On 11/23/18, Brother Rabbit said the following...   
    BR>  JS> for /f "delims=" %%x in.... See it in the section beclow??   
    BR>    
    BR>  JS> :Start   
    BR>    
    BR>  JS> @echo off   
    BR>  JS> :start   
    BR>  JS> cd\Somewhere   
    BR>  JS> for /f "delims=" %%x in ('date /t') do set date=%%x   
    BR>    
    BR> What do you expect from this code?   
    BR>    
    BR>  JS> del joes.asc   
    BR>  JS> echo %Date% >>JOES.ASC   
    BR>    
    BR> It's seems to me, you may use simple code like:   
    BR>    
    BR> date /t > JOES.ASC   
    BR>    
    BR> BTW, %DATE% holds current date in windows environment. Try it in OS/2.   
    BR>    
    BR> D:\Fido>echo %date%   
    BR>    
    BR> 23.11.2018   
    BR>    
    BR> D:\Fido>date /t   
    BR>    
    BR> 23.11.2018   
    BR>    
       
   That didn't happen... in a OS/2 or DOS session I type echo %date% and it does   
   not echo the date... it echos %date%.   
      
   Apparently the line I have been using for years might be a little cryptic...   
   its worked for decades so I have never thought of changing it.   
      
   I know someone who can help me with a Linux fix, the BBS runs on a Pi, and   
   may be done with that... I'm still doing a back and forth about just running   
   the BBS in Windows so that I won't be asking as many stupid questions.   
      
   Thanx   
      
   IB JOE   
   AKA Joe Schweier   
   SysOp of Joe's Computer & BBS   
   Telnet: joesbbs.com   
      
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