Updating a file name to the current date!!!!

[Kckronic21]

Hi, Could someone please tell me how to constantly update a file name (Employee.mdb) to the current date (02-04-02_Employee.mdb). Thanks!

 

[grygst76]

edit the file or open it and that saves it to the current date

 

[racer766]

For a batch file, under win9x...

I got this from the site listed in the comments.

I wrote my own variations for different purposes.

start file---------------------
:: D&T.BAT - Saves Date and/or Time into a named environment variable.
:: Tom Lavedas <lavedas@pressroom.com>
::

http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/

@echo %dbgt% off
%3 echo %0 %%3 %%4 :: %1 %2> {a}.bat
%3 dir {a}.bat | find &quot;{A} &quot; > {t}.bat
%3 {t}
del {?}.bat
if [%4]==[] echo Date: %1 Time: %2
if not [%4]==[] set %4=%1
if not [%5]==[] set %5=%2
end file------------------------------

I called that one &quot;getdate.bat&quot; and called it with the following:

start file----------------------------
getdate datename
rename fubar.mdb %datename%_fubar.mdb
end file------------------------------

good luck.

 

[MiggyD]

The visitor, racer766, is on the money. You'll need to create a program which will do it for you.

Can you write yourself a program?

In either case, what OS do you have? --MiggyD

It's better to have two heads to solve a problem from different angles than to have tunnel vision to a dead end.