First batch file attempt

vouge34

I want to write a batch file that will move files of a certain extension that are older than 30 days to an archive directory. For example, move all .txt files in C:\someFolder\otherFolder to D:\anotherFolder\archive that were created 30 or more days ago.

How can I get the current date to compare to the date the file was created?
How can I specify that only a certain type of file be moved?

Is this type of thing possible in a batch file or should I use something else?

Thanks for any help.
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eznet

I don't know if those comparisons can be made in batch files... I know I have never used a batch for those sorts of operations... You may have to use VBScript or another scripting language to get these functions...

Anyone else?

surdy

1) To tackle the date problem you can use the utility FDATE found on this page .
You can download it directly from here
Documentation for the same is here

2) you can select specific kind of files by simply using wildcard that is move only *.txt files

hope this helps