finddate% pause dir \/s/a-d|find "%finddate%" goto :eof :YMD6 :: 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. M2Go

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Hey M2 we're now getting somewhere with X4. It does produce a list of files timestamped with today's date. One thing is the readout omit the folder containing the files. I also would rather do without the "Press any key to continue" (pause). You did a fantastic job! i_XpUser

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Just wanna add - this is the first time I have seen so many files changed by XP itself - isn't that fascinating? i_XpUser

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The PAUSE is just to see if we're getting to first base. So you want to get the folder names,too? picky, picky I'll work on it. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go

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Yes please we are really getting there :-) Have you seen anything like this - to get a list of every files timestamped by date. I am testing this on a machine that's not used for anything but Internet and I was stunned at the long list of files windows change :-) i_XpUser

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Hi XPU, How we doin' so far? ::== XPU6.bat :: find today's files :: for this to work you need to know the date layout :: if no command line parameter is given, :: it checks the current drive and today's date :: it will take one or two params: DATE and DRIVEl no colon :: developed on a 2K box with file dates 21-02-2004 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: @echo off > outfile if not %2'==' goto :2 if not %1'==' goto :1 call :YMD6 set finddate=%MM%/%DD%/%YYYY% echo finddate=%finddate% for /f "tokens=*" %%D in ('dir \/s/ad/b') do call :sub1 %%D goto :eof :sub1 echo %* >> outfile dir "%*" | find "%finddate%" | find /v "<DIR>" >> outfile goto :eof :YMD6 :: 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. M2Go

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Hi M2, I ran it using the default. It processed endless strings of "file not found". I terminated the batch with CTRL-V then the batch started to go into debug mode. Had to bring up task manager to terminate it. Not sure why but thanks nevertheless. I do appreciate your doing this as a favor for me :-) i_XpUser

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Hi XPU, Not obvious where the snag is. This line: dir "%*" | find "%finddate%" | find /v "<DIR>" >> outfile [all one line] Is using the directory name passed to it by the "for" as %* and doing a DIR and piping it to FIND. The FIND is looking for the "%finddate%" which should have been set to today's date laid out to your DATE style; ie 05/05/2006. And then filtering out any instance of "<DIR>" so I don't know why you're seeing what you describe. As a quick reality check, try at the prompt, using a directory which exists [so it's not processing the whole drive] try: dir c:\temp | find "%finddate%" | find /v "<DIR>" [that's one line] I get output like this: C:\temp\- C:\temp\x C:\temp\MK3 C:\temp\MK4 05-05-2006 01:45 290 D6.BAT 05-05-2006 04:33 1,740 X6.BAK 05-05-2006 01:47 292 D7.BAT ##### "then the batch started to go into debug mode" Can you clarify that? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2Go

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