Yes... here is a piece of code for Windows I found and use to get todays date in output filename :
# To set the date variable in this format : 2003-03 for /F "tokens=1,2" %%d in ('date /T') do set day=%%d & set date=%%e set yyyy=%DATE:~6,4% set mm=%DATE:~3,2% set dd=%DATE:~0,2% set DATE=%yyyy%-%mm% # To start Analog using a custom cfg and create an output file containing todays year and month like so : report_2003-03.dat call "C:\Program Files\Analog 5.31\analog.exe" +g"my_analog.cfg" -O"report_%DATE%.dat" -G JP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aengus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [analog-help] Issue with dates in output, need advice > Jeremy Wadsack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, in both places, if you are on a unix system, you can use the > > 'date' command to insert the value you want to use. e.g. > > > > analog -Oreport_`date +%Y-%m`.dat > > > > rmagic.pl --statitics_File_In=report`date +%Y-m`.dat > > > > On windows you can do this too with for and set or something. Check in > > the list archives for this. I never remember how to do it. > > These messages outline how to calculate date strings in NT and Win2K > (and XP, I think). > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg06596.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11943.html > > Aengus > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html > | > | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ > | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------