Script to archive folder and rename files

Question

My goal is to have a .bat that I can use to automatically archive folders via copy, rename the original folder and the files within with the current date and then clean out old production files.

1. Copy target folders to the "Completed" directory
2. Update date on the source folders using the format Previous Name_Today's Date (MMDDYY)
3. Update the date of the INDD files within the source folder using the format Current Name_Today's Date (MMDDYY)
4. "Clean" the source folder by deleting all .VPS and .PDFs files within the source folder

I am a novice but I have pieced together this code from research and sources:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "skip=1" %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined MyDate set MyDate=%%x
set today=%MyDate:~0,4%-%MyDate:~4,2%-%MyDate:~6,2%
xcopy /s /e /q /y "G:\...\Annual_*" "G:\...\_DONE\"
xcopy /s /e /q /y "G:\...\Life_*" "G:\...\_DONE\"
MOVE "G:\...\Annual_*" "G:\...\Annual_today"
MOVE "G:\...\Life_today" "G:\...\Life_today"
FOR /M *.indd /C "cmd /c rename @file \"@fname - today.indd\""
del /s "G:\...\Annual_today" *.pdf
del /s "G:\...\Annual_today" *.vps
del /s "G:\...\Life_today" *.pdf
del /s "G:\...\Life_today" *.vps
"G:\...\New_Job.bat" > output.txt

My end goal is to be able to change the directory path for the source and archive folders so I can reuse this script for different clients files.

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Current Issues

As it stands the script doesn't copy and create an archive folder files and just, deletes all VPS and PDF files from all directories, not just the target folder.

I'm not sure if I'm performing the date check correctly to then use it as a variable to rename future folders and files.

I don't know if FOR /M *.indd /C "cmd /c rename @file \"@fname - today.indd\"" is correct to rename the files. The names are a PO number (6digits) then a title, underscore and then the date.

123456_Life_Kit_020819 for example.

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Help would be greatly appreciated!

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Here's an Example of what the script should do

Copies the WHOLE folder to the _OLD/Archive folder for each one. Then renames the folder and the contents extensions to the "current date". Then deletes the .pdf and .vps files in the NEW date directories only.

Here is an example of the folder structure.

Main directory:

Inside one of the subdirectories:

The only things I'm trying to rename are the MAIN directory folders with the dates (after copying) and then the files within the subdirectory.

No other folders need to be renamed.

Answer 1

I've included a batch script below that is sort of hybrid since it uses PowerShell but it dynamically builds and executes it but the archive destination per the dest= variable value is used for processing accordingly.

I did use an approach with Robocopy to exclude the file extension types that you want recursively deleted from the destination/archive folder so it simply doesn't copy unnecessarily and thus no need to delete.

I used a whole bunch of PowerShell cmdlets and such so rather than list them all out, I've included some of those in the Further Resources section for additional learning if you desire to understand further.

Batch Script

Note: Just set the the source, destination, and excluded files per the correlated variables (src=, dest=, and excludedFiles=) at the top of the script below then simply click to run.

SET "src=G:\Folder\Production"
SET "dest=G:\Folder\__Archive"
SET "fname=*.*"
SET "excludedFiles=*.pdf *.vps"

Robocopy "%src%" "%fname%" "%dest%" /E /XF %excludedFiles%
CALL :PSScript

SET PowerShellDir=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
CD /D "%PowerShellDir%"
Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PSScript%'"
IF EXIST "%PSScript%" DEL /Q /F "%PSScript%"
EXIT

:PSScript
SET PSScript=%temp%\~tmp%~n0.ps1
IF EXIST "%PSScript%" DEL /Q /F "%PSScript%"

ECHO $Main ^= "%dest%";                                                                                                               >"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Today ^= ^(^("{0:MMddyy}" -f ^(get-date^).AddHours^(0^)^).ToString^(^)^)                                                        >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Folders ^= ^(Get-ChildItem -Directory $Main ^| ^? {$_ -match "([0-9]{6})"}^);                                                   >>"%PSScript%"

ECHO $Folders ^| %% {                                                                                                                 >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO If^($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"){                                                                                                     >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $root  ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname^);                                                                              >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $oBase ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname -leaf^);                                                                        >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $nBase ^= ^($oBase.Replace^($matches[1],$Today^)^);                                                                      >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         Rename-Item "$root\$oBase" "$root\$nBase";                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     }                                                                                                                            >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO };                                                                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"

ECHO $Folders ^= ^(Get-ChildItem -Directory $Main ^| ^? {$_.Name -match "([0-9]{6})"}^).FullName;                                     >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Files   ^= ^($Folders ^| %% {Get-ChildItem "$_\*" -File -Include *.indd} ^| ^? {$_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})"}^);      >>"%PSScript%"

ECHO $Files ^| %% {                                                                                                                   >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO If^($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})"^)                                                                                     >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     {                                                                                                                            >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $x ^= $matches[1];                                                                                                       >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $root ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname^);                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $nName ^= ^($_.Name.Replace^($x,$today^)^);                                                                              >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         If^(!^(Test-Path "$root\$nName"^)^){Rename-Item $_.FullName "$root\$nName"};                                             >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     }                                                                                                                            >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO };                                                                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"
GOTO :EOF

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PowerShell Logic

Note: This is the PowerShell alone in case you want to use it, but you simply set the $Main = variable value to be that of the archive folder path of the folders and files with the mmddyy string that gets updated with those characters of the current date when run.

$Main = "G:\Folder\__Archive";                                                                                                                
$Today = (("{0:MMddyy}" -f (get-date).AddHours(0)).ToString())                                                          
$Folders = (Get-ChildItem -Directory $Main | ? {$_ -match "([0-9]{6})"});                                                   
$Folders | % {                                                                                                                    
If($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"){                                                                                                   
        $root  = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname);                                                                                
        $oBase = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname -leaf);                                                                          
        $nBase = ($oBase.Replace($matches[1],$Today));                                                                        
        Rename-Item "$root\$oBase" "$root\$nBase";                                                                                 
    }                                                                                                                              
};                                                                                                                                 
$Folders = (Get-ChildItem -Directory $Main | ? {$_.Name -match "([0-9]{6})"}).FullName;                                     
$Files   = ($Folders | % {Get-ChildItem "$_\*" -File -Include *.indd} | ? {$_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})"});
$Files | % {                                                                                                                      
If($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})")                                                                                    
    {                                                                                                                              
        $x = $matches[1];                                                                                                         
        $root = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname);                                                                                 
        $nName = ($_.Name.Replace($x,$today));                                                                                
        If(!(Test-Path "$root\$nName")){Rename-Item $_.FullName "$root\$nName"};                                                             
    }                                                                                                                              
};    

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PowerShell Version 2.0 Compatible Logic

Batch (PS 2.0)

Note: Just set the the source, destination, and excluded files per the correlated variables (src=, dest=, and excludedFiles=) at the top of the script below then simply click to run.

SET "src=G:\Folder\Production"
SET "dest=G:\Folder\__Archive"
SET "fname=*.*"
SET "excludedFiles=*.pdf *.vps"

Robocopy "%src%" "%fname%" "%dest%" /E /XF %excludedFiles%
CALL :PSScript

SET PowerShellDir=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
CD /D "%PowerShellDir%"
Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PSScript%'"
IF EXIST "%PSScript%" DEL /Q /F "%PSScript%"
EXIT

:PSScript
SET PSScript=%temp%\~tmp%~n0.ps1
IF EXIST "%PSScript%" DEL /Q /F "%PSScript%"

ECHO $Main ^= "%dest%";                                                                                                                                >"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Today ^= ^(^("{0:MMddyy}" -f ^(get-date^).AddHours^(0^)^).ToString^(^)^);                                                                        >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Folders ^= ^(Get-ChildItem $Main ^| ^? {^($_.PSIsContainer^) -and ^($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"^)}^);                                                 >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Folders ^| %% {                                                                                                                                  >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO If^($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"^){                                                                                                                     >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $root  ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname^);                                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $oBase ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname -leaf^);                                                                                         >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $nBase ^= ^($oBase.Replace^($matches[1],$Today^)^);                                                                                       >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         Rename-Item "$root\$oBase" "$root\$nBase";                                                                                                >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     }                                                                                                                                             >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO };                                                                                                                                                >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Folders ^= ^(Get-ChildItem $Main ^| ^? {^($_.PSIsContainer^) -and ^($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"^)}^);                                                 >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Files   ^= ^($Folders ^| %% {Get-ChildItem $_.FullName -Recurse -Include *.indd ^| ^? {^(!$_.PSIsContainer^) -and ^($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})"^)}}^);>>"%PSScript%"
ECHO $Files ^| %% {                                                                                                                                    >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO If^($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})"^)                                                                                                      >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     {                                                                                                                                             >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $x ^= $matches[1];                                                                                                                        >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $root ^= ^(Split-Path -path $_.Fullname^);                                                                                                >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         $nName ^= ^($_.Name.Replace^($x,$today^)^);                                                                                               >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO         If^(!^(Test-Path "$root\$nName"^)^){Rename-Item $_.FullName "$root\$nName"};                                                              >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO     }                                                                                                                                             >>"%PSScript%"
ECHO };                                                                                                                                                >>"%PSScript%"      
GOTO :EOF

PowerShell (PS 2.0)

Easy Execute Note: Save this as a text file with a .ps1 extension to a folder such as G:\Folder\Archiver.ps1 and then from the PowerShell command line put a dot, a single blank space, and then the full script name and path enclosed by double quotes press Enter.

$Main = "G:\Folder\__Archive";                                                                                                                
$Today = (("{0:MMddyy}" -f (get-date).AddHours(0)).ToString());  
$Folders = (Get-ChildItem $Main | ? {($_.PSIsContainer) -and ($_ -match "([0-9]{6})")});

$Folders | % {                                                                                                                    
If($_ -match "([0-9]{6})"){                                                                                                   
        $root  = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname);                                                                                
        $oBase = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname -leaf);                                                                          
        $nBase = ($oBase.Replace($matches[1],$Today));                                                                        
        Rename-Item "$root\$oBase" "$root\$nBase";                                                                                 
    }                                                                                                                              
};   

$Folders = (Get-ChildItem $Main | ? {($_.PSIsContainer) -and ($_ -match "([0-9]{6})")});
$Files   = ($Folders | % {Get-ChildItem $_.FullName -Recurse | ? {(!$_.PSIsContainer) -and ($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})")}});

$Files | % {                                                                                                                      
If($_.Name -match "[0-9]{6}.*?([0-9]{6})")                                                                                    
    {                                                                                                                              
        $x = $matches[1];                                                                                                         
        $root = (Split-Path -path $_.Fullname);                                                                                 
        $nName = ($_.Name.Replace($x,$today));                                                                                
        If(!(Test-Path "$root\$nName")){Rename-Item $_.FullName "$root\$nName"};                                                             
    }                                                                                                                              
};    

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Further Resources

• Robocopy

         /S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
         /E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
         /XF file [file]... :: eXclude Files matching given names/paths/wildcards.
  

• Call
• Get-ChildItem
• If

• ForEach-Object

  Standard Aliases for Foreach-Object: the '%' symbol, ForEach

• Where-Object

  The '?' symbol and Where are both aliases for Where-Object. If you explicitly want to run the Where-Object command, run Where-object or '?' .

• Split-Path

• Rename-Item
• Replace()
• Regular Expressions
• Test-Path
• Match at every second occurrence

Answer 2

I also (finally) have a PowerShell solution.

You should create a PowerShell Profile and put the function below in it. it will then be ready to use whenever you start PowerShell.

Change the $Destination Path in the Param() block to whatever Backup Destination Path you'd like.

Here's some examples how to use the function:

# This will backup the specified path to the default destination specified in the function
Backup-Folder "C:\install\TestApp"

# You can also Backup multiple paths at once
Backup-Folder "C:\install\TestApp","D:\somepath\xy_020317"

# You can also overwrite the destination where the folder should be backed up to
Backup-Folder "C:\install\TestApp" -Destination "G:\MyNewFavoriteBackupLocation"

# You can also overwrite the setting for what Extensions to delete
Backup-Folder "C:\install\TestApp" -DeleteExtensions ".xlsx",".docx",".pdf"

# You can combine all of the above to be as flexible as you'd like
Backup-Folder "C:\install\TestApp","D:\somepath\xy_020317" -Destination "E:\xy" -DeleteExtensions ".ai"

btw. I from your comments I feel like, you want a batch invocation, by putting this function in your PowerShell profile, you can create a *.bat file wherever you want (e.g desktop or wherever) with the following line:

powershell "Backup-Folder 'C:\foo\folder1', 'C:\bar\ANNUAL_323232', 'E:\somewhere'"

This function will:

• Backup the whole folder to the $Destination
• Delete all files with a extension specified in $DeleteExtensions in the folder
• Check if we have to change the name of the folder and it's files, otherwise does not rename
• if the date is not the same as it was before, it will rename folder and files to the new date
• if there was no date on a file, it will add it

Here's the fully commented function:

function Backup-Folder {

    Param(
        [ValidateScript({ Test-Path $_ })]
        [string[]]$Path,
        [string]$Destination = "C:\install\_DONE",
        [string[]]$DeleteExtensions = @(".pdf",".vps")
    )

    # Creating Destination Directory if not already present
    mkdir $Destination -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue > $null

    # Getting the Date.
    $Date = (Get-Date).ToString("MMddyy")

    # Looping over each path
    foreach ($p in $path) {

        # Copy the whole folder to the destination
        Copy-Item $p $Destination -Recurse -Force

        # Get Folder Data
        $Folder = Get-Item $p 

        # Get Old and New Name
        $Folder.Name -match '\d{6}' > $null
        $Old = $Matches.GetEnumerator() | select -expand Value
        $New = if ($Old) { $Folder.Name -replace $Old,$Date } 
               else { "{0}_{1}" -f $Folder.Name,$Date }

        # if the Old Date is not the same as the new date Rename Folders and return them 
        # else return the original folder object
        $RenamedFolder = if ($Old -ne $Date) { Rename-Item $Folder -NewName $New -PassThru }
                         else { $Folder }

        # Get all Files in subfolder and loop over them
        # Add -Recurse after $RenamedFolder if you also want the script to go through 
        # all files of all subdirectories
        Get-ChildItem $RenamedFolder | ? { !$_.PsIsContainer } | foreach {

            # if the extension should be deleted, delete it
            if ($_.Extension -in $DeleteExtensions) {
                # Delete Item
                Remove-Item $_.FullName -Force
            }
            # else rename it.
            else {
                # Get Old and New Name
                $_.BaseName -match '\d{6}' > $null
                $OldName = $Matches.GetEnumerator() | select -expand Value
                $NewName = if ($OldName) { $_.Name -replace $OldName,$Date } 
                           else { "{0}_{1}{2}" -f $_.BaseName,$Date,$_.Extension }

                # Finally Rename Item if the Old Date is not the same as the new date
                if ($OldName -ne $Date) { Rename-Item $_.FullName -NewName $NewName }
            }
        }
    }
}

We could also include a logic to be able to specify what file-extensions should be kept, additionally to be able to tell which ones should be deleted, if you see the need to do so.

Answer 3

I have a powershell solution for you.

archiver.ps1, archiver.bat, and command shell line to kick it off. Place the PS1 file and the BAT file in the same folder (anywhere you choose.) The renaming aims for an underscore and 6 digits "_######".

The BAT file takes 4 parameters:

1. your root folder that you want your recursive search based off of.

2. the file/folder name subsection to modify Example: "Annual_"

3. the second file/folder name subsection to modify Example: "Life_"

4. the name of your archive folder to be made/added to. Example: "_OLD"

File Archiver.ps1:

Param(
     [Parameter(Position=0)] [string]$rootFolder = "C:\scripting\archiver"

     ,[Parameter(Position=1)] [string]$folderName1 = "ANNUAL_"

     ,[Parameter(Position=2)] [string]$folderName2 = "LIFE_"

     ,[Parameter(Position=3)] [string]$archiveFolder = "_OLD"
)
BEGIN
{

$today = get-date -UFormat %m%d%y

$folderName1 = "*"+$folderName1+"*"

$folderName2 = "*"+$folderName2+"*"

$startFolders = GCI -Path $rootFolder -Recurse -Include $folderName1, $folderName2 -Exclude $archiveFolder -Directory

pushd
foreach ($fold in $startFolders){
    cd $fold
    if(-not (Test-Path $archiveFolder)){md $archiveFolder | Out-Null}
    $theseFilez = gci -File
    if($theseFilez){
        foreach ($filez in $theseFilez){
            Copy-Item $filez $archiveFolder -Force
            if($filez -like "*.indd" -and $filez -notlike "*_$today*"){$filez | Rename-Item -NewName {$filez.Name -replace '[_]\d{6}',('_'+$today)}}
        }
    Remove-Item "*.pdf"
    Remove-Item "*.vps"
    }
    if($fold -notlike "*_$today*"){$fold | Rename-Item -NewName {$fold.Name -Replace '[_]\d{6}',('_'+$today)}}
}

popd

}

PROCESS{}
END{}

File Archiver.Bat (1 line)

start powershell -File Archiver.ps1 -rootFolder "%1" -folderName1 "%2" -folderName2 "%3" -archiveFolder "%4"

Command Shell invocation:

archiver c:\scripting\archiver LIFE_ ANNUAL_ _OLD

Or for a batch file that is double click to run, just type the parameters in to the batch file like so:

start powershell -File Archiver.ps1 -rootFolder "C:\scripting\archiver" -folderName1 "ANNUAL_" -folderName2 "LIFE_" -archiveFolder "_OLD"

edit changed "-Exclude $archiveFolder" to "-File" in 2nd gci command

edit 2 - adjust for two file/folder names, also include batch file for 'double click' to run.

edit 3 swapped day/month/year for month/day/year per SimonS suggestion.

Answer 4

Use logrotate

This is exactly what it's for..

Config file logrotate.conf

/tmp/mydir/* {
    daily
    dateext
    olddir /tmp/myarchive
}

Then run it.

touch /tmp/mydir/mylog1.txt /tmp/mydir/myotherlog2.txt
logrotate -vf ./logrotate.conf -s mystatus.logrotate

You should see something like this in verbose mode

reading config file ./logrotate.conf
olddir is now /tmp/myarchive
Reading state from file: mystatus.logrotate
Allocating hash table for state file, size 64 entries
Creating new state
Creating new state
Creating new state
Creating new state

Handling 1 logs

rotating pattern: /tmp/mydir/*  forced from command line (no old logs will be kept)
olddir is /tmp/myarchive, empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /tmp/mydir/mylog1.txt
  Now: 2019-02-18 00:08
  Last rotated at 2019-02-18 00:00
  log needs rotating
considering log /tmp/mydir/myotherlog2.txt
  Now: 2019-02-18 00:08
  Last rotated at 2019-02-18 00:00
  log needs rotating
rotating log /tmp/mydir/mylog1.txt, log->rotateCount is 0
dateext suffix '-20190218'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
glob finding old rotated logs failed
renaming /tmp/mydir/mylog1.txt to /tmp/myarchive/mylog1.txt-20190218
disposeName will be /tmp/myarchive/mylog1.txt-20190218
removing old log /tmp/myarchive/mylog1.txt-20190218
rotating log /tmp/mydir/myotherlog2.txt, log->rotateCount is 0
dateext suffix '-20190218'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
glob finding old rotated logs failed
renaming /tmp/mydir/myotherlog2.txt to /tmp/myarchive/myotherlog2.txt-20190218
disposeName will be /tmp/myarchive/myotherlog2.txt-20190218
removing old log /tmp/myarchive/myotherlog2.txt-20190218

logrotate is already on all Linux systems. It likely already runs on your system (see /etc/logrotate.conf or /etc/logrotate.conf.d/) and you can install it on Windows with Logwot8

• https://www.itefix.net/logwot8