fixed! it was a senior moment!
i was running the batch from the file explorer on my machne not the intended machine
so the c drive was mne not the download machines

dummy me

sorry to have taken your time

:-((

Peter




the date stuff works OK, the folder gets made.
it's just the copy which does not work!

there ar actually 2 files we get from the bank each day. they come in with the same NAME everyday.
so I have to copy them off and change the name to distinguish them.
Thanks
Peter



>>I need to do a scheduled batch file but i can't make it work!
>>its supposed to create a new folder on a drive :\\ott-APV005\edrive\vApp9\vBRS\Capture\%Yr%%Mth%%Day%\
>>then copy tow files from the current folder to the newly created folder
>>my .bat creates the folder alright
>>but the copy does not work, the new folder remains empty
>>
>>:-(
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>echo off
>>Rem Get Day,Mth & Year from %Date%
>>set mth=%Date:~4,2%
>>set day=%Date:~7,2%
>>set Yr=%Date:~10,4%
>>set dt=%Yr%%Mth%%Day%
>>
>>set srce=c:\prowin3\capture\
>>set trgt=\\ott-APV005\edrive\vApp9\vBRS\Capture\%Yr%%Mth%%Day%\
>>
>>rem make a new dir for today
>>mkdir %trgt%
>>
>>
>>rem now copy the files into today's folder with the same name
>>
>>copy %srce%WEB.bai %trgt%*.*
>
>
>Target folder is
>[\\ott-APV005\edrive\vApp9\vBRS\Capture\ г.8.01\]
>Check the picture.
>So maybe you should use:
>copy %srce%WEB.bai "%trgt%*.*"