Help with Batch File

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Hello there,

I have a batch file that does a file upload and writes to a log file. A line gets appended each time saying if the upload was successful or not. How do I get a date and time to also get appended so that I know when the job succeeded or failed – any ideas ?

cheers,

Adam

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I’m sure there is a neater solution but you could do worse than doenload a utility called Now which can be used for a variety of date-based batch files.

I found their example didn’t work on W2K, but

NOW ECHO CREATED ON [day] [dy] [month] [year] AT [hh]:[mm] >> log.txt

appended the date and time to a file called log.txt OK.

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Being something of an old hand at DOS I second Lief’s suggestion. If there is a neater solution I would be happy to hear about.

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Funnily enough, I’ve just been working on a couple of batch files – first time in many years. I wanted to rename a file with today’s date, so I had done half the legwork!
I’ve worked out how to get the date and time to do the file rename, but couldn’t see how to write that information to a file. I suspect W2K may have some limitations when it comes to batch files.

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How about:

ECHO.|DATE|FIND /I "Current">>C:LogfilesMyLog.Log
ECHO.|TIME|FIND /I "Current">>C:LogfilesMyLog.Log

No space betweemthe “O” in ECHO and the dot after it.

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legare,

thanks for the help. I’m having a little trouble getting it to work as it probably should. Here’s how I’ve modified it to use in my batch file:

if “%LOGGING%”==”YES” echo Already up to date with the latest virus identities >>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
if “%LOGGING%”==”YES” echo.|DATE|FIND /I >>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
if “%LOGGING%”==”YES” echo.|TIME|FIND /I >>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG

But here’ s what I get in the log file:

Already up to date with the latest virus identities
FIND: Parameter format not correct
FIND: Parameter format not correct

Any ideas ?

cheers,

Adam

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I think you will need to do it like this:

if NOT "%LOGGING%"=="YES" GOTO NOTLOGGING
echo Already up to date with the latest virus identities >>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
echo.|DATE|FIND /I "CURRENT">>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
echo.|TIME|FIND /I "CURRENT">>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
:NOTLOGGING

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Can I ask why the echo. and find?
How about (tested on NT):

if NOT “%LOGGING%”==”YES” GOTO NOTLOGGING
echo Already up to date with the latest virus identities >>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
DATE /t>>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
TIME /t>>%SGETDIR%IDEFETCH.LOG
:NOTLOGGING

Also, does anyone know where to find a comprehensive batch file guide for NT? Something that explains in detail the command extensions for the SET command, for instance. Maybe some clever examples and tricks, that sort of thing… ?

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My code came from back in DOS 5. The ECHO. was a special syntax of ECHO to get it to echo a CR/LF. This was then piped to the DATE/TIME command to reply to its prompt for you to enter a new date/time. The Find was because DATE/TIME displayed multiple lines, and the one that contained the word “Current” was the one that contained the date/time. There was no /t parameter on the DATE/TIME commands. If your code works, then I assume that this parameter eliminates the need for ECHO. and FIND on NT. As far as I know, that will not work on WIN 98 and earlier.

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Some info on batch files here

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