Add date/time to file when using ftp Get Command 1

[EnergyTed]

I would like to add the date/time to the end of a file using the get command.

"get file.rar B:\file(date/time).rar"

Can anyone advise if this is possible.



Kind Regards

 

[chipk]

Is this file going to be downloaded manually or in a script?

 

[EnergyTed]

In a script

 

[chipk]

There are probably a couple ways you could do it, depending on what works best for you, but you'll use an ftp script, something like what is documented here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/96269

From the same batch file, you'll need to work some magic to rename the file after you perform the GET. Here is a script I wrote to create a directory with today's date as the name, it should get you started in the right direction. Sorry I don't have the time to rewrite it for you:


echo %date% > temp.txt
for /F "tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=/ " %%1 in (temp.txt) do echo %%4-%%3-%%2 > temp2.txt
for /F %%1 in (temp2.txt) do mkdir %%1


Basically, you should be able to change the "mkdir" command to a rename command and be almost complete. You'll just need to also echo %time% to temp.txt and include the correct tokens in your FOR loop. Will probably take some experimentation to get it right.