Batch file to copy and Increment

[Nicmos]

After wasting far too much time trying to figure this out I thought I'd just ask.

I'm trying to write a batch file (OS is WInXP) that will copy (or use xcopy) one .txt file from 1 directory into another directory on a different drive and then increment the file name so I have several backups of the original file.

This is simple DOS stuff but I'm stumped never having written batch files.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David....

[foxidrive]

This will date and time stamp a file.  That's much more useful than a plain number.

The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in XP Pro and higher.

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%-%Min%-%Sec%"

copy "c:\folder A\file.txt" "c:\folder B\file-%fullstamp%.txt" >nul

pause

[Lemonilla]

set destination=C:\Dummy\
set Location=D:\Dummy\Test.txt
set Filename=Test
set a=1

:loop
if exist %destination%\%filename%_%a% set /a a+=1 && goto :loop
copy %location% %destination%\%filename%_%a%.txt

Untested
Though what foxidrive say's is true, a date\time would be much better for you.

[Nicmos]

Thank you both for your efforts. I will most likely use the one that adds the date stamp but I also like the one that adds -1 to the file name.

Is there a string I can add to that batch file where it will increment file name (filename-1.txt, filename-2.txt, -3.....etc)?

[Lemonilla]

Not in one command, I created a loop that would increment a variable (%a%) by 1 each time it ran, then had it copy the file X times saving it with "-%a%" at the end.  This would be the way I would do it, but I'm sure there are may other ways to complete the task.