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Hello,
First off i'm a C++ programmer so know little about Batch files (I understand how to run them and stuff) so I might need some pretty beginner stuff, second of all I have Googled for this.
I have a batch file that starts my server, however before I do this I want to make a backup complete with the date. Something like this:
backups/StartBak.%m.%h.%d.%M.%y
(minute, hour, day, Month, year)
I use xcopy to copy the folder but I am stuck with getting the time/date values... I understand variables from my little batch experience (besides variables are fundamental so there should be plenty on Google) so that wont be a problem.
So does anyone know basic operations such as setting a variable to the current minute?
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Posted 19 June 2011 - 11:15 PM
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 11:46 AM
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I guess you need the "date" command on windows shell
Here is sufficient info
Batch files - DATE and TIME
Basically i googled for batch files / cmd.exe commands etc.
Here is sufficient info
Batch files - DATE and TIME
Basically i googled for batch files / cmd.exe commands etc.
Edited by fayyazlodhi, 20 June 2011 - 11:49 AM.
Fixing the copied link
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 02:15 PM
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It is more hard to do in NT batch (you can see many examples online with padding substring and whatnot.)
If you use Windows 7 or Server 2008 the Powershell has a date and time class.
If you use Windows 7 or Server 2008 the Powershell has a date and time class.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 01:33 PM
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Errr I found that webpage, it confused me :(.
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