[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3159980 By: keithmarshall Of course it does. The OP who suggested otherwise is clearly misinformed. With MS-DOS 2.x, there was no easy way to invoke an external command called `date', (short of patching command.com), because you weren't allowed to specify a fully qualified path, and any valid extension, if specified, was always ignored, so even `date.exe' matched the builtin `date'. That got fixed in MS-DOS 3.00, which *did* allow a command to be specified by a fully qualified path, and any command so specified would bypass any attempt to match the builtin names; (however, it still wasn't sufficient to simply add an extension, as the parser removed it *before* looking for a match). MS-Windows cmd.exe syntax is based on the legacy of MS-DOS 6.2, and this convention applies equally in *all* Windows versions today -- any command specified by a fully qualified path *must* invoke an external command, as no builtin can ever match the path name. Regards, Keith. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3159907 By: jimreeck I am definitely getting the GNU date. Although I was having trouble getting it to give me the results I expected, the date that was being executed was definitly doing things the Windows version doesn't have a clue about. Fully qualifying the path does get to the right binary. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3159892 By: jimreeck We have a winner! %%F produced the right result in the .bat file. Thanks for the help. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3158153 By: jimreeck I tried single quotes, double quotes, \, and a couple other things without success. I forgot to try %%. I've used that one in the past (for command), didn't think of it. When I get a chance, I'll try that. I did find a workaround. I'm using date with no arguments, piping the output to cut, to get the result I wanted. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll send an update when I get a chance to test %%. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3157878 By: keithmarshall How do you escape *anything* in cmd.exe? The stupid thing insists on using the escape character as a directory separator. You may need to quote the format spec, with *double* quotes, or you may need to say +%%F, because cmd.exe expects a variable expansion to follow a single %, (although that should really be %F% for a variable called F). Best advice is to ditch cmd.exe altogether, and use a decent shell, such as the sh.exe included in MSYS, from MinGW.org, or Cygwin's bash.exe; (both are actually bash). Regards, Keith. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156762 By: nobody >I did specify the full path in both cases (script and cmd). >date is giving different results depending on whether the > >same, fully qualified command is run from cmd or the >script. I was thinking of submitting it as a bug, but I wanted >to first see if anyone could attribute this behavior to some >XP thing or anything external to date itself. I'll keep the > gdate thing in mind though. Thanks date is an internal command in cmd no matter if you give the full path or not. It won't work. You may rename it as gdate or use bash, or Ch shell (C compatible shell) from http://www.softintegration.com/docs/ch/shell/ in windows. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156681 By: nobody You might need to escape the % sign. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156602 By: jimreeck I did specify the full path in both cases (script and cmd). date is giving different results depending on whether the same, fully qualified command is run from cmd or the script. I was thinking of submitting it as a bug, but I wanted to first see if anyone could attribute this behavior to some XP thing or anything external to date itself. I'll keep the gdate thing in mind though. Thanks. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156586 By: gnuwin32 Yes, this will be the case with the next release of Findutils. No need to enter a bug report. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156576 By: rmccullough can we get find installed as gfind? since find is also a windows utility? Should I enter that as a bug? __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
[GnuWin32-Users] [gnuwin32 - Help] RE: Using date in XP .bat file
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3156542 By: gnuwin32 date is also an internal MS-Windows command; therefore date from coreutils is also installed as gdate (similarly for echo, mkdir, rmdir). Alternatively, quote the full path of date. __ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
