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   Robert Wolfe to Joe Schweier   
   RE: Question   
   23 Nov 18 20:03:36   
   
   On Nov 22, 2018 06:38am, Joe Schweier wrote to All:   
      
    JS> I use an OS/2 VM, Arca Noae, and I'm using FD/2 FE/2 and Irex/2 to send   
    JS> and receive mail.  Anyway, I have a line in an old batch file I use to   
    JS> run on any windows maching, or DOS machine.... BTW it still works on my   
    JS> windows 10 machine.   
      
   Which is what I have set up here.   
      
    JS> for /f "delims=" %%x in.... See it in the section beclow??   
      
    JS> :Start   
      
    JS> @echo off   
    JS> :start   
    JS> cd\Somewhere   
    JS> for /f "delims=" %%x in ('date /t') do set date=%%x   
    JS> del joes.asc   
    JS> echo %Date% >>JOES.ASC   
      
    JS> ..... Much Much Much deleted....   
      
    JS> goto ad   
      
    JS> :ad   
    JS> PM /I:JOES.ASC /T:All /S:BBS AD %date% /C:21   
    JS> :Stop   
      
    JS> That line captures the current date and then I can add it into my BBS   
    JS> ad txt file....   
      
    JS> Anyway, is there a similar command for OS/2??   
      
   The same ECHO command should work natively under ArcaOS as well.   
      
   ... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!   
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