In the command line, how do I write a displayed date to file

[Guest]

I am writing a .bat script to install some software. At the same time, I like it to write to file to document its steps, leavining me with an installation document I can file

I have done this numerous times in other operating systems, and may have done this in DOS in the past. But to do it in the command line, I need a way to display the date and time to the file without it prompting for new a new date and time and thus interupting the script. How do I do this

sjl

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I am writing a .bat script to install some software. At the same time, I like it to write to file to document its steps, leavining me with an installation document I can file.

I have done this numerous times in other operating systems, and may have done this in DOS in the past. But to do it in the command line, I need a way to display the date and time to the file without it prompting for new a new date and time and thus interupting the script. How do I do this?

Hi

Note there is a separate newsgroup for this type of questions:
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin


Take a look at the /T option, output from date /?:

C:\>date /?
Displays or sets the date.

DATE [/T | date]

Type DATE without parameters to display the current date setting and
a prompt for a new one. Press ENTER to keep the same date.

If Command Extensions are enabled the DATE command supports
the /T switch which tells the command to just output the
current date, without prompting for a new date.

 

[Steve Levine]

I found the answer.

By typing "help date" in the command line, I found that I
could use the /t switch with it and the time command to
force the date and time to display without prompting for a
new one.

Sorry to bother you.

sjl

-----Original Message-----
I am writing a .bat script to install some software. At

the same time, I like it to write to file to document its
steps, leavining me with an installation document I can
file.

I have done this numerous times in other operating

systems, and may have done this in DOS in the past. But
to do it in the command line, I need a way to display the
date and time to the file without it prompting for new a
new date and time and thus interupting the script. How do
I do this?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There is a simpler solution too:

echo %date% %time% > SomeFile.txt