I'm attempting to execute a bat file which sets a variable and then have that
variable available to a second bat file. So I set up a test..
TEST0-BAT.BAT RUNS TEST1-BAT.BAT WHICH IN TURN RUNS TEST2-BAT.BAT
My issue is I'm not getting anything in TEST1-BAT for the variable - Timestamp3
which is set in TEST2-BAT.BAT. The echo stmts. in TEST2-BAT appear to show all
variables are set correctly,
I'm running WIN. 10 XP.
Anyone have any ideas / advice ?
thanks
TEST0-BAT CONTAINS:
TEST1-BAT.BAT > TEST1-BAT.OUT 2> TEST1-BAT.ERR
TEST1-BAT.BAT CONTAINS:
TEST2-BAT > TEST2-BAT.OUT 2> TEST2-BAT.ERR
@FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN ('TEST2-BAT.bat') DO set Timestamp3=%%i
echo %Timestamp3%
ren testX.txt "TESTX-%Timestamp3%.txt"
TEST2-BAT CONTAINS:
@echo off
cls
echo Date format = %date%
set "dd=%date:~7,2%"
set "mm=%date:~4,2%"
set "yyyy=%date:~10,4%"
echo.
echo Time format = %time%
set "hh=%time:~0,2%"
set "min=%time:~3,2%"
set "ss=%time:~6,2%"
echo.
echo Timestamp1 = %date:~7,2%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~10,4%-%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2%
echo Timestamp2 = %date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%-%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2%
set Timestamp3=%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%_%hh%-%min%-%ss%
echo Timestamp3 = %Timestamp3%
