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Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename

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On 12 Aug 2011, Roger Darlington  wrote:

> I want a simple one-liner to insert in the run-file of FTPc that will
> save a file (any file, one of zero length) that has the date and time
> as the filename of that file.

> This is just a simple way of showing me when I last ran FTPc.
> I can look inside the FTPc app and look at the filename and see when I
> last ran it.

> Any ideas?


Many thanks to all respondents. After taking on board a lot of what 
was said, I finally settled on;

Create <FTPc$Dir>.TimeLastRun 0
SetType <FTPc$Dir>.TimeLastRun &123

Which puts the file at the top of the directory listing, so's I can 
easily find it :-)

And it gets over-written each time.


-- 

Cheers
Roger
Live each tomorrow as if there were no today

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A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename Roger Darlington <rogerarm@freeuk.com> - 2011-08-12 08:46 +0100
  Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-08-12 10:31 +0200
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  Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-08-12 15:02 +0100
    Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-13 01:03 +0200
  Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-08-13 15:06 +0100
  Re: A one-liner to save (any)file with the date as filename Roger Darlington <rogerarm@freeuk.com> - 2011-08-16 08:23 +0100

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