>>>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%*.*
>>
>>The final COPY command looks incorrect:
>>
>>- the first argument %srce%WEB.bai specifies just one file, in the %srce% folder
>>- there should not be any wildcards in the target, if you're copying multiple files the target should just be a folder
>>
>>I suspect you actually want something like
>>

>>copy %srce%*.bai %trgt%
>>REM which copies all files with the .bai extension to the target folder
>>

>actually there are 2 files per day:
>- WEB.bai
>- Detail with Text Report.BAI2

File names with spaces are generally a PITA in CMD files. If there's a chance you could get the file named something like "Detail_with_Text_Report.BAI2" that would be easier to handle. Nevertheless the following should work:

copy %srce%*.bai* %trgt%