Ross Goodman

Tag: cmd

  • Keep Recent Folders Delete Older In DOS

    There are often scenarios such as rolling backups or rolling logfiles where I create folders which have the date in the folder name.

    HINT: Using the format YYYYMMDD means that an alphabetic search is also chronological!

    In most cases I only want to keep a certain number of these folders and delete the older ones. The following script will implement this deletion process.

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  • Format Date in DOS Command Line

    For any dos batch files that I run on a regular basis I commonly want to create a folder or a text file with the current date in the file name. I’m a purist and I like my dates formatted as YYYYMMDD so that an alphabetic sort is also chronological.

    The following script will place the current date into a variable in the required format.

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