Dynamic variables in a .bat file?

[Mirage]

Does anyone here know how I can create a .bat file dynamically and then run it? Is this something that I would do in ASP/

Basically I am looking to run a single line of code but one part of it will need to be different each time the file is loaded.

Any ideas?

 

[Mr_Snipes]

I am not sure if you can get a .bat to be created and run on the fly.

What are you trying to do?

 

[Mirage]

I am trying to set something to backup every day and put the date in the name of the file that is created.

 

[Mr_Snipes]

Here is the code for a .bat file to create a filename using today's date

@echo off
:: set a variable for placing today's date
set getDate=none
:: get todays date and set it in the variable
for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do set getDate=%%a%%b%%c
:: create the new File name and place it in a variable
set newName=databasebackup%getDate%.sql
:: create the file using the variable it was placed in
type NUL>%newName%

You may need to play with it a little bit depending on what you have for a delimiter and how it echos the date

 

[Mirage]

Awesome that worked.

Thanks! That will make my life a lot easier, well at least part of it.