What is wrong with this batch? renaming files in directory

[maclovin]

Hello there!

Nice forum!

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my batch-script?

I am trying to iterate through a directory renaming all files in it. Hopefully it will append time/date to all the files in that directory.

I am not sure I want to have a new fileending (.kvi), so if someone can guide me into what is wrong, and how I can avoid giving it a new file ending would be nice.

FOR %%T in (%tmpDir%*.*) DO RENAME "%%T"
"%%~nT_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_%.kvi"

[ChickenSoup]

Is that actually on 2 lines? or did it just split like that on the page? The one liner should work as long as %tmpDir% has a ending "\" (that is set tmpDir=C:\temp\)

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set tmpDir=C:\temp\
FOR %%T in (%tmpDir%*.*) DO rename "%%T" "%~nT_%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_.kvi"