Where can I find Dos/Batch scripts

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May 7th, 2009, 10:58 AM

CallowAdmin

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Where can I find Dos/Batch scripts

for admin tasks, such as backing up a laptop, assigning network drives at login, etc? I looked on scripts.com and didn't see anything.

Thank you.

June 3rd, 2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CallowAdmin

for admin tasks, such as backing up a laptop, assigning network drives at login, etc? I looked on scripts.com and didn't see anything.

Thank you.

You can 'roll your own'. Here is a backupdb.bat file I wrote to run once a week using the Windows "Scheduled Task Wizard":

Code:

echo off
echo ..
echo ...
echo .. PSP DB Backup Utility
echo .. Created 05.12.29 by T Cosmas
echo .. Updated 01.27.06
echo .. Please wait while backup copies are made.
echo .. This may take a couple of minutes.
echo ...
echo ..

rem Check for backup copies
if NOT exist pspdb2003_1.mdb goto copy1
if NOT exist pspdb2003_2.mdb goto copy2
if NOT exist pspdb2003_3.mdb goto copy3
if NOT exist pspdb2003_4.mdb goto copy4

:rencopy4
del pspdb2003_4.mdb
del pspusers_4.mdw
echo .. deleted old copy

:copy4
ren pspdb2003_3.mdb pspdb2003_4.mdb
ren pspusers_3.mdw pspusers_4.mdw
echo .. renamed old copy 4

:copy3
ren pspdb2003_2.mdb pspdb2003_3.mdb
ren pspusers_2.mdw pspusers_3.mdw
echo .. renamed old copy 3

:copy2
ren pspdb2003_1.mdb pspdb2003_2.mdb
ren pspusers_1.mdw pspusers_2.mdw
echo .. renamed old copy 2

:copy1
copy ..\pspdb2003\pspdb2003.mdb pspdb2003_1.mdb
copy ..\pspdb2003\pspusers.mdw pspusers_1.mdw
echo .. renamed old copy 1

:end
echo Done!

This script allows you to have four (4) backup copies of the files. Of course, this is a very simplistic copy routine. What you may really want to look into is software that'll do incremental backups and syncronization of files so that you always have the latest version on the laptop and in the backup directory as well as the prvious version(s).

As for Drive Mapping, here is a script I found through a search (I would think your LAN software would provide a sample login script to do something similar):

Code:

Rem Batch  File for user John Doe
NET USE Q: \\sbs1\Quickbooks
NET USE S: \\sbs1\SharedCompany
NET USE T: \\sbs1\Access

Hope this is helpful!

June 14th, 2009, 06:05 PM

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Hey thanks.

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