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Batch file to determine latest file

georgiebest678, on Monday 5 May 2008 à 14:07:36
Hello,



I find myself in the position of needing a batch file to do a specific task for a menu system I am making. What I need is this:

I have a c:\windows directory that has files such as autoexec.001, autoexec.002, etc.

I want the batch file to determine the latest file (like autoexec.003) and copy it to c:\ as autoexec.bat.

any help would be great. not working with vb or anything on this, just plain old DOS.

Thanks!
Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0
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bobgure, on Monday 5 May 2008 à 14:42:56
Hai


:: --- BATCH SCRIPT START ---
@echo off
setlocal
set source=c:\windows
set destdir=c:\
pushd "%source%"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir autoexec.* /b /a-d /o:e 2^>NUL') do (set lfile=%%a)
echo copying "%source%\%lfile%" to "%destdir%" As autoexec.bat
copy /y "%source%\%lfile%" "%destdir%\autoexec.bat"
::--- BATCH SCRIPT END---
   
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 ed, on Monday 7 July 2008 à 15:25:20
This is excellent!

Works like a charm, I used an edited version to copy the most recent backup to my offsite restore container.
   
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