Actually, my father hangs out at alt.msdos.batch and is probably the
equivalent of Chris Colefax for the Batch file world (MSDOS/Win95 batch
at least) he does some of the most insane stuff with batch files.  I
know that reformatting text etc isn't out of his range...(Considering I
can't read most of his batch files since every other character is the
percent sign) I'm putting a link to his page here, but mostly so you can
find another more accessable page from his links as his has almost
nothing for the batch initiate.

Steve
http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/
and a section on using data and time in batch files (linked off the
index)
http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/timedate.htm

Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Interesting concept. I wish I knew how to do the file in/out but I
> haven't learned it yet.
> Getting the system time is childs play though. A batch file would simply
> be invoked which has Time [enter] and/or Date [enter] in it redirecting
> output to a text file but it needs to have the comma format for POV to
> read it in. Don't know exactly how you'd go about that.
> I'd have to look up the command-line syntax for the enter key, but like
> Stephen said you can find out easily enough at such places.
> Considering the need for a reformatted text, afraid you're going to have
> to do more than batch file it.
> 
> Randy Robnett wrote:
> >
> >   I am Currently using Povray an image rhat changes over real world time.
> > The problem I am having is in getting the computers clock value into povray
> > so that I can manipulate objects based on that value.
> >
> >   I have had no luck getting that value to be updated automatically in a
> > plain text file
> > so that i could read it using #READ
> >
> > any help would be appreciated?
> 
> --
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> =Bob

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