Thanks Todd! Worked like a charm. Will look into the link you sent. Time to upgrade to this century I guess :)
Thanks, Duane -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pukanecz, Todd Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:10 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Batch File Question ---------- cut ------------- REM Batch file to put month and day into environment variables REM FOR /f "tokens=1,2" %%X in ('date /t') DO SET TheDate=%%Y FOR /f "delims=/ tokens=1,2,3" %%A in ("%TheDate%") DO SET Month=%%A FOR /f "delims=/ tokens=1,2,3" %%A in ("%TheDate%") DO SET Day=%%B ECHO Month=%Month% Day=%Day% ---------- cut ------------- Learning VBScript to run WSH is a good investment of your time. http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/ is a good place to start. _VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_VT_ Todd Pukanecz, MCSE, GCWN Virginia Tech, Ag Human and Natural Resources IT Blacksburg, Virginia "The more complex the law, the greater the opportunity for scoundrels." --Robert A. Heinlein > -----Original Message----- > From: Duane Boudreau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:44 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Batch File Question > > > Hi All, > > Its a long time since I wrote a batch file so please bear with. > > I'm trying to set a variable within a batch file to the system date, > actually what I really need is the month and day, but I'm not > sure if that's > possible. > > I tried (with no success): > > set var = date /t > echo var > > I'm using this batch file to run the command line winzip > utilities to go in > and zip up about 2 GB of SQL Server backups. > > Maybe I should be using WSH but I've never used it before. If > this isn't > possible using a batch file can someone point me to a good > WSH refernce > site? > > Duane > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&tex t_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=e nglish To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
