Here is an example...

Report for A & B.pdf ----> Report for A & B 1-1-07.pdf OR Report for A &
B 01012007.pdf

I would prefer the hyphenated date, but the other would be a start.

Eric

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B007E04-5DF6-438D-A5F3-3FFEB7182D85@microsoft.com...
> >I have a large batch file that copies pdf files from one network directory
> >to
> > another. It works great! Now, I was wondering if it is possible to
> > create a
> > batch file that copies the files and renames them? (It would be really
> > cool
> > if I could use a wildcard some how that would allow me to add the date on
> > the
> > end of the file name!)
> >
> > I did some playing around with the "RENAME" command, but I could not get
> > it
> > to work with spaces in the file name. I need to maintain the spaces in
> > these
> > file names, so is there a way to make this work? As I alluded to above, I
> > would like to add the date to the end of the file name. If a wild card
> > can't
> > be used, I will just get it setup manually once, open the file in Excel
> > and
> > use the replace command.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Eric
> >
>
> It's probably possible but we can't tell you unless you supply
> full details about the names ***before*** and ***after***
> the rename command.
>
>
>