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Date as filename when using zip.exe

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Name: HrLaursen
Date: June 18, 2009 at 00:50:04 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Configurations
Comment:

Hi!

I'm trying to create a zip file with the date as
name ie. 18-06-2009.zip

I believe I can do this with a variable but I don't
know how. My not working script looks like
this:

set filename = "D:\Web\" date ".zip"
zip -r -q -e -9 -S filename d:\web\Dokumenter

Hope someone can help

Thanks

-M



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Response Number 1
Name: HrLaursen
Date: June 18, 2009 at 00:54:57 Pacific
Reply:

Nevermind:

I fixed it with:
zip -r -q -e -9 -S "%DATE%".zip d:\web\Dokumenter


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Response Number 2
Name: ghostdog
Date: June 18, 2009 at 03:02:51 Pacific
Reply:

you sure you want to rename your file like that? i don't know about your %DATE% variable, but if it contains "/" , then you can't create a file like that.

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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 18, 2009 at 03:42:19 Pacific
Reply:

There is no built-in %date% in DOS.

LOL


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Response Number 4
Name: ghostdog
Date: June 18, 2009 at 04:41:06 Pacific
Reply:

he is probably using XP

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Response Number 5
Name: HrLaursen
Date: June 18, 2009 at 08:46:08 Pacific
Reply:

Hi!

Yeah... sorry about that. I actually use WinXP. So it works.

Thanks anyway. :-)

-M


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