Answer» I was given this example for scripting by Sidewinder:
echo off for /f "tokens=1,2" %%x in ('DATE /t') do ( set dow=%%x ) if %dow%=Mon set FOLDER=c:\Monday if %dow%=Tue set folder=c:\Tuesday
How WOULD I implement it on my backup batch file to backup to different folders depending on the date? I attempted the modification of it but GOT a '=Mon' was unexpected at this time message!
:BackupStartMessage01 SLEEP 2 ECHO+ ECHO+ ECHO The backup process has now been started... SLEEP 3
:Log Backup-Start ECHO %date% Backup STARTED at %time% on workstation %computername% >> F:\Backups\Division01backup\backuplog.log
:Backup01 ECHO+ ECHO Now starting first process! ECHO+ ECHO A | Xcopy "X:\Box01" "F:\Server01\Division01\Folder01" /S /E /V ECHO+
:Endof01 Backup01 SLEEP 3 ECHO Folder backup has been completed! ECHO+ ECHO+
:Backup02 SLEEP 2 ECHO A | XCOPY "X:\storage\Box02" "F:\Backups\Division01LBACKUP\Folder02" /E /S /V ECHO+ SLEEP 2 ECHO+ ECHO Folder backup has been completed! ECHO+ ECHO+
:Complete SLEEP 4 ECHO+ ECHO+ ECHO BACKUP PROCESS IS NOW COMPLETE!
:Log Backup-End ECHO A log file is now being creted SLEEP 2 ECHO %date% Backup ENDED at %time% on workstation %computername% >> F:\Backups\Division01backup\backuplog.log
:END
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