Help! I'm have been trying to figure a way to write a batch file that will automatically rename a specific file by the date and time. example: skidog.txt ==> jan191230.txt

Hmmm. The below will rename a file in dir\test to todays date. Just change the path. CLS @ECHO OFF IF NOT "%1"=="date" ECHO Program will rename ECHO a filewith todays date. IF "%3"=="Mon" SET Day=Monday IF "%3"=="Tue" SET Day=Tuesday IF "%3"=="Wed" SET Day=Wednesday IF "%3"=="Thu" SET Day=Thursday IF "%3"=="Fri" SET Day=Friday IF "%3"=="Sat" SET Day=Saturday IF "%3"=="Sun" SET Day=Sunday Set FullDate=%4 goto getdate :start2 echo rename test\*.* %fulldate%.* > try.bat call try rem del try.bat goto end :getdate ECHO.|DATE>t.bat CALL t.bat DEL t.bat goto start2 :end echo A file called %fulldate% has been ECHO created.

Easiest approach: Requires the ability to use the DOS extensions (NT4 SP3 or SP4 onwards I think???) rem Rename File @echo off rem Enable Extensions verify other 2>nul setlocal enableextensions if errorlevel 1 goto ErrNoExtensions rem Set current Date & Time variables. Change the following lines to get the correct info out. For more info, use the DOS command: help set set SHORTDATE=%DATE:~10,4%%DATE:~7,2%%DATE:~4,2% set SHORTTIME=%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%%TIME:~6,2% rem Rename file ren %1 %SHORTDATE%_%SHORTTIME%.* endlocal goto end :ErrNoExtensions echo Extensions not enabled. Cannot continue. :End

I am looking to make a similar script, but mine needs to capture the output of a small dos application i have created and rename the file to that output. c:\test.exe file.txt OUTPUT I want file.txt to be renamed to OUTPUT, but i cant figure out how. Thanks in advance.