I needed to put a version number on my compiled bin file and then copy it to a specific directory (for ftp upload to a server for subsequent download). Using a combination of the versioning code I previously wrote here: Automatic build version in built code combined with the following batch file and addition to the local Board.txt I achieved my objective.

Create a new batch file, copyme.bat in your project and mark it as exclude from project:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set file=%1

for /F "tokens=1-3 delims=N " %%a in (%file%) do (
   for %%A in (%%a %%b %%c) do set "i=%%A"
)

set from=%2
set dest=%3

copy %from% %dest%%i%.ino.bin
 

Then add the following line in Board.txt

recipe.objcopy.hex.pattern.1.pattern=cmd.exe /c "{build.project_path}\copyme.bat {build.project_path}\version.h {vm.runtime.build.intermediate_output_path}{build.project_name}.bin {build.project_path}\php\bin\" 

Replace the {build.project_path}\php\bin\ for the directory where you want to copy the bin file.

The batch file will get run after the .bin file has been created, and will rename it to [current version].ino.bin

Hope this is of use to someone.

The latest VM build breaks the auto copy. The fix is the same as for the auto version increment (as described in another post).

Removing the quotes from the command string (after the cmd.exe /c ".....") fixes the problem.