Batch file for backup

There are some much better tools:

RoboCopy
XXcopy
SyncToy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy
http://www.xxcopy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy

For backups I tend to look for something a little extra. You might not want a large backup solution.

For simple tasks I am a fan of syncback

http://www.2brightsparks.com/ - freeware and commercial versions

Thanks for your response. As em very new to programming em yet to learn the use of those commands. However i have written a simple batch file using xcopy which is working fine. Below is the script,

@echo off
REM copy documents
xcopy "E:\Ram\Queries\D1 DUMPING QUERIES" "E:\Ram\" /c /s /r /d /y /i > E:\Ram\xcopy.log

However i now have to modify this script to create a new folder with the system date and time every time this script is run and then backup to that folder.

Would be great if you ppl can help me out with this!!!!

Your challenge is to create a new folder with a name that contains date and time in the name?

Tha't is not too difficult, it's just some simple substitution

http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2000/creating-folder-in-batch-file/60537.html

set folder=%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%
mkdir %folder%
move c:\temp c:\%folder%

(above example does not include time)

Thank you very much!!! I modified the script as follows, but didn't work,

set folder=%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%
mkdir %folder%
xcopy "D:\Ram\Doc's\files" "D:\%folder%" /c /s /r /d /y /i > "D:\%folder%\xcopy.log"

What i want his batch file to do is create a new folder in D:\ with the system time and date as its name and then copy the contents of D:\Ram\Doc's\files in to it.

Please Advice!!!!!

All, I got the script working, but the script creates a folder with only the current date as its name. How do i include current time as well in the name. Below is my script,

Set FDate=%Date:~-10,10%
Set Fdate=%FDate:/=-%
MD D:\%FDate%
xcopy "D:\Ram\Doc's\files" "D:\%FDate%" > "D:\%FDate%\xcopy.log"

Please help me modify the script to meet my needs...