I need some help in solving a daily problem I have. I programmed a Scan. Every day I run the scan and it outputs a list of filtered stocks. The next day I run the same scan again. It outputs a new list of filtered stocks, but the name of the list is the same as the name of the list created the day before. The old list is written over with the current day's output. How can I program my scan so that every time I run it, it does not create an identically named list file that overwrites an existing file? I've addressed this problem by moving each created file created by my daily use of the scan to individually created folders so that a new scan will not have the opportunity to overwrite any previously existing scan. The procedure I use permits me to save every day's scan to study later, but I'm physically tied to the computer in order for this to happen. A possible solution to my dilemma is to try and program the scan so that the output is identified as a list that is tied to the day, i.e. a May 5, 2007 scan would be created as 05052007.lst. The next day's list would be identified as 05062007.lst, and so on. Does any one how to do this? Or is there a more elegant solution that is readily available but I just haven't figure it out yet. Thanks for any help.
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