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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that
i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? There is no DATE environment variable defined by default. Running "set" (no command-line switches or arguments) lists all the currently defined environment variables (System and User vars). Date is not amongst them. You could run the date or wmic commands whose stdout gets piped into a DOS command that would then parse the stdout string. Examples are mentioned at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-into-variable https://www.windows-commandline.com/...me-batch-file/ Some DOS (console-mode) commands have built-in functions that are called when specifying a placeholder or pseudo environment string, like %date%. Run "set /?" to see a list of *dynamic* environment variables (aka internal variables aka system information variables) that are accessible (via internal function call) to that command. And, yes, the %dat% dynamic environment variable *is* available to the set command but only if command extensions are enabled in the shell in which you run the .bat file or the .bat file uses setlocal or the /en switch to cmd.exe. Because the stdout of date (and time) commands would always be changing, they are inappropriate as static environment variables. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enviro...able#Windows_2 The command shell (cmd.exe) must have command extensions enabled to access the dynamic environment variables. When you load cmd.exe (or the ..bat that loads it), you need to make sure command extensions is enabled (which it is not, by default); for example: cmd.exe /en ... or use: setlocal enableextensions before the .bat file calls cmd.exe. |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7.I can't find it.
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? Near the bottom. No idea what it means. https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html "If Command Extensions are disabled, the following dynamic variables will be not accessible: %CD% %DATE% %TIME% %RANDOM% %ERRORLEVEL% %CMDEXTVERSION% %CMDCMDLINE% %HIGHESTNUMANODENUMBER% " https://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html cnd.exe /E:ON Extensions Enabled (Default) Paul |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. Ican't find it.
On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote:
wrote: there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7.Â* it does not show up inÂ* commandÂ* SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? Near the bottom. No idea what it means. https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html Â*Â* "If Command Extensions are disabled, the following Â*Â*Â* dynamic variables will be not accessible: Â*Â*Â* %CD% %DATE% %TIME% %RANDOM% %ERRORLEVEL% %CMDEXTVERSION% Â*Â*Â* %CMDCMDLINE% %HIGHESTNUMANODENUMBER% Â*Â* " https://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html Â*Â* cnd.exeÂ*Â* /E:ONÂ*Â* Extensions Enabled (Default) Â* Paul Paul nailed it (he typo'ed cmd): cmd /en Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. echo %date% Tue 03/05/2019 Paul, any way to turn these on permanently? -T |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. Ican't find it.
On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote:
Â*Â*Â*cnd.exeÂ*Â*Â*/E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7.I can't find it.
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On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: cnd.exe /E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Paul |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. Ican't find it.
On 3/5/19 10:47 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: Â*Â*Â* cnd.exeÂ*Â* /E:ON Â*cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-".Â* (Minus for meanness.Â* See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Â*Â* Paul Hi Paul, Me? I don't have an excuse. I think I see what I see right up until I press "send". But I will blame Publik Skool anyway. :-) Mu wife has researched this extensively. Maybe these two supplements will help? From our National Health Service: Associations between lutein, zeaxanthin, and age-related macular degeneration: an overview. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19234943 The Role of Lutein in Eye-Related Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708350/ Sources: https://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-sy...t=835003008391 835003008391 Vitacost Lutein 20 mg with Zeaxanthin Featuring FloraGlo® Lutein https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swan...-4-mg-60-sgels SWU254 Swanson Ultra Zeaxanthin -T |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: cnd.exe /E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Paul A problem with proofreading your own writing is that your mind tends to see what it expects to see. It is often harder to notice your own mistakes than for someone else. |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. Ican't find it.
On 3/5/19 11:20 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Paul wrote: T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: cnd.exe /E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Paul A problem with proofreading your own writing is that your mind tends to see what it expects to see. It is often harder to notice your own mistakes than for someone else. Very true, especially for me. I remember a colleague of mine take could not get a Pascal program to work for his life. He asked me to look at it. He had typo'ed something and saw what he expected to see. Blew his mind when I pointed it out to him in about 5 seconds flat. When writing in Perl 6, I often have to ask the mailing list for a second pair of eyes. And it is ALWAYS right under my nose. Paul is fun to give a bad time over it to as he is a retired skool teacher. And I just typo'ed "Mu Wife". Said "My" right up until I pressed send. |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. Ican't find it.
On 03/06/2019 12:47 AM, Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: Â*Â*Â* cnd.exeÂ*Â* /E:ON Â*cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-".Â* (Minus for meanness.Â* See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Â*Â* Paul Hi Paul, Very sorry to hear of your vision problems. its a real downer, My older brother has macular degenerate and as you note he has just a little peripheral vision. I hope its not that, and hope their is some cure or alleviation. I was born with ****-poor vision and have been wearing coke bottle glasses since I was 4, I am a part Albino and lack pigment in my retina. People used to laugh at me because the tip of my nose was always black from rubbing on the pages when I read a book. :-) I have a 27 inch monitor and text size at 150% my standard reading distance is about 8 inches but I manage. So hang in there and good luck, Were pulling for you. Rene |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
On Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:44:58 -0500, Paul wrote:
wrote: there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? Near the bottom. No idea what it means. https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html "If Command Extensions are disabled, the following dynamic variables will be not accessible: %CD% %DATE% %TIME% %RANDOM% %ERRORLEVEL% %CMDEXTVERSION% %CMDCMDLINE% %HIGHESTNUMANODENUMBER% " https://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html cnd.exe /E:ON Extensions Enabled (Default) Paul BINGO! Thanks, Paul. That explains why it was not in the environment output from cmd SET but can be echoed as if it were an environment variable. Several years ago i used it in a batch file to mankipulate the string and make it a filename insertable format. I just dumped the slashes and day prefix since slash is not allowable in a filename. So "Tues 03/05/2019 became "03052019" this is the batch file that i wrote which i have found very useful to keep up with file currency and creartion date of archive files: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ echo %date% set mth=%Date:~4,2% set day=%Date:~7,2% set yr=%Date:~10,4% echo %mth%%day%%yr% set shortdate=%mth%%day%%yr% echo %shortdate% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of course i could reduce the output but i like to have an idea of progress at certain points and the final outcome...... :-) |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: cnd.exe /E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Paul It sounds serious enough to me that you ought to try to go in either there (or at another clinic) and get a second test, perhaps with a different opthalmalogist. I'm assuming we're talking about the retina here, and you don't want to wait that out and take your chances. The good news is that you're in Canada (IIRC), so this should be covered, even if the wait time and "front desk" is a PIA. Has it gotten any worse over time, or stayed pretty much the same? That also might indicate the degree of urgency. Frankly, I'm baffled that the slit lamp didn't reveal anything, given what you've said. |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 03/06/2019 12:47 AM, Paul wrote: T wrote: On 3/5/19 8:44 PM, Paul wrote: cnd.exe /E:ON cnd 'cnd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "A-". (Minus for meanness. See I can grade papers too.) Chuckle. My eye sight is going. I'm doing the best I can to proofread. I was in to the eye clinic two days ago. They couldn't see anything in a standard "drops to dilate pupils, slit-lamp/scope" exam. So I don't know what happens next. It's not macular degeneration, as it's not nearly the same pattern. These are dark areas, arc shaped, outside the central area. One in each eye. Different size. Different position. There has to be some central visual degradation as well, to account for my proofreading problems. If the central problem became larger, then it would be macular (as the center of your visual field is the macula). Macular degeneration is a lousy way to lose your sight (because you're left with a tiny bit of peripheral vision you can't use for anything - it's a kind of tease). If the onset of any condition is rapid, I can't see our medical system here responding fast enough to help you. It took me around eight days to get a ****ing appointment, with the appointment person being as mean as she possibly could be. Having been to that clinic before, and watched them bring in some construction worker with an eye injury, if you have a physical trauma, you go to the head of the line. If your eyeball isn't hanging out, "take a number"... My eyesight isn't that bad (I can still drive), but the potential for it to go south, is all too obvious to me. It just means I have to read things a couple times, so I won't miss a typo. Paul Hi Paul, Very sorry to hear of your vision problems. its a real downer, My older brother has macular degenerate and as you note he has just a little peripheral vision. I hope its not that, and hope their is some cure or alleviation. I was born with ****-poor vision and have been wearing coke bottle glasses since I was 4, I am a part Albino and lack pigment in my retina. People used to laugh at me because the tip of my nose was always black from rubbing on the pages when I read a book. :-) I have a 27 inch monitor and text size at 150% my standard reading distance is about 8 inches but I manage. So hang in there and good luck, Were pulling for you. Rene Sorry to hear about your and your brother's case too. I don't think there is any cure for macular degeneration, even at this late date! IIRC, there are two types, the wet and dry type, and I can't recall which one is worse. But either way, it's pretty bad. I think there is an inheritable component to MD too, as it usually comes along with high myopia (IIRC), which is inherited. |
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there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. I can't find it.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 22:40:20 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
jackpatton wrote: there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment set......I think. At a cmdline prompt you can type "echo %DATE%" Where could it be? There is no DATE environment variable defined by default. Running "set" (no command-line switches or arguments) lists all the currently defined environment variables (System and User vars). Date is not amongst them. You could run the date or wmic commands whose stdout gets piped into a DOS command that would then parse the stdout string. Examples are mentioned at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-into-variable https://www.windows-commandline.com/...me-batch-file/ Some DOS (console-mode) commands have built-in functions that are called when specifying a placeholder or pseudo environment string, like %date%. Run "set /?" to see a list of *dynamic* environment variables (aka internal variables aka system information variables) that are accessible (via internal function call) to that command. And, yes, the %dat% dynamic environment variable *is* available to the set command but only if command extensions are enabled in the shell in which you run the .bat file or the .bat file uses setlocal or the /en switch to cmd.exe. Because the stdout of date (and time) commands would always be changing, they are inappropriate as static environment variables. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enviro...able#Windows_2 The command shell (cmd.exe) must have command extensions enabled to access the dynamic environment variables. When you load cmd.exe (or the .bat that loads it), you need to make sure command extensions is enabled (which it is not, by default); for example: cmd.exe /en ... or use: setlocal enableextensions before the .bat file calls cmd.exe. "command extensions" was new to me. Thanks. |
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