CMD date prepend problem

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bobby.gillette

Found this snippet of code from Matthias on another thread and am
trying to get it to prepend the date to an existing filename (that's
created via another CMD script).

Here's what I have (it renames but doesn't add any date information to
the filename):

======Code begins==========
::AppDate.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

@echo off & setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
Call :GetDate yy mm dd
set mydate=%yy%%mm%%dd%
for %%A in (Charleston_Last_logon.txt) do (
ren "%%~fA" "%mydate%%%~nxA"
ren "%%~fA" "%%~nA%mydate%%%~xA"
)
goto :EOF
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:GetDate yy mm dd
::
:: By: Ritchie Lawrence, 2002-06-15. Version 1.0
::
:: Func: Loads local system date components into args 1 to 3.
:: For NT4/2000/XP/2003.
::
:: Args: %1 var to receive year, 4 digits (by ref)
:: %2 var to receive month, 2 digits, 01 to 12 (by ref)
:: %3 Var to receive day of month, 2 digits, 01 to 31 (by ref)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set t=2&if "%date%z" LSS "A" set t=1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo/^|date') do (
for /f "tokens=%t%-4 delims=.-/ " %%d in ('date/t') do (
set %%a=%%d&set %%b=%%e&set %%c=%%f))
endlocal&set %1=%yy%&set %2=%mm%&set %3=%dd%&goto :EOF
::EOF::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


==========End of code===========

What I'm trying to do is rename the file called
Charleston_Last_Logon.txt with the date prepended to it (so I can run
the file once a month and retain the previous month's results).

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Bobby
 
Found this snippet of code from Matthias on another thread and am
trying to get it to prepend the date to an existing filename (that's
created via another CMD script).

Here's what I have (it renames but doesn't add any date information to
the filename):

======Code begins==========
::AppDate.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

@echo off & setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
Call :GetDate yy mm dd
set mydate=%yy%%mm%%dd%
for %%A in (Charleston_Last_logon.txt) do (
ren "%%~fA" "%mydate%%%~nxA"
ren "%%~fA" "%%~nA%mydate%%%~xA"
)
goto :EOF
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:GetDate yy mm dd
::
:: By: Ritchie Lawrence, 2002-06-15. Version 1.0
::
:: Func: Loads local system date components into args 1 to 3.
:: For NT4/2000/XP/2003.
::
:: Args: %1 var to receive year, 4 digits (by ref)
:: %2 var to receive month, 2 digits, 01 to 12 (by ref)
:: %3 Var to receive day of month, 2 digits, 01 to 31 (by ref)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set t=2&if "%date%z" LSS "A" set t=1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo/^|date') do (
for /f "tokens=%t%-4 delims=.-/ " %%d in ('date/t') do (
set %%a=%%d&set %%b=%%e&set %%c=%%f))
endlocal&set %1=%yy%&set %2=%mm%&set %3=%dd%&goto :EOF
::EOF::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


==========End of code===========

What I'm trying to do is rename the file called
Charleston_Last_Logon.txt with the date prepended to it (so I can run
the file once a month and retain the previous month's results).

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Bobby
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Works fine for me (XP/H)

* You have 2 "rename" lines -
ren "%%~fA" "%mydate%%%~nxA"
ren "%%~fA" "%%~nA%mydate%%%~xA"

Obviously only the first will be executed.

renamed "Charleston_Last_logon.txt" to "20061110Charleston_Last_logon.txt"
dutifully for me.

What do you mean by
"(it renames but doesn't add any date information to the filename)" ?

if the file is renamed, what is it renamed TO for you?
 
Found this snippet of code from Matthias on another thread and am
trying to get it to prepend the date to an existing filename (that's
created via another CMD script).

Here's what I have (it renames but doesn't add any date information to
the filename): ....

What I'm trying to do is rename the file called
Charleston_Last_Logon.txt with the date prepended to it (so I can run
the file once a month and retain the previous month's results).

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Bobby
Click to expand...
Hi Bobby,
instead of reposting you should have included a link to the original
posting:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...43d93?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=de#0bcd9c8bf8c43d93

Later on in that thread it is mentioned to choose one of the ren
commands. Either prepending or appending the date.

::AppDate.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
@echo off & setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
Call :GetDate yy mm dd
set mydate=%yy%%mm%%dd%
for %%A in (Charleston_Last_logon.txt) do ren "%%~fA" "%mydate%%%~nxA"
goto :EOF
---snip---


Provided you have an english windows that should work.

HTH
Matthias
 
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