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yoss15 · 08-07-2011, 06:04 PM

I've searched as much as I could but haven't had any luck with finding a solution.

I'm trying to make a batch file which runs a perl script that grabs a daily news sites stories and then takes the output file and converts it to .mobi and sends it to my kindle.

What I need help with is setting up the input and output file names. The input file name is something like example-yyyymmdd.html and I don't know how to set it up. %DATE% gives me the name of the day as well.

Any tips?

08-07-2011, 06:04 PM	#1
yoss15 Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle	File name formatting I've searched as much as I could but haven't had any luck with finding a solution. I'm trying to make a batch file which runs a perl script that grabs a daily news sites stories and then takes the output file and converts it to .mobi and sends it to my kindle. What I need help with is setting up the input and output file names. The input file name is something like example-yyyymmdd.html and I don't know how to set it up. %DATE% gives me the name of the day as well. Any tips?