passing current date into a batch file command in Win2K
Gary Garnier
gaffe to post here...)
I want a batch file that will automatically create a list of all files
created "today", every day.
If it was just a matter of writing this to run today, I'd use:
dir c:\ /s | find 07/09/04 > filestoday.txt
but I want to put this in my shutdown menu so that it will happen
automatically as I am walking to the parking lot.
I believe that "set today=%date%" will create a variable containing
today's date, but I don't know how to make this value the argument of
the "find" command.
Any help would be appreciated.
Paul R. Sadowski
news:3282f8c.04070...@posting.google.com...
> (I couldn't find alt.msdos.batch.2000 - my apologies if it's a major
> gaffe to post here...)
>
> I want a batch file that will automatically create a list of all files
> created "today", every day.
>
> If it was just a matter of writing this to run today, I'd use:
>
> dir c:\ /s | find 07/09/04 > filestoday.txt
dir c:\ /s | find "%DATE:~4%" > filestoday.txt
guard
See (http://TheSystemGuard.com/MtCmds/GetValue/GetLogDate.htm).
The variable %#LogDate% will CONSISTENTLY be yyyymmdd.
In your specific case:
CALL ntlib.cmd /Quiet /Init
DIR C:\ /s | %.Find% %#LogDate:~4,2%/%#LogDate:~6,2%/%#LogDate:~2,2%
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%.Find% is the ExactName Mount/\Command for Find.exe. It provides
additional reliability by specifying EXACTLY what command you want to run.
See (http://TheSystemGuard.com/MtCmds/ExactName)
All of the above are FREE with the Advanced Command Library.
(http://ntlib.com)
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