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Renaming a file with a datestamp

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Hello, Im trying to rename a file using a batch file appending to it the current date e.g. test.txt -> test07/02/2005.txt. My initial thought was to do the following - set timestamp=%DATE% ren c:\test.txt test%timestamp%.txt The second line results in a syntax error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Name: IVO
Date: February 7, 2005 at 07:27:37 Pacific

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You can't use the / character in a filename so you need to replace the / with - so set timestamp=%DATE% set timestamp=%timestamp:/=-% ren c:\test.txt test%timestamp%.txt

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Try this here it worked a treat for me. Its a dos program called NameDate. Download it from here. http://www.informatics-consulting.de Good Luck

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