In the past on this list someone suggested 'Handy Backup'. I have been using it
for a couple of years with no problems. Now it
recently quit working. I sent the log and other information to their
'support'. That was last week. No response. Everyday I am now
using a batch file with XCOPY which works perfectly, however, I need to
automate so it happens between midnight and early morning.
The task manager won't work with the batch file (as far as I know) because I
want to keep at least 7 older backups at all times -
so the backup needs to be in a folder with the date in the name. The backup is
on one computer: it backs up folders from 4
other computers on the network.
Here is my batch file: (watch out for line wrap) the registry locations for
XP02 SP2 - not sure about other os
@echo on
rem the directory must be something like: c:\-2007_07_05-\FolderName
rem REG see what date format is in the registry
REG QUERY "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /v sShortDate
FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /v
sShortDate') DO (FOR %%G IN (%%B) DO (SET
v_shortdate=%%G))
rem this is the shortdate %v_shortdate%
if %v_shortdate% == yyyy-MM-dd GOTO ymd
if %v_shortdate% == M/d/yyyy GOTO mdy
rem unknown date format
pause
quit
:mdy
rem you have M/d/yyyy this is the format on xp03 (and also the default US =
001 ->> MDY)
rem get the date into yy mm dd
FOR /F "TOKENS=2-4 DELIMS=/ " %%a IN ("%date%") DO SET mm=%%a&SET dd=%%b&SET
yy=%%c
rem get the time into hh tt ss
FOR /F "TOKENS=1-3 DELIMS=:." %%a IN ("%time%") DO SET hh=%%a&SET tt=%%b&SET
ss=%%c
rem Today's date is: %yy%_%mm%_%dd%
rem The time is: %hh%:%tt%:%ss%
pause
goto continue
:ymd
rem you have yyyy-MM-dd this is the format on xp02 (this is the Canada format
->> YMD) Best for sorting
rem get the date into yy mm dd
FOR /F "TOKENS=1-3 DELIMS=-" %%a IN ("%date%") DO SET yy=%%a&SET mm=%%b&SET
dd=%%c
rem get the time into hh tt ss
FOR /F "TOKENS=1-3 DELIMS=:." %%a IN ("%time%") DO SET hh=%%a&SET tt=%%b&SET
ss=%%c
rem Today's date is: %yy%_%mm%_%dd%
rem The time is: %hh%:%tt%:%ss%
pause
goto continue
:continue
rem Now the date is in a good sort format to be used in file/folder names
call F_DailyHandyBackup.bat %yy%_%mm%_%dd%
PAUSE
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