I don't do much simulator scripting, but I have found one slight inconvenience with regards to the %DATE% and %TIME% variables.
I'm trying to setup my simulator command file to attach a text file to the simulators LPT that is dated and timed, so I don't accidentally wipe out previous LPT listings (or make them grow to very large sizes). As they are at present, the %DATE% and %TIME% (and the %CTIME%, but that can be left alone) variable are really not suited for direct use as a part of creating a file name. Would it be possible to reformat the %DATE% variable to be ISO 8601 compliant? That is, change the forward slashes to hyphens. Secondly, would it be possible to make the %TIME% variable either return the time without the colons? (ISO 8601 "basic" format, as opposed to the current ISO 8601 "extended" format.) Alternatively, if there is some way to "massage" a the text strings reported by %DATE% and %TIME% to be something usable for a filename in the simulator command language I would not mind that either. As to what I'm trying to do: ATTACH LPT listing_%DATE%_%TIME%.txt Though, as mentioned previously, the current return strings for %DATE% and %TIME% will make -- at least Windows -- complain. Thank you, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request. _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
