Re: Finding name of a file in a directory

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"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
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> "Jig Bhakta" wrote in message
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> : I have a script which goes into a directory and finds out whether a file
> is
> : empty or not. The only problem is that I have to currently hardcode the
> : filename. However, the filename will always have a datetime stamp
> : (NV060705-143400.txt - only NV will remain the same) on it and will
> change
> : everyday. Can someone help me figure out how I can get this filename
and
> : store it in a variable so that I can then checks its filesize?
>
> dim file
> file = "NV060705-143400.txt"
>
> Now, it's a variable. However, you probably mean how can you pass the
> filename as a variable to your script? Is this a VBS script or ASP? I
ask
> because they work differently.
>
> Is there ever more than one file in a given day?
>
> Ex. NV060705-143401.txt, NV060705-143402.txt
>
> If there is only one file per day, and it's always the current day, and
> assuming your filename date pattern is mmddyy, and it's always in the same
> folder, then you can retrieve it without passing the name.

Another option could be to open Windows explorer, find the file yourself,
then drag-n-drop it onto the .vbs script.

/Al

> Please provide answers to the questions I posed and something can be
worked
> out.
>
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