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Author Topic: how to select folder with latest time stamp using batch script  (Read 19650 times)

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user123

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    • Experience: Beginner
    • OS: Windows 10
    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!