====== makebackup.bat ====== @echo off set dtend=%date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2% for /f "eol=# delims== tokens=1,2" %%i in (makebackup.dat) do ( set %%i=%%j ) echo Working from %dt% to %dtend% set arcname=promauto-src_%dt%-%dtend%.rar rar a -ta%dt% %arcname% promauto-src echo dt=%dtend%>makebackup.dat move %arcname% F:\