Can someone assist with making a batch file that does the following:
take a command line argument as a filename without the path
rename the file to be in the format of mm.dd.yyyy-hh.mm.AA-filename.ext
where the date format is the current date and time ex 11.14.2009-12.00.am-filename.ext

the batch file will be in the same directory as the original file.

thanks?

I can do it in python in like 1 minute it you don't mind python rather than a batch file, or you could use a program with batch rename eg alsee or adobe bridge

sonicsam is working on it... having some errors though.
and no, it needs to be something that runs in the background.

It's been solved

YOU'RE WELCOME

I finished about 2 minutes after sam posted, but anyway

python code:

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import sys,os,time
year=time.localtime()[0]
month=time.localtime()[1]
date=time.localtime()[2]
hour=time.localtime()[3]
mins=time.localtime()[4]
if hour >=12 and hour<23:
hour=hour-12
med="pm"
else:med="am"
os.rename(sys.argv[1],"%s.%s.%s-%s.%s.%s-"%(month,date,year,hour,mins,med)+sys.argv[1])

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