Natxo Asenjo wrote: > set hour=c:\cygwin\bin\date.exe > > if I then do: > > %date% +%H-%M > > that works as expected (interactively). But, if I use that in the > batch file, then it gives me "H" instead of the hour. It ommits the > '%' , does not interpret it and does not work. I am not sure if this > is a dos problem (my understanding of this is not very good, I am > afraid).
In the windows command interpreter, % is a metacharacter. You have to escape it (as %%) if you want a literal %. This has nothing to do with date.exe or Cygwin. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
