I am pretty NEW to batch scripting. I would like to make a batch file to backup certain directories, to another location. Also, i would like to CREATE an output log with the details of the backup and whether it was successful or not. Finally, i would like this log to have a time stamp (begin and end, if possible a time stamp for each line entry. Below is what i have so far. THANK you.



@echo off
Q:
:Make
mkdir Logs
IF EXIST Logs GOTO LOG
CD\Logs
IF EXIST Logs\BackupLog.txt GOTO LOG

:CREATE
ECHO BACKUP LOG > Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. >> Logs\BackupLog.txt

:CREATE
ECHO BACKUP LOG > Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. >> Logs\BackupLog.txt

:LOG
ECHO File Backup has started: >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. |DATE| FIND "Current" >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. |TIME| FIND "Current" >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt

ECHO. >> Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO File Backup was stopped: >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. |DATE| FIND "Current" >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. |TIME| FIND "Current" >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO --------------------- >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt
ECHO. >> \Logs\BackupLog.txt


mkdir Batches
IF EXIST Batches GOTO Backup
mkdir Rules
IF EXIST Rules GOTO Backup
mkdir Signatures
IF EXIST Signature GOTO Backup
mkdir Templates
IF EXIST Templates GOTO Backup
:Backup
ECHO BACKUP IN PROGRESS
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\paduanoj\Desktop\Batches" "Q:\Batches" /s /e /k /i
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\paduanoj\My Documents\Outlook\Backup.Outlook\Rules"

"Q:\Rules" /s /e /k /i
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\paduanoj\My Documents\Outlook\Templates" "Q:\Templates" /s

/e /k /i
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\paduanoj\My Documents\Signatures" "Q:\Signatures" /s /e /k

/i


IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO end_on_error



goto end

:end_on_error
@echo off
ECHO Error During Backup
pause

goto end

:endHi There,

all the features, that you NEED can be acomplished by USING robocopy.exe .

You can google on it, I think, you can download it from Microsoft.

It does excellent logging (if you want it), time stamp of starting, ending, time it took to run it, etc.

Check it out, you will be amazed how powerfull this XP/Win2000/W2k3 Command line utility tool, that happens to be a 32 bit executable, so it is also super fast.

Geza

thank you. I will check it out. Although my main goal was to get experience with creating batch files. Thank you again.