Automated folder copy with file date created filtering?

Dano · 6 Aug 2010 at 10:45

Looking for an application that can copy the contents of a folder but with the additional ability to ignore anything that was created before a certain date so that it only copies the newer files.

Any ideas?

Thanks

SiriusB · 6 Aug 2010 at 11:37

Stick this in a .bat file

copystuff.bat

Code:

robocopy C:\source  C:\destination /s /mir /maxage:30

C:\source source directory
C:\destination destination directory

Either directory can be a file path, as in C:\source or a UNC path, as in \\computer\stuff

/s copies sub-directories within the source directory
/mir mirrors the contents of the source [deletions in the source get deleted in the destination]
/maxage:30 maximum age of file in days to copy, in this case 30 days.

I should point out that robocopy only copies files that are new or have changed, so if you are worried about copying over older files over and over, this wont happen with robocopy [meaning the /maxage switch probably isn't necessary].

For example, if the first copy operation copies say 1000 images. Then you add 5 new images and edit an existing one, the next robocopy operation will only copy 6 images. The other 999 won't be copied.

PatZ1989 · 6 Aug 2010 at 13:06

robocopy will do this, as the kind man before me pointed out

Dano · 6 Aug 2010 at 13:18

SiriusB said:
Stick this in a .bat file

copystuff.bat

Code:

robocopy C:\source C:\destination /s /mir /maxage:30

C:\source source directory
C:\destination destination directory

Either directory can be a file path, as in C:\source or a UNC path, as in \\computer\stuff

/s copies sub-directories within the source directory
/mir mirrors the contents of the source [deletions in the source get deleted in the destination]
/maxage:30 maximum age of file in days to copy, in this case 30 days.

I should point out that robocopy only copies files that are new or have changed, so if you are worried about copying over older files over and over, this wont happen with robocopy [meaning the /maxage switch probably isn't necessary].

For example, if the first copy operation copies say 1000 images. Then you add 5 new images and edit an existing one, the next robocopy operation will only copy 6 images. The other 999 won't be copied.

Perfect!

Thanks SiriusB