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From:	rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Boon van der RJ)
Subject:	Re: creating msdos file
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Date:	Fri, 29 Nov 1996 09:14:24 GMT
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John M. Aldrich (fighteer AT cs DOT com) wrote:
>calaaa12 AT giascl01 DOT vsnl DOT net DOT in wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, I would like to know how do i create a a file in the DDMMYY.TXT format
>> taking the date from msdos using a batch file.
>> Please email this to me.
>
>First, this is an inappropriate place to post that question.  Try
>posting it on a newsgroup specifically devoted to questions about DOS
>usage.
>
>That said, I don't think it can be done.  DOS batch commands simply
>don't have the required facility to edit text on the fly.  In a Unix
>shell script, what you ask would be easy, but in DOS you would have to
>have at least one program written in a language other than batch to
>format the date appropriately to use in a filename.
>
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