Hi,
I am trying to come up with an easier solution to moving files from one system to another when they are completely created.

History:
I WORK for a very small company that tests software on many different OS platforms
Windows,Linux,Unix All flavors dating from OLD-Outdated to Newest
Currently on some of the older systems we use Winzip Command line to backup certain directories to a
Redhat Linux Samba Shared Drive.
This has problems.....Doing this directly causes corruption to the Zip file
Not SURE why yet, but it does.
If I change the destination to a windows server the Zipped files do not get corrupted.
So.....
Currently I do a few things. Create the Zips sending them to a windows server
Move them from the windows server to the Samba Shared Drive.
(This method does not cause corruption and was able to restore file successfully)

the PROBLEM I have is This is a manual process. I would like to automate the process of moving the files
from the Windows Server to the Samba share when there are files present and completed.


To Avoid having to write individual Bat files and schedule them to run after the create of the
files has been completed. I need a way to automate the process of moving files from one system to another.

Here are my thoughts on the process:


This script would need to be run "LIKE" a service in the background checking every 60 minutes or so
(Could be a scheduled task set to run every hour or so)


Check if Files exist in Backup Tree
Options for Backups are daily, weekly, monthly.

The Sub directory name is actually the Host name and Drive ie system1_c system1_d

The Destination directory is a NETWORK mapped Drive and same SubDir name


Maindir
  |
  |
  |-Subdir1
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir1`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir1`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir2
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir2`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir2`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir3
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir3`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir3`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir4
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir4`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir4`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir5
      |
      |-new_daily_`Subdir5`.zip
      |-new_daily_`Subdir5`.log
   

Using a BAT file scheduled to run after I "think" the file is completly zipped
is not the answer as it could still be open.
Can you point me to some samples of scripts that may do pieces of what I am trying to accomplish...maybe I can modify them to do what I need.

Your thoughts and responses are appreciated.

Thanks again
RobertMCol

  Using the scheduler and batch files presents a problem. Unless you persisted the data, the batch file would have no previous knowledge of the contents of the directory. How would it determine which file to move?

If you could see your way clear to have one directory for the zipped files, you could create a VBScript event monitor.  As each file arrives in the directory, the script could fire off the move operation.

Code: [Select]strComputer = "."
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
        strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 5 WHERE " _
        & "Targetinstance ISA 'CIM_DirectoryContainsFile' and " _
            & "TargetInstance.GroupComponent= " _
                & "'Win32_Directory.Name=""c:\\\\Maindir""'")

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    arrFile = Split(objLatestEvent.TargetInstance.PartComponent, "=")
    fname = arrFile(UBound(arrFile))
    fname = Replace(fname, """", "")
    fname = Replace(fname, "\\", "\")
    Wscript.Echo "File Created: ", fname
Loop
   

The script above monitors a directory and notifies the user a creation event has occurred. With a little modification, you could copy the files to their proper subdirectories and then move the files to the Samba server. You already have a good naming convention so the proper paths could be constructed reasonably easy.

The Scripting Guys can probably explain how this works better than me.

 Hello Sidewinder, Thanks for your response...... 

You nailed it on the head when stating that
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the batch file would have no previous knowledge of the contents of the directory