Copying/date questions (1 Viewer)

[littlej]

Hi all,
I would like to be able to make a copy of the original file and rename it. For instance, The filename is Ph050102. If it's copy resides in the same spot then that may cause confusion. I would like for it to be copied and renamed to ph0105. The naming method I understand and that works well but I don't want it to choose the original. Do i need to make the copy reside somewhere else? Is there any code out there for this?



Something totally different, is there a way to pull a file in with a date tied to the end of the string? A file will be downloaded with "ph" in front of a date. of course this date changes. I would like my code to be able to know the date...even if it is three or more days old. I like to be able to pull the most recent data. Any suggestions?


Thanks!

 

[bradcccs]

I am not 100% sure if I am on the right track, but if you are wanting to make a copy of files, and name them based on the current date (or manipulations thereof), you could use the method mentioned here:

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48841

HTH

Brad.

 

[littlej]

Thanks

Thanks for the filecopy command. That helped!