I have a backup batch file which creates a .log file with starttime, endtime, files backuped, etc.

I combine all of that information into a file called transport.log, I want to rename that file with the current date such as 2006-03-24.log, or better yet 2006-3-24 backuo.log

I'm fairly new to DOS batch files, and DOS commands in general, any help would be appreciated.

-Jason

ren transport.log %DATE%.log

More power, Mr. Scott!

M2Go

That will work in XP CMD, not DOS.

UNLESS your date layout contains illegal chars.

To find out, do this:

echo %DATE%

More power, Mr. Scott!

M2Go

"The syntax of the command is incorrect."

I think it is do to the "/" in the date... it displays the date as 3/24/2006.

These two pages are applicable to XP but not MS-DOS as they diferent O/Ses:

http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/index.html
http://www.ss64.com/nt/

I got it figured out... here is what I ended up using.

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for /f "tokens=1,2" %%u in ('date /t') do set d=%%v
for /f "tokens=1" %%u in ('time /t') do set t=%%u
if "%t:~1,1%"==":" set t=0%t%
set timestr=%d:~6,4%-%d:~0,2%-%d:~3,2%

ren transport.log backup_%timestr%.log
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