Logging to a MMDDYYYY filename

[tonyb]

I would like to create daily logs of backup activity to a filename with a naming convention of the current date (MMDDYYYY.txt) format. I do not see where nnbackup supports this. If anyone knows how to do it using nnbackup or a 3rd party utility in conjunction with nnbackup I would greatly appreciate a reply.

Thanks.

[D.Ilyin]

I would like to create daily logs of backup activity to a filename with a naming convention of the current date (MMDDYYYY.txt) format. I do not see where nnbackup supports this. If anyone knows how to do it using nnbackup or a 3rd party utility in conjunction with nnbackup I would greatly appreciate a reply.

Thanks.

try to use this option with nnBackUP

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-log "c:\log\%DD%%MMM%%YYYY%.txt"

[tonyb]

Thanks for the reply. It was close... There actually need to be 2 sets of %% around each variable when using in a batch file. What worked was

-log "c:\logs\%%MMM%%%%DD%%%%YYYY%%.txt"
This generated a txt file called "Oct062005.txt" I just added dashes in between the variables to neaten it up a bit.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
This is documented in the "predefined variables" section I found.