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Number   :  9417
Date     :  2004-12-03
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Create and change to directory
Size(KB) :  1



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "rfitzva"  wrote:
> 
> I appreciate the quick response.
> 
> It almost works, but I don't understand the commands well
> enough to see what is wrong.
> 
> set cmd=xxcopy /$yyyy-mm-dd-hhmm-ss$ /ec/l/zs
> 
> evidently puts a string including the time stamp in cmd.
> but echo %cmd% doesn't show it.
> 
> The for loop shows it, but overwrites it.

> C:\>for /F "tokens=2 skip=3" %a in ('xxcopy /$yyyy-mm-dd-hhmm-ss$
> /ec/l/zs') do
> set tstamp=%a
> C:\>set tstamp=2004-12-02-2212-32
> C:\>set tstamp=XXCOPY
> C:\>set tstamp=have
> C:\>set tstamp=for
> C:\>set tstamp=suppress
> C:\>set tstamp=the
> C:\>set tstamp=any

Ah, you're using the freeware version which issues a prompt
when you use a macro. What you are seeing is the 2nd word
of each line of the message that the freeware version issues.
Assuming that you don't mind answering the macro prompt with
a key press, use this instead.

@echo off
setlocal
set cmd=xxcopy /$yyyy-mm-dd-hhmm-ss$ /ec/l/zs
echo Press any key to continue
for /f "tokens=2 skip=3" %%a in ('%cmd%') do (
set tstamp=%%a
goto :next)
:next
echo %tstamp%

It might be more convenient to not use xxcopy to get the
timestamp. You can use the following to avoid the macro 
prompt. Note that this assumes W2k or higher and that
your %date% and %time% settings are in the form
DoW dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss.cs. If your locale settings
don't produce the DayofWeek or have the dd, mm, yyyy
in a different order, you'll need to adjust the FOR
variables to suit.

for /f "tokens=1-8 delims=.-/: " %%a in (
'echo %date% %time%') do (set tstamp=%%d-%%c-%%b-%%e%%f-%%g)
echo %tstamp%

BTW the reason you didn't see the value of %cmd% being set
after the batch had completed is the use of the keyword
SETLOCAL. This localises environment variables within the
batch file and resets them to their original values when
the batch encounters an ENDLOCAL or ends. For more
information on the very powerful FOR command, type FOR /?
in a Cmd window.

Garry



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