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   foxidrive to Tim Meddick   
   Re: Copy option   
   05 Aug 13 02:08:52   
   
   From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 4/08/2013 23:58, Tim Meddick wrote:   
   > You could use Environment Variables to provide unique destination   
   > filenames; such as the current date:   
   >   
   > copy  filename.ext  filename_%DATE%.ext   
   >   
   > ....which would result in an example filename, of the copied file;   
   >   
   > copy MyNotes.doc  MyNotes_04-08-13.doc   
      
   It helps to mention the common drawbacks as well when you make a comment.   
      
   It certainly won't create a legal filename here, and nor in Merry Olde England   
   on a default machine, I   
   think, as England uses a slash in the date.   
      
      
      
   Sent from the English Penal Colony.   
      
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   foxi   
      
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