Thanks for the info... I think I'm going with the batch
program for money, but I am going to grab this program for
some other stuff! I appreciate your help!

Greg

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Cal,
Thanks for your help. After I got back to my computer,
read your post, checked the file (which didn't have line
breaks in those long lines) and tried running the batch
file again (from dos) it worked fine! I went to my
scheduled task and ran it from there and again it worked
fine. I didn't change the original file at all. Must
have just been a windows hiccup! Thanks for all your help.

Greg

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Glyn,
Thanks for your help. I don't know what the problem
actually was, but I returned to my computer and tried
messing with the batch files again and they worked fine.
I didn't reboot or change a thing. Before I posted here I
even tried to create a batch file with just the echo on
with the same results. Then I created one with just the
copy line (without the date attributes) with the same
results.

I came back an hour later, run the program and everything
worked. Weird! Thanks for your help.

Greg
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Hi Greg

It's possible you've managed to get an extra html sequence copied into your
file. The script should say:

[at]echo off
for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%i IN ('date /t') DO (
set DT_DAY=%%i
set DT_MM=%%j
set DT_YYYY=%%k)

attrib -r "f:\backup\My Money Backup%dt_yyyy%%dt_mm%%dt_day%.mbf"
copy "f:\backup\My Money Backup.mbf" "f:\backup\My Money
Backup%dt_yyyy%%dt_mm%%dt_day%.mbf" /y


Actually, I have an updated page too which I thought i had published. Will
try to publish it later (it just gives a few more screenshots and an
alternative script for monthly backups instead (plus an updated 'attrib'
line above))

Glyn

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In microsoft.public.money, Greg wrote:

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Note that the page lists two batch files/scripts.

Note that the lines beginning with "if" and "copy are long lines.
Make sure your editor did not change either of them into two lines.



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I have not tested it myself, but it looks good as far as I can
tell.

I suggest you either remove the "[at] echo off" line, or change the
line temporarily to "rem [at] echo off". That line just suppresses
display to the screen, and does not affect what the batch file does.
That way you will at least be able to see where the problem occurs
for you.


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I tried creating that script with no luck. When I run it
it gives me this error:

'■[at]' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Anyone else have any luck with this batch file?

I simply copied it from the website and changed a few
attributes for my personal settings and tried to run it.
I created it in notebook and saved as plain text as
backup.bat

I used the type command to see that it was indeed plain
text and looked correct. It seems as though it is
hanging on the first line - [at]echo off as if it doesn't
know what to do with it.

This is the exact thing that I want to do, and would love
to have windows do it without a 3rd party software
program. Let me know if I'm doing something wrong!
Thanks.

Greg

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Here's a link to a nice automatic backup program - it can generate a new directory with the backup date included in the name.

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp


"Greg" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6a1001c48327$8f0ec6d0$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
Hi everyone... I was wondering if anyone had a good way
to backup money files daily automatically, without
overwriting the old backup file?

I had a program a while back called second copy 2000
which did a nice job of backing up the file (it would
make a new directory each day and copy the money file
into that directory on a CD).

I only used it for a brief time (trial period), and was
wondering if anyone had a similar way to backup files for
free - creating a directory for each day/date and then
copying the file to that directory.

Any help/insite would be greatly appreciated!

In microsoft.public.money, Greg wrote:

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See Glyn Simpson's method at http://www.mvps.org/money/backup.htm

Hi everyone... I was wondering if anyone had a good way
to backup money files daily automatically, without
overwriting the old backup file?

I had a program a while back called second copy 2000
which did a nice job of backing up the file (it would
make a new directory each day and copy the money file
into that directory on a CD).

I only used it for a brief time (trial period), and was
wondering if anyone had a similar way to backup files for
free - creating a directory for each day/date and then
copying the file to that directory.

Any help/insite would be greatly appreciated!