can a dos script be created to do this??

[ace2]

I shall stay awake to the wee hours after work testing this...

Thank you

[ace2]

I was so hoping you nailed it, but sorry it doesn't work right, it doesn't seem to be getting the file name, instead taking the am/pm as name..

I have included a fullscreen shot of dir /a-D /tC + creation/modified with what the output is(zero copied as well)



Your going to have to start charging me for your time!!!

[mcrossley]

My mistake, I did say it was untested. I forgot when I added the extra token for am/pm to increment the variable names...(typed on my phone this time!)

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
rem get the filename and creation time
rem output: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM|PM    9,999,999 FILENAME.EXT
for /f "tokens=2,3,5 skip=5" %%a in ('dir "E:\snap\*.jpg" /a-D /tC') do (
  rem now split the time, and get the hour
  for /f "tokens=1 delims=:" %%h in ("%%a") do (
    echo checking file: %%c time: %%a hour: %%h  am/pm: %%b
    rem is the file creation am or pm
    if /i %%b==AM (
      rem compare the morning hour
      if %%h==06 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output1\%%c
      if %%h==07 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output1\%%c
      if %%h==08 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output1\%%c
      if %%h==09 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output2\%%c
      if %%h==10 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output2\%%c
      if %%h==11 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output2\%%c
    ) else (
      rem compare the afternoon hour
      if %%h==12 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output3\%%c
      if %%h==01 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output3\%%c
      if %%h==02 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output3\%%c
      if %%h==03 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output3\%%c
      if %%h==04 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output4\%%c
      if %%h==05 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output4\%%c
      if %%h==06 copy E:\snap\%%c E:\output4\%%c
    )
  )
)

[ace2]

just a long shot, is there anyway of using the date modified instead of the creation date??

It shouldn't matter too much as the creation date won't be altered, but this fails if i say move them to another location...

It doesn't matter if it can't be done..

My plans for this script are to create time lapse videos say of the last hour or 2..

Eg.

9am run script to copy jpg's 6 to 8am and convert to mp4, then at 10am to copy 8am to 9am and so on over writing the mp4

[ace2]

and I can't test if its fully functioning until after 6am cause all my jpg's have been copied to another folder so script will see it as creation date..

[mcrossley]

Change /tC to /tW to get the last modified time

[ace2]

110% working

you're a genius!!!!!!!

Thanks for your skills with this script. Now to write up the full script.................

[ace2]

Ok, been playing around with this script and have put something together.

I've added it to my webcam page to upload every hour the last 2 hours on the hour in a time lapse format mp4.
It's up and running between the hours of 5am - 8pm(ACST)

At the moment i have the Mp4 opening in a new browser window.

So your script is a success.......

Next project, overlay weather information with scripting.......................But that's another story.............

So once again, thank you thank you....

Edit: its now opening in a another page, didn't like the mp4 opening in a separate window on it own.