need held with a simple bat file

[pduncan]

I am using the following:

for /f "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do set FILENAME=%%a%%b
echo %filename%

to create a file that needs to be in MMDD format.

My problem is that the day needs to reflect yesterday's date. For example if I run this I get 0618 it needs to say 0617. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
PDuncan

PDUNCAN - MEMPHIS, TN

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather-- who died peacefully in
his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

 

[ccastelein]

well your going to have to parse the date using the "set" command then rebuild it.
once you have defined your MMDD format to FILENAME

set month=%filename:0,2%
set day=%filename:2,2%

set day=%day%-1
set filename=%month%%day%

the problem comes when the day is the first day of the month
and now you have a day of 0...cant help you with that one...
but maybe this sparked an idea of your own.
hope this helps.

cdc