Dos Batch file question

[rocknrollstar]

Hi,

In a logon script I am writing, I use the following line:

 

for %%a in (\\server\netlogon\shortcuts.zip) do set shorcuts_timestamp=%%~taa

 

It works in trying to get the timestamp of the shortcuts.zip folder. However, sometimes it takes a very long time e.g. 20seconds, when it is only checking the timestamp of 1 file. Any ideas if I am doing something wrong? Is it checking the whole netlogon folder or something?

 

Thanks!

[Uraken]

Try a different file is it the .zip it's having issues with?

[rocknrollstar]

Try a different file is it the .zip it's having issues with?

Will give that a try in the morning. Thanks.

[rocknrollstar]

Doesn't seem to make a difference I'm afraid, renamed it to .zip or even .txt and still can take time.

 

Interestingly, sometimes it is instant, sometimes it takes 20secs. This happened even when it was a .zip file.

 

Any ideas?

[Steve21]

What exactly are you trying to do? Read the files "in" the zip file? or just get the date/time of the zip file?

 

Steve

[rocknrollstar]

Just get the time stamp of the zip file, and stick it into a dos variable!

[Steve21]

Just get the time stamp of the zip file, and stick it into a dos variable!

 

Shouldn't it be a single "a" then?

 

for %%a in (myfile.zip) do set timestamp=%%~ta

 

Steve

[rocknrollstar]

Thanks, but a single 'a' doesn't make a difference unfortunately.

[rocknrollstar]

Does anyone know of a different way to check if 2 files are the same in dos?

[Arthur]

Are you checking the date and/or time because you only want to copy/extract the zip file when it has been updated?

 

Does anyone know of a different way to check if 2 files are the same?

http://www.dostips.com/DtCodeCmdLib.php#Function.CmpFTime?

[rocknrollstar]

Are you checking the date and/or time because you only want to copy/extract the zip file when it has been updated?

 

 

DOS Batch - Functions?

Pretty much. Thanks for the link- very interesting and helpful.