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FAQ from Timo Salmi does tell you how to use the
current date or time as a file name or in an environment
variable: tip #34 in 1BATFAQ.TXT -- please read it before
posting your question).
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Tom Lavedas'
Batch File Applications
This is real magic: doing math in DOS batch files, using only
COMMAND.COM's internal commands!
Eric Phelps' site has lots of
batch file samples and other interesting stuff.
One I find very useful is his batch file to
"Get user input and mask password with HTA".
(Thanks for Simon Buckman for this tip).
The goal of the FreeDOS Project is to create a free implementation
of MS-DOS. DOS is a popular system, and there is plenty of hardware
out there that supports DOS. The FreeDOS Project was founded in 1994
by Jim Hall.
FreeDOS is not a derivation of MS-DOS - we are not using or referring
to any Microsoft code. We are instead using the description of the
MS-DOS program as given in publications (such as the user manual)
to create a program of our own that follows that spec. We are not
a clone of MS-DOS.