RE: DOS question

From: Johnson, George <GJohnson_at_GAM.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:06:03 -0000
Message-ID: <ECD91EB68018C04CA1B6801EE47A910F335C722A@ntas-ldn15.gam.com>

        I used these tricks to make time/date dated directories for Oracle disk based backups on NT4 servers. If my memory serves me correctly you need to set TIME and DATE using the the time and date commands from the O/S.

	Try:  
		Dates:
		for /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date /T') do set

DT=%%C_%%B_%%A         

                (Adjust C B A for your local date convention C B A is UK "day month year")

		Times:
		for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=/: " %%A in ('time /T') do set

TM=%%A-%%B

	Rgds
	Gj

-----Original Message-----
From: Branimir Petrovic [mailto:BranimirP_at_cpas.com] Sent: 02 Dec 2004 13:36
To: Oracle-L_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: DOS question

While quite an accomplishment considering DOS batch shortcomings, env. variables %date% and %time% are unknowns on NT 4, therefore the trick can not be successfully applied in WinNT4-Win2K3 range.

After let's say "interesting" day yesterday at customer's site and the way some environment variables are/aren't available with scheduled scripts on NT4, I am more convinced than ever that any reliance on Windows DOS batch-ing and/or native (*.wsf, *.vbs, *.js) scripting should be avoided like a plague...

Branimir

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander.Feinstein_at_mitchell1.com
>
>
> Here is another alternate that works:
>
> for /F "tokens=3D1-4 delims=3D/ " %%o in ("%DATE%") do (
> set MM=3D%%p
> set DD=3D%%q
> set YY=3D%%r
> )
> for /F "tokens=3D1-5 delims=3D.:" %%s in ("%TIME%") do (
> set HH=3D%%s
> set MI=3D%%t
> set SS=3D%%u
> )
> set CURR_DATE=3D%YY%%MM%%DD%%HH%%MI%%SS%
> set CURR_DATE=3D%CURR_DATE: =3D0%
>

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Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 08:05:32 CST