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BATCH script to save DATE to a variable (Users)

posted by marcov, 01.03.2025, 12:45

> > I wrote this script after reading some of Timo Salmi's FAQs.
>
> I appreciate the minimalist approach, but perhaps a simple debug script or
> assembly tool would be cleaner. (Or even using REXX or 4DOS.)

(actually this was one of my motivations to go to 4dos in the mid nineties. Running multiple dosboxes in Desqview could cause clashes if the same command that spawned files was run in multiple boxes and generated files)

Complete thread:

• BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - tauro, 01.03.2025, 04:19 (Users)
  • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - Rugxulo, 01.03.2025, 08:14
    • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - ecm, 01.03.2025, 12:15
    • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - marcov, 01.03.2025, 12:45
    • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - tauro, 02.03.2025, 02:16
      • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - Rugxulo, 02.03.2025, 03:26
      • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - RayeR, 25.03.2025, 05:44
      • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - rr, 25.03.2025, 18:41
  • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - Rugxulo, 01.03.2025, 18:43
  • BATCH script to save DATE to a variable - rosegondon, 02.03.2025, 17:10