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   Robert Roland to homer@adore.lightlink.com   
   Re: Win98 DOS name a file with the date.   
   06 Oct 22 14:27:48   
   
   From: fake@ddress.no   
      
   On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 02:44:50 -0400 (EDT), Homer Wilson Smith   
    wrote:   
      
   >    Running Win98 4.10.2222 DOS 5.x or 6.x batch scripts   
   >   
   >    Need to write a file or directory with the date.   
   >   
   >    echo %date% does not work as it does in future windows.   
   >   
   >    Is there a batch script command that will do this for me?   
      
   If I remember correctly, Win98 did come with VBscript. It only works   
   in Windows mode, though.   
      
   Could that be an option?   
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