windows geeks - microsoft utility knowledge

[crp]

so how many of you know about the program forfiles ?

[Guest LilBambi]

LIkely only those who work with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

[crp]

LIkely only those who work with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

NOPE , you fell into the trap

Check this out .

Sheesh, how is it that for all these years I didn't know about this? I've spent so much time on making up solutions to the problem or by using XXCOPY (which does not run under the W7 engine) to produce a file list to then work on.

[Guest LilBambi]

That link just wants me to sign in with username/password pair for ftp.

[zlim]

link leads to

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/y2kfix/x86/

y2kfix? huh

[crp]

That link just wants me to sign in with username/password pair for ftp.

It does? Not with either of my browsers on different pc's. anonymous should work, it is just a microsoft ftp directory.

link leads to

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/y2kfix/x86/

y2kfix? huh

Yepp, the program has been around since at least 1999! (i have no idea what the connection to Y2K is, but where and logtime are there as well )

[goretsky]

Hello,

 

It's kind how "FOR %Q IN (*.*) DO {argument} %Q" was used in .BAT files during the DOS era, but on steroids (e.g., much more flexible).

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

[crp]

Hello,

It's kind how "FOR %Q IN (*.*) DO {argument} %Q" was used in .BAT files during the DOS era, but on steroids (e.g., much more flexible).

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Much more than that, it accepts date/age parameter and has a few built in variables that are very useful. Edited November 29, 2012 by crp