I have a program on my pc that creates .old files every 2-7 days on random. I would like to move the newly created .old files so they don't get overwritten by newer .old files. Any ideas? tia. pete.

pkokkinis, rather than have the script create a .old file, what would happen if you have it create a .old(x) file and increment x each time? That should create a unique file and prevent overwriting. HTH. Ed in Texas.

Hi Ed, You think like I do. I wrote this a few days ago. I tend to stay with 8.3 file naming. Old dog; new tricks, y'know. ::===== SEQname.bat if exist backupC.zip ren backup.zip nackupD.zip if exist backupB.zip ren backup.zip nackupC.zip if exist backupA.zip ren backup.zip nackupB.zip if not exist backupA.zip ren backup.zip backupA.zip :: DONE Merry Christmas If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

very nice M2 that's exactly what i was looking for. Thanks alot and Merry Christmas to you as well! Pete

OK, I finally got a chance to work on this before year end. Here it is for anyone interested. I like to through in a ping or two just to give the previous cmd a second breather. (there's three lines below) if exist D:\SUPERAPP\LOGS\*.old mkdir "D:\SUPERAPP\LOGS\Archived Logs\%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%\" ping 127.0.0.1 move D:\SUPERAPP\LOGS\*.old "D:\SUPERAPP\LOGS\Archived Logs\%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%\"

That should work. If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2