batch file to copy only newly created or modified folders - xcopy

Question

I want to create a batch file which will copy only newly created folders.I am using the following code but with this it is picking only files(text file or xml files) not the folder.
xcopy "D:\Splunk\var\lib\splunk\defaultdb\db" "D:\test\Incremental_data_backup\" /m
Please suggest what I am missing
Thanks
Vikas

Answer 1

You can use xcopy for that, just need to specify the correct options. Here is which ones are relevant to you:
/H Copy hidden and system files and folders (default=N)
/D:mm-dd-yyyy
Copy files changed on or after the specified date.
If no date is given, copy only files whose
source date/time is newer than the destination time.
/S Copy folders and subfolders
/E Copy folders and subfolders, including Empty folders.
May be used to modify /T.
So something along the lines of:
xcopy <src> <dest> /HE /D:mm-dd-yyyy
Scripting the date is a bit more complicated:
%date:~4,2% - month
%date:-4% - year
%date:~7,2% - day
So the current date will be:
%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:-4%

Answer 2

You can try with this code. I use a parameter to mark as a modified folder
REM set up the TODAY variable
REM -----
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set year=%%c
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set month=%%b
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set day=%%a
set TODAY=%year%%month%%day%
REM -----
:: yesterdays date
#echo off
set day=-1
echo >"%temp%\%~n0.vbs" s=DateAdd("d",%day%,now) : d=weekday(s)
echo>>"%temp%\%~n0.vbs" WScript.Echo year(s)^& right(100+month(s),2)^&
right(100+day(s),2)
for /f %%a in ('cscript /nologo "%temp%\%~n0.vbs"') do set "result=%%a"
del "%temp%\%~n0.vbs"
set "YY=%result:~2,2%"
set "MM=%result:~4,2%"
set "DD=%result:~6,2%"
set "data=%mm%-%dd%-%yy%"
xcopy D:\YourFolder D:\BAK\BAK_%TODAY% /S /D:%data% /C /R /I /K /Y