Batch File Help

[the_tazinator]

I am trying to write a batch file that compares two files and if they are different, call another batch file. I have everything working except for one small glitch in the compare command. After the compare is done, it asks you if you want to compare any more files.

Is the any way to suppress this prompt or automatically answer "N" so that the batch file will continue?

 

[yoyo]

Can you use the fc command?

 

[the_tazinator]

I figured it out, I cant' splel thnisg rite, but now I have another problem.

I want to be able to rename a file based on the system time.

Something like: rename c:\file.txt <date>.txt

Any Ideas?

Thanks!

 

[yoyo]

You could use now.exe from the Resource Kit tools. (Attached - unzip to system32, or anywhere else included in your path)

If you want the date the command would be something like

for /f "skip=1 tokens=1,2,3,5" %%a in ('now') do ren C:\file.txt %%a_%%b_%%c_%%d.txt


edit:

Just remembered the date command

for /f "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do ren C:\file.txt %%a_%%b_%%c.txt

 

[the_tazinator]

Thanks!

I will give it a try.