how to find the last time stamp of the particular TYPE file in that directory?

how get the date and time of the last modified particular TYPE file in that directory

let me explain with an example

if i use the command dir *.reo /o:d

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i get the all *.reo files in that directory sorted according to the date ..

this is the the last line of the output

29-03-2010 11.31 arun.reo

now i just want to copy the date and time of the last created file in variable or file .is it possible ?

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You can do this using a batch file like this:

@echo off
setlocal enableextensions

for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir *.reo /o:-d /b') do (
  set dt=%%~tf
  goto endloop
)

: endloop
echo %dt%

A little explanation:

• dir *.reo /o:-d /b produces a list of all .reo files in the current directory, sorted by date in descending order (so that the last modified file comes first).
• %%~tf expands to the date of the file specified by the %f variable.

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It depends on what os your using. If you want just the last file

command one pipes the complete directory into a temp file

dir *.reo /o:d > temp.txt;

command two gets the last line of the temp file. Only works if you have the windowserver 2003 install which the link is provided below.

tail - 1 temp.txt;

Go to the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 download section at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/ downloads/tools/default.mspx. Or, if that link does not work, visit http://www.microsoft.com/ and search for "Windows 2003". Once there, choose the "Downloads -> Tools" link.