[dornjmd]

I need help making a bat file that moves files from subdirectories to the main directory, and renaming the files to include day stamps (yyyy.mm.dd).


I apologize for the question. At one point in time I was actually a pretty decent C++ and Java coder. 12 years away from the compiler gets you rusty.

Let's start off with this disclaimer. My client is an idiot and really doesn't understand drag and drop.

I have a situation where files are coming into a directory from three different sources. Sometimes my client will drag only the file into the directory, other times the folder containing the file will be dragged and dropped.

I want this scenario from my client: Folder \ files

I get this usually: Folder \ files and folder(s) \ files

As I said above, I need to get everything back to the Folder \ files scenario.



Also, I need to append a day stamp (yyyy.mm.dd) on the beginning of the file names.

It would be nice, but not essential, that I can check for the length of the file name and only append the stamp if the name is 8 chars or shorter (excluding the extension).


I already have the structures in place to move and back up the file at the end of every day.



I can do a bunch of this stuff in Java but I am completely clueless with non trivial bat files.

Thank you guys in advance.

Jared

[Ossian]

You don't say which OS you are using, but IMHO investigate powershell -- lots of potential to do this:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pow...HIWG-wbY98TQAw

[dornjmd]

Thanks for pointing that out. Win Server 2003.