Current Date in file name

Hi gurus,
I export daily a report to csv using RSCRM_BAPI ... I need to the put the date of the extraction in the file name (export_csv_120506.csv) ... It's possible ?
export_csv_ + "sysdate" ... something like that ?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Alex

Hi,
I would suggest you to write an UNIX shell script (if it suits your environment) to rename from whatever existing fileanme to your desired file name.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Raj

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ok, I ended up with this test routine:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
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my checkifopened(this)
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#looped = boolean used for recursive loop...
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set thefiles to name of every item of (D as alias)
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I have one requirement in which we need to provide
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제품 : ORACLE SERVER
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EXPORT 시 DATE FUNCTION 을 FILE NAME 으로 이용하기
=================================================
PURPOSE
다음은 export시에 date function을 file name으로 이용하는 방법을
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. . exporting table DEBET_MESS 0 rows exported
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. . exporting table PAYMENT_OPRCODES 21 rows exported
. . exporting table PAYMENT_REQUEST 53 rows exported
. . exporting table PAYMENT_RESPONSE 53 rows exported
. . exporting table REP_CANCELCOUPON 0 rows exported
. . exporting table REP_PAYCOUPON 70 rows exported
. . exporting table REP_VERIFYCOUPON 121 rows exported
. . exporting table REQ_CANCELCOUPON 0 rows exported
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. . exporting table REQ_VERIFYCOUPON 124 rows exported
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. exporting views
. exporting stored procedures
. exporting operators
. exporting referential integrity constraints
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C:\Documents and Settings\chinar>date
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C:\Documents and Settings\comp>
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