booyaa dot org
i wrote this script to file previous month’s sametime chat logs (we used the reference chat logging dll which writes to text files). it places the chat logs in a directory hierarchy of year (4 digits) and month (2 digits with padding).
stcf.bat:
@ECHO OFF CLS :: SameTime Chatlog Filer (stcf) :: purpose: Moves previous month's logs into sub dir e.g. Jan 2009 logs into :: a directory called d:\chatlogs\2009\01 SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion SET chatLogsDir=D:\CHATLOGS\ SET DD=%date:~0,2% SET MM=%date:~3,2% :: Testing for first and last months of the year ::SET MM=01 ::SET MM=12 SET YYYY=%date:~6,4% :: Work out previous month's log file name, as we'll only be moving these log files IF "%MM%" == "01" SET prevMon=DEC IF "%MM%" == "02" SET prevMon=JAN IF "%MM%" == "03" SET prevMon=FEB IF "%MM%" == "04" SET prevMon=MAR IF "%MM%" == "05" SET prevMon=APR IF "%MM%" == "06" SET prevMon=MAY IF "%MM%" == "07" SET prevMon=JUN IF "%MM%" == "08" SET prevMon=JUL IF "%MM%" == "09" SET prevMon=AUG IF "%MM%" == "10" SET prevMon=SEP IF "%MM%" == "11" SET prevMon=OCT IF "%MM%" == "12" SET prevMon=NOV ECHO DEBUG: %DD% %MM% %YYYY% %prevMon% IF "%MM%" == "01" ( SET prevMM=12 SET /A YYYY=%YYYY%-1 ) IF "%MM%" == "02" SET prevMM=01 IF "%MM%" == "03" SET prevMM=02 IF "%MM%" == "04" SET prevMM=03 IF "%MM%" == "05" SET prevMM=04 IF "%MM%" == "06" SET prevMM=05 IF "%MM%" == "07" SET prevMM=06 IF "%MM%" == "08" SET prevMM=07 IF "%MM%" == "09" SET prevMM=08 IF "%MM%" == "10" SET prevMM=09 IF "%MM%" == "11" SET prevMM=10 IF "%MM%" == "12" SET prevMM=11 SET chatLogsDirDate=%chatLogsDir%%YYYY%\%prevMM% ECHO MD %chatLogsDirDate% ECHO MOVE %chatLogsDir%*%prevMon%*.dat %chatLogsDirDate%\



