batch file to zip old files

[De8o]

Can anybody suggest a batch file that will zip *.dat files in directory that are older than 2 days [sig][/sig]

 

[dm7941]

I don't know of a way to do it individually with a batch file, although it would not be a big deal to write a quickie VB app to do it. The zip command for doing OLDER files is:

pkzip -T10212000 -m old.zip *.dat

where -T10212000 means "take all files older than [date]"
and -m moves the files to the archive. Bad news: it puts them all into one archive.

I really would do it in VB. The easiest way i see is to output the directory to a text file (dir >dir.txt) then parse the text file for filenames and dates older than 2 days. Let me know if you want to do it this way, I can probably put together some quickie code for you if you need it.

David Moore
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[De8o]

Thanks David, but I actually got it sorted. I did want the files to be stored in one zip file. I found a file called oldfiles.exe which allows you to move files older than x days. I then zip them with winzip 8 through the command line and then delete the files in the temp folder.
Again, much thanks for the offer of writing code,
Darren [sig][/sig]