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mrbubz
mrbubz

Reputation: 537

How to extract information at temporary drive after PushD but use it after PopD in batch file

I want to extract the file last update date and time for a specific file called settings.xml in a network directory and write it to a local log file. Below is what I tried. 

PUSHD "%share%" 
forfiles /s /m settings.xml /c "cmd /c SET fileDate=@fDate SET fileTime=@ftime"
forfiles /s /m settings.xml /c "cmd /c SET fileDate=@fDate SET fileTime=@ftime"
POPD
ECHO %fileDate% %fileTime% >> "LOGFILE.TXT"

Where %share% is the network location and LOGFILE.TXT is on my local machine where the batch script runs. However, this only logs Echo is Off. on the log file.

I tried the following, but that wrote the information on the network drive itself, which is not what I want. 

PUSHD "%share%" 
forfiles /s /m settings.xml /c "cmd /c ECHO @fDate @ftime >> LOGFILE.TXT"
POPD

So, how do I extract the date and time from network location, but write it to a local file? I need to store that information in a variable and later use that variable, but I just don't know how to do it. I am trying my hands on batch script for the first time.

UPDATE 1 Tried the following based on comments. Still not printing the time. 

SET current=%CD%
PUSHD "%share%" 
forfiles /s /m settings.xml /c "cmd /c ECHO @ftime >> "%current%\LOGFILE.TXT""
POPD

Upvotes: 0

Views: 454

Answers (1)

Squashman
Squashman

Reputation: 14290

I am going to provide a solution using FOR /R instead as this is much faster. The only caveat is that the date time modifier does not show seconds on the time.

FOR /R "%share%" %%G IN (settings.xml) DO echo %%~tG >>logfile.txt

On a side note, just wanted to prove that using FORFILES with the other examples works as well.

 @echo off
 set share=H:\
 SET current=%CD%
 PUSHD "%share%" 
 forfiles /s /m temp.txt /c "cmd /c ECHO @ftime >>"%current%\LOGFILE.TXT""
 POPD
 type logfile.txt

pause

output

 C:\Users\Squashman\Desktop>so.bat

 1:31:04 PM
 9:23:58 AM
 12:42:34 PM
 Press any key to continue . . .

Upvotes: 3

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