> On Jan 30, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > > Perfect! Thanks for the pointer to that VSTR utility! > > wOOdy
Your welcome :-) > > Von: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Januar 2024 13:38 > An: FreeDOS Users <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Cc: jer...@shidel.net <mailto:jer...@shidel.net> > Betreff: Re: [Freedos-user] Date check > > Hi, > Sure. > > You can have date output the current date and save it in an environment > variable. > The test the return string against the known BAD value. > > Something like… > > set /e TODAY=date /d > if “%TODAY%” == “Current date is TUE 01-30-2024” goto BadDate > goto GoodDate > :BadDate > date > time > :GoodDate > set TODAY= > > > Or, if you want to get a little more fancy… > > date /d | vstr /b /f “ “ 5- | set /p TODAY= > if “%TODAY%” == “01-30-2024” goto BadDate > (see above) > > Or, even just check the year… > > date /d | vstr /b /f - 3 | set /p YEAR= > if “%YEAR%” == “2024” goto BadDate > (see above) > > Or, even better… > > date /d | vstr /b /f - 3 | set /p YEAR= > if NOT “%YEAR%” == “1980” goto GoodDate > date > time > :GoodDate > set YEAR= > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user>
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