I wrote a bat file, to change a file name, test.txt to testMonthDayYearTime.txt
here is what i wrote:
ren c:\example\test.txt test%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%%.txt”
But after running, the file name is test12182010 093012.txt, a space is between date and time. I don;t want the space. Anyone know what's wrong.
i used the same routine to set an environmental variable with your routine and it
worked fine.
set xx= test%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%%.txt
xx= test12192010150311.txt
something tells me that your time display settings could be different than mine.
I love batch files. :)
Rich
You're missing a double quote. Try this:
ren test.txt "test%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%%.txt"
When I did it from a Command Prompt, I got: test12192010221526.txt
Put it in a batch file and it still works, got: test12192010221739.txt
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