[windows2000] Re: copy files by date over CLI
- From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:34:43 -0500
BTW, there were two lines that wrapped in that script... they are the two
lines that do not start with a Space or a Colon.
And the line that starts with "NOW" should have the word "Echo" in front of
it.
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:31 PM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: copy files by date over CLI
Forfiles from the resource kit...
Stuff it into a FOR command at the CLI, and you should be good to go.
Here is a script (Modified from ASB's DelOld script on the NTSysAdmin list)
that hunts a directory and it's subdirectories for files older than XX days,
and moves them.
<-------Start------->
@ECHO OFF
rem ==============================================================
rem === Move Old Files (Win2K/FORFILES Version)
rem ==============================================================
rem ==============================================================
rem === Verify If Syntax Help Is Required/Requested
rem === Last Modified On 06 Sep 2001
rem ==============================================================
:NeedHelp
IF /I "%1"=="" GOTO :HelpMessage
IF /I "%2"=="" GOTO :HelpMessage
FOR %%H IN (H HELP) DO IF /I "%1"=="/%%H" GOTO :HelpMessage
FOR /F %%H IN ('ECHO %* ^| FIND /I "/?"') DO IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO
:HelpMessage
rem ==============================================================
rem === Initialize Environment Variables
rem === Last Modified On 05 Sep 2001
rem ==============================================================
:Variables
SETLOCAL
SET @FOLDER=%~1
SET @DESTFolder=%~2
SET @AGE=%3& IF /I "%3"=="" SET @AGE=30
SET @LOGFILE="%~dp0\Logs\MoveOld.LOG"
rem ==============================================================
rem === Recurse Through Subfolders And Move Old Files
rem === Last Modified On 05 Sep 2001
rem ==============================================================
:SetFolders
IF /I NOT EXIST "%~dp0\Logs" MD "%~dp0\Logs"
ECHO. >>%@LOGFILE%
ECHO. >>%@LOGFILE%
NOW Hunting Through "%@FOLDER%" And Subfolders For Old Files...
>>%@LOGFILE%
ECHO. >>%@LOGFILE%
ECHO.
ECHO Hunting Through "%@FOLDER%" And Subfolders For Old Files...
ECHO.
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%D IN ('FORFILES -p"%@FOLDER%" -d-%@AGE% -s -c"CMD /C
ECHO @PATH\@FILE"') DO CALL :MoveFiles "%%D"
rem ==============================================================
rem === Reset Environment Variables and Exit Batch File
rem === Last Modified On 27 Jun 2000
rem ==============================================================
:ExitBatch
ENDLOCAL
GOTO :EOF
rem ==============================================================
rem === SUBROUTINE: Remove Files That Are Over XX Days Old
rem === Last Modified On 18 Oct 2000
rem ==============================================================
:MoveFiles
FOR /F %%G IN ('dir %1 ^| FIND /I ".."') DO IF ERRORLEVEL 0 goto SkipRemove
rem %* = Current Filename
ECHO -- Moving %*...
ECHO -- Moving %*... >>%@LOGFILE%
ATTRIB -R -S -H %*
MOVE %* %@DESTFolder% >>%@LOGFILE%
:SkipRemove
GOTO :EOF
rem ==============================================================
rem === SUBROUTINE: Remove Surrounding Quotes From Variable
rem === Last Modified On 01 Jul 2001
rem ==============================================================
:NoQuotes
rem %1 = Current Filename
SET %1=%~2
GOTO :EOF
rem ==============================================================
rem === SUBROUTINE: Display Syntax Help For "/?"
rem === Last Modified On 23 Aug 2001
rem ==============================================================
:HelpMessage
ECHO.
ECHO Syntax Help for MOVEOLD.BAT
ECHO.
ECHO === MoveOld {initial_dir} {destination_dir} [age_of_files]
ECHO.
ECHO Example: MoveOld C:\STORAGE c:\OldStuff 10
ECHO MoveOld D:\HOME c:\OldStuff 90
ECHO MoveOld E:\ARCHIVES c:\OldStuff
ECHO MoveOld "F:\OLD ARCHIVES" c:\OldStuff
ECHO MoveOld "G:\MISCELLANEOUS STUFF" c:\OldStuff 45
ECHO.
ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ECHO NOTE: Folder names which contain spaces
ECHO should be surrounded by quotes.
ECHO Shortnames *can* be surrounded by
ECHO quotes if you choose, but it is not
ECHO mandatory by any means.
ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ECHO.
<------------------End Script------------>
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Anderson [mailto:BAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:06 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] copy files by date over CLI
I've got a directory of documents on one of our app servers. They're
computer generated documents that have been piling up for a bit. Right now,
in this one directory, there is close to 500k documents. I'm wanting to pull
some of the files out of there. Problem is that the folder seems to be so
big (like 13GB), that explorer just freezes (even if you let it sit for an
hour) trying to open up the folder. Over the command line, I can copy files
fine though. Does anyone know of a way that I could copy files over the
command line using a modified date range as an identifier? The files go back
about 3 years and I would want to move out maybe the first year or so. I
wasn't aware of any specific switches that did that in either copy or xcopy.
Or beyond that, would there be a utility that could do it that anyone is
aware?
thanks,
-brian
Brian Anderson
Serapis Support
Correctional Medical Service
Office (314)919-9868
Mobile (314)239-1398
banderson@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.serapisonline.com
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