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pistrang@crocker.com (Jim Pistrang) writes:
 >needs to rename the file, to save it for backup/archiving purposes.
 >Sure, I can rename it to OUT.DAT with the REN command, but I'd like to
 >give it a unique name on the rename.  Ideally, something that has the date
 >and a sequence number, such as 96022001 (sequence one on 96-02-20).
 >Usually this BAT will run once a day, but there is a possibility of 2 runs
 >in a day, hence the sequence number.

Here is a .BAT which sets an environment variable DATE to string YYMMDD.

DATENAME.BAT
------------
:: called with no arguments sets environ variable DATE, e.g., 960131
@echo off
if "%1"=="[" goto B
if not "%1"=="" goto A
copy %0.bat + nul >nul
dir %0.bat | find /i " bat" >tmpx.bat
tmpx
:A
echo ;|choice /c:;%3; %0 >tmpx.bat
tmpx
:B
set date=%8%9%2%3%5%6
del tmpx.bat

For fast operation use a ramdrive and preface all strings tmpx with d:
As for the sequencing bit, you'll want later lines in the .bat that
calls this one:

set suffix=01
if exists %date%01 set suffix=02
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John Savage               koala@sydney.dialix.com.au