Question

I am running a dos batch file in SQL Server Agent job. I have 34 steps in the batch file. All steps run every day EXCEPT step 31. It only runs on Tuesday. I could setup another SQL Agent Job, but that seems like overkill. How can I query the system for the day of the week in the batch file in order to run Step 31 on Tuesday only? I tried the below code but had not luck.

For /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
Set DayName=%%A 
) 

if('%DayName:~0,3%' equ 'Tue') <run step 31>

When I echo ‘%DayName:~0,3%’ it displays ‘Tue’

Answer 1

You can use this:

wmic path win32_localtime get dayofweek

Returning “2” is Tuesday.