Question : Looking for a utility that will automatically back up a file when the file has been modified and then saved with the same file name.

I'm looking for a utility that will automatically back up a file when the file has been modified and then saved with the same file name.

I often edit all sorts of files (for example word, excel, and PowerPoint documents) and then save these files using the same file names.

I need the previous versions of these files to automatically be backed up to a backup folder on my hard drive.

What sort of program or utility can do this?

Answer : Looking for a utility that will automatically back up a file when the file has been modified and then saved with the same file name.

You are looking at a script to do the backup.

The script can go through your files and copy the modified files to a new directory.  As it copies it can add the days date to the end of the file name.  It can also create a new directory with the date of copying as well.

But I would suspect just adding the days date to the end of the file name would be all you need.

If you think this is a good idea click on the Request Attention button and ask for this question to be added to the MSDOS http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Operating_Systems/MS_DOS/ and Windows Batch http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/Shell/Batch/ areas.  Those guys can whip up a script to do what you want.