rename directory by date using rename command

[wncads]

This should not be so complicated?

I am simply trying to add a line in a batch file to rename a folder to the current date.

e.g.

rename e:\backup ***

where *** should be the command to rename using the date format yyyymmdd

i would have thought it was something like %yyyy%mm%dd but that is not the case?

Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[crobin1]

You can get the system date from the DATE /T command, assign it to a variable, then rename the directory to that variable. For instance, if DATE /T returns:
Mon 10/16/2006
then the following command used in a batch file:

for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do set dt=%%l-%%j-%%k

would set dt to:
2006-10-16

You should then be able to:
rename e:\backup %dt%