powershellbatch-fileblat

Pass powershell variable to batch script

Here is powershell script

$a = get-date -format "MMM-d-yyyy"
Start-Process "D:\Script\send_report.bat"

send_report.bat uses blat to send email

D:
cd "D:\Program Files (x86)\blat321\full"
blat -s "Daily Report" -i "Our Team" -to member1@team.org,member2@team.org -body "Please see attached." -priority 1 -attach D:\Script\Daily_Report.xlsx

How do I insert $a into send_report.bat? I would like value of $a next to "Daily Report"

Solution 
  • @echo off
cd /d "D:\Program Files (x86)\blat321\full"
set "the_date=%~1"
blat -s "Daily Report" -i "Our Team" -to member1@team.org,member2@team.org -body "Please see attached." -priority 1 -attach D:\Script\Daily_Report_%the_date%.xlsx

    and call the bat like :

    $a = get-date -format "MMM-d-yyyy"
Start-Process "D:\Script\send_report.bat" $a