[SOLVED]How to download files with timestamp in filename (Windows).

[bat999]

Hi
With Linux I can use a command like this:-

NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M"); vlc --run-time=30 http://stream-sd.radioparadise.com:9000/rp_192.ogg --sout "#std{access=file,mux=ogg,dst=$NOW-RadioParadise.ogg}" vlc://quit

It gives me a downloaded file with this filename format:- 2011-12-17-18-36-RadioParadise.ogg

What is the syntax when using Windows from cmd or with a bat script to give the file a name with the timestamp in the filename?

[KSV]

http://stream-recorder.com/forum/ren...and-t9041.html

[bat999]

This command:-

for /f "tokens=1-6 delims=/:." %a in ("%date%.%time%") do set FileName="%c-%b-%a-%d-%e-RadioParadise.ogg" && "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --run-time=30 http://stream-sd.radioparadise.com:9000/rp_192.ogg --sout "#std{access=file,mux=ogg,dst=%FileName%}"

Gives a filename like this:- 2011-12-17-21-02-RadioParadise.ogg

[bat999]

Hi
I think there's a problem when using this method with Windows.
When the hour is a single digit (1am) it is trying to create a filename with a space in it.
Like this:-
2011-12-19- 1-45-RadioParadise.ogg

Maybe something is needed to pad the hour out to 2 digits ("01" instead of " 1").

Perhaps this applies to month and date too.

(With the Linux command it seems to pad out the hour to 2 digits automatically).

[KSV]

actually it's little dependent on your system's time display settings. for example the command

echo %date%.%time%

outputs

Mon 19/12/2011. 9:43:13.76

on my system. so i need to work with this string.

the following adjusted command outputs the filename from the above data in the format you want.

for /f "tokens=2-7 delims=/:., " %a in ("%date%.%time%") do set FileName="MyShow_%a-%b-%c_%d-%e-%f.flv"

set FileName="MyShow_19-12-2011_9-53-15.flv"

[bat999]

It gives a different result on this Windows XP box.

echo %date%.%time%
19/12/2011. 5:01:32.84

set FileName="MyShow_12-2011-5_02-13-46.flv"

The day (19th) is missing.
I would like a solution that is OK for all Windows systems, whatever the settings.

[KSV]

i have written a little app in c (just 3 lines of code) which will output the current time in fixed format making it easy to parse.

for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=: " %a in ('timestamp.exe') do set FileName="MyShow_%g-%b-%c_%d-%e-%f.flv"

set FileName="MyShow_2011-Dec-19_13-29-40.flv"

http://www.mediafire.com/file/89a7ymiu3s3bsid/timestamp.exe

[bat999]

Yes, timestamp.exe gives an output:-

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>timestamp
Mon Dec 19 09:53:15 2011