From: timmeddick@o2.co.uk   
      
   Oh for goodness sake!   
      
   Instead of over-intellectualising the problem from which you formed your   
   criticism (of illegal filename caused by [forward] slashes in the DATE   
   variable), why don't you simply take two minutes time-out to change the   
   regional date format : "Short date separator" - from a "slash" to a   
   "hyphen"...!!   
      
        This will be immediately reflected in the system %DATE% variable on   
   closing / re-opening a [cmd.exe] Window's Command Prompt....   
      
   "Regional and Language Options" (Control Panel) ->   
   "Regional Options" (Tab) -> "Customize" (Button) -> "Date" (Tab) ->   
   "Short date" (Middle Section) -> "Date separator" (Drop-down Menu)   
      
   ==   
      
   Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)   
      
      
      
      
   "Tim Meddick"  wrote in message   
   news:ktlmtv$tgo$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > P.S. Sorry; you should replace the term "echo" with "copy" in the   
   > previous batch   
   >                  file script; run "as is", it will only echo to screen   
   > the target and [new]   
   >                  destination  filenames - without actually copying   
   > anything...   
   >   
   > ==   
   >   
   > Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)   
   >   
      
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