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Windows CMD to make a timestamped directory
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make-timestamped-dir.bat
@echo off
:: Windows CMD - Make a timestamped directory, prefixed with the first argument.
:: i.e. pass in "proj1" and it creates a directory named "proj1-2020-08-02_09-01-00"
:: It shouldn't be this hard, but it is.
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"
set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%-%Min%-%Sec%"
set "outdir=%1-%fullstamp%"
mkdir %outdir%
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