So I have this block of code in my batch file that works
set /p projectnumber= enter project number:
set /p projectname= enter project name:
ren "C:\projects\temp.dwg" "19-%projectnumber% - %projectname%.dwg
So i tried this and it works
set /p projectnumber= enter project number:
set /p projectname= enter project name:
set _dwg="C:\projects\temp.dwg"
ren %_dwg% "19-%projectnumber% - %projectname%.dwg"
but what I would really like to have work is something like this
set /p projectnumber= enter project number:
set /p projectname= enter project name:
set _dwg="C:\projects\temp.dwg"
set _dwgrename="19-%projectnumber% - %projectname%.dwg"
ren %_dwg% %_dwgrename%
but it doesn't seem to work this is the first real batch file that I have written so I'm not sure why the second code works and the third ones doesn't.