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I am trying to script a program to write to a file with a variable name(AAmmddyy.dat). How can I use a .bat file to write to a variable file name, I can't find anything specific and I am so DOS rusty.

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You mean getting the variable value and using it to name the file? ren whatever.wtv %variable* or, if the variable doesn't contain the extention: ren whatever.wtv %variable%.abc -- Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com batch.hpg.com.br

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Use, ECHO text>%AAmmddyy.dat% TYPE filename>%AAmmddyy.dat% COPY filename %AAmmddyy.dat%

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