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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: user123 on April 27, 2020, 02:28:30 PM

Title: how to select folder with latest time stamp using batch script
Post by: user123 on April 27, 2020, 02:28:30 PM

Hello everyone,

I am trying to create a batch file that will essentially look into a specific folder to check for missing files. However, the folder changes everyday and a new folder is created everyday with previous business day (t-1) as the folder name. Hence, I am trying to create a dynamic batch script which will select the folder with the latest date as its fodlername. Here is an example of what the path to the folder would look like:
C:\Users\UserA\Ad_Hoc\25Feb2020\Folder_A\File_A

The folder name in bold is what would change everyday and everthing else stays consistent. Is there a way to make the path dynamic in terms of the changing folder name?

Thanks!