How to ftp a File and Make Today's Date File Rename

Keywords:     TimeJulianDay

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Question:

Does anybody have any idea on how I can download a weekly file from an ftp site where the filename changes every week based on the current date?

For example:

This week monday was Nov 17; so the filename would be 1117.exe.

Is there a way to get the date somehow from windows and import that into the filename and then use netscape to download the file?

Answer:

1. Use the Internet Extender to download the file for you.

2. Part of the trick is figuring out the filename you want.

   ;Get date in Julian format
   Today=TimeYmdHms()
   TodayJulian=TimeJulianDay(Today)
   
   ;Figure out day of week
   Day=(TodayJulian+5) mod 7
   ;0=Sunday 1=Mon 6=Sat
   
   ;Adjust day number to days
   ;from Monday
   DaysFromMonday=(Day+6) mod 7
   
   MondayJulian=TodayJulian - DaysFromMonday
   
   Monday=TimeJulToYmd(MondayJulian)
   
   monthnum=ItemExtract(2,Monday,":")
   daynum=ItemExtract(3,Monday,":")
   myfilename=strcat(monthnum,daynum,".exe")
   Message("Monday's Filename is",myfilename)
   

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Article ID:   W12647

Filename:   How to FTP a File and Rename it with Todays Date.txt