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  1. Article: 13817 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: MGET with DATE format in the filename?
  6. Date: 3 Nov 2002 12:19:33 -0500
  7. Organization: Columbia University
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  16.  
  17. In article <d26c60d1.0211030838.1cf7b15@posting.google.com>,
  18. JerryAA <jerryaa@yahoo.com> wrote:
  19. : I'm trying to write a script using Kermit to pull multiple files using
  20. : the recursive switch with the DATE in the file name.
  21. : For example, the files I will be downloading will be called ABC.zip,
  22. : XYZ.zip, etc...
  23. : I need to download them with ABC11022002.zip-- filename plus DATE.
  24. : I've tried using the /as-name, /rename-to switch with the /v(filename)
  25. : and /v(ndate) variables but can't seem to get it right?
  26. You have some of the slashes backward :-)
  27.  
  28.   get [ other-switches ] /as-name:\v(filename)\v(ndate) [ filespec ]
  29.  
  30. Switches start with a forward slash (/).  Variables and function names
  31. start with a bakslash (\).
  32.  
  33. - Frank
  34.