Re: Looking for a 'day of week checker' batch program

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From: Jim Johnson
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 04:32

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In a message dated Fri  6 Nov 92 12:09, Don@chopin.udel.edu (donald R Lloyd
wrote:


 DRL>      I need to track down a small program for use in batch files
 DRL> that
 DRL> will check to see if it is a certain day of the week and call a 
 DRL> program or batch file if so.
 DRL>      Anyone know if a program such as this exists, or will I have to
 DRL> 
 DRL> track down a compiler somewhere and roll my own?

DOS Power Tools (1st edition) has a DEBUG routine for GETDAY.COM which
returns an error code based on the current day of the week.  Pop it into a
batch file and it will control program flow as needed above. (There is also
GETDATE, GETMONTH, etc.)

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