hi folks,
can someone help me with a batch file, that renames a file and datestamps it.
ie a .log file and renames to 25_06_03.log

or something like that

using the rename command line ...

then i can schedule it from there..

??

cheers in advance

BB

 

Think I wrote something like that at one of my old companies. Thank god for backup CDs! (but the CD is at work!)

I'll dig it out tomorrow for you mate

Rich

 

Try this - it may not be pretty but it works

set d1=%date%
set dd=%d1:~4,2%_
set mm=%d1:~7,2%_
set yy=%d1:~12,2%
set fd=%dd%%mm%%yy%.txt
ren test.txt %fd%

 

pretty much the same as the version I had:

set mydate=%date%
set dd=%mydate:~0,2%_
set mm=%mydate:~3,2%_
set yy=%mydate:~6,4%
set newname=%dd%%mm%%yy%.log
ren sqllog.log %newname%

I guess t all depends on how your server is set up to handle dates!

 

So it's true! Great minds do think alike ;-)

 

thanks a lot guys, you are most kind.

BB

 

This will also do it :

for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do ren test.txt %%i_%%j_%%k.log