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Kyrgan

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    Copy files between specific dates
    « on: November 27, 2017, 02:22:42 PM »
    Hello everyone,

    I am trying to play with the following code:

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    for /F "tokens=2-4* delims=/ " %%A in ('DATE/T') do set MMDDYY=%%B-%%A-%%C

    xcopy c:\source\*.* c:\dest /D:%MMDDYY%

    But I can't figure out how to say I want to copy the created files from the 10th to the 15th, or from x days ago to today.

    Most likely, all files between startday of X and end day of Y.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks for your suggestions.
    « Last Edit: November 27, 2017, 03:59:15 PM by Kyrgan »

    Squashman



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    Re: Copy files between specific dates
    « Reply #1 on: November 28, 2017, 09:48:36 PM »
    Robocopy has /maxage and /minage options.

    DaveLembke



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    Re: Copy files between specific dates
    « Reply #2 on: November 29, 2017, 10:30:40 AM »
              /MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.
              /MINAGE:n :: MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date.


    Contents of the Robocopy Help aka robocopy/? below


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    C:\>robocopy/?

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Started : Wed Nov 29 12:28:58 2017

                  Usage :: ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options]

                 source :: Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
            destination :: Destination Dir  (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
                   file :: File(s) to copy  (names/wildcards: default is "*.*").

    ::
    :: Copy options :
    ::
                     /S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
                     /E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
                 /LEV:n :: only copy the top n LEVels of the source directory tree.

                     /Z :: copy files in restartable mode.
                     /B :: copy files in Backup mode.
                    /ZB :: use restartable mode; if access denied use Backup mode.
                /EFSRAW :: copy all encrypted files in EFS RAW mode.

      /COPY:copyflag[s] :: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT).
                           (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).
                           (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).

               /DCOPY:T :: COPY Directory Timestamps.

                   /SEC :: copy files with SECurity (equivalent to /COPY:DATS).
               /COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU).
                /NOCOPY :: COPY NO file info (useful with /PURGE).

                /SECFIX :: FIX file SECurity on all files, even skipped files.
                /TIMFIX :: FIX file TIMes on all files, even skipped files.

                 /PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.
                   /MIR :: MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE).

                   /MOV :: MOVe files (delete from source after copying).
                  /MOVE :: MOVE files AND dirs (delete from source after copying).

         /A+:[RASHCNET] :: add the given Attributes to copied files.
         /A-:[RASHCNET] :: remove the given Attributes from copied files.

                /CREATE :: CREATE directory tree and zero-length files only.
                   /FAT :: create destination files using 8.3 FAT file names only.
                   /256 :: turn off very long path (> 256 characters) support.

                 /MON:n :: MONitor source; run again when more than n changes seen.
                 /MOT:m :: MOnitor source; run again in m minutes Time, if changed.

          /RH:hhmm-hhmm :: Run Hours - times when new copies may be started.
                    /PF :: check run hours on a Per File (not per pass) basis.

                 /IPG:n :: Inter-Packet Gap (ms), to free bandwidth on slow lines.

                    /SL :: copy symbolic links versus the target.

                /MT[:n] :: Do multi-threaded copies with n threads (default 8).
                           n must be at least 1 and not greater than 128.
                           This option is incompatible with the /IPG and /EFSRAW opt
    ions.
                           Redirect output using /LOG option for better performance.


    ::
    :: File Selection Options :
    ::
                     /A :: copy only files with the Archive attribute set.
                     /M :: copy only files with the Archive attribute and reset it.
        /IA:[RASHCNETO] :: Include only files with any of the given Attributes set.
        /XA:[RASHCNETO] :: eXclude files with any of the given Attributes set.

     /XF file [file]... :: eXclude Files matching given names/paths/wildcards.
     /XD dirs [dirs]... :: eXclude Directories matching given names/paths.

                    /XC :: eXclude Changed files.
                    /XN :: eXclude Newer files.
                    /XO :: eXclude Older files.
                    /XX :: eXclude eXtra files and directories.
                    /XL :: eXclude Lonely files and directories.
                    /IS :: Include Same files.
                    /IT :: Include Tweaked files.

                 /MAX:n :: MAXimum file size - exclude files bigger than n bytes.
                 /MIN:n :: MINimum file size - exclude files smaller than n bytes.

              /MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.
              /MINAGE:n :: MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date.
              /MAXLAD:n :: MAXimum Last Access Date - exclude files unused since n.
              /MINLAD:n :: MINimum Last Access Date - exclude files used since n.
                           (If n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date).

                    /XJ :: eXclude Junction points. (normally included by default).

                   /FFT :: assume FAT File Times (2-second granularity).
                   /DST :: compensate for one-hour DST time differences.

                   /XJD :: eXclude Junction points for Directories.
                   /XJF :: eXclude Junction points for Files.

    ::
    :: Retry Options :
    ::
                   /R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million.
                   /W:n :: Wait time between retries: default is 30 seconds.

                   /REG :: Save /R:n and /W:n in the Registry as default settings.

                   /TBD :: wait for sharenames To Be Defined (retry error 67).

    ::
    :: Logging Options :
    ::
                     /L :: List only - don't copy, timestamp or delete any files.
                     /X :: report all eXtra files, not just those selected.
                     /V :: produce Verbose output, showing skipped files.
                    /TS :: include source file Time Stamps in the output.
                    /FP :: include Full Pathname of files in the output.
                 /BYTES :: Print sizes as bytes.

                    /NS :: No Size - don't log file sizes.
                    /NC :: No Class - don't log file classes.
                   /NFL :: No File List - don't log file names.
                   /NDL :: No Directory List - don't log directory names.

                    /NP :: No Progress - don't display percentage copied.
                   /ETA :: show Estimated Time of Arrival of copied files.

              /LOG:file :: output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).
             /LOG+:file :: output status to LOG file (append to existing log).

           /UNILOG:file :: output status to LOG file as UNICODE (overwrite existing
    log).
          /UNILOG+:file :: output status to LOG file as UNICODE (append to existing
    log).

                   /TEE :: output to console window, as well as the log file.

                   /NJH :: No Job Header.
                   /NJS :: No Job Summary.

               /UNICODE :: output status as UNICODE.

    ::
    :: Job Options :
    ::
           /JOB:jobname :: take parameters from the named JOB file.
          /SAVE:jobname :: SAVE parameters to the named job file
                  /QUIT :: QUIT after processing command line (to view parameters).

                  /NOSD :: NO Source Directory is specified.
                  /NODD :: NO Destination Directory is specified.
                    /IF :: Include the following Files.