CCS/TMS570LC4357: Rename the bin file using post build

Arun Prakash said:

I was generated the bin file using post build command, But i need to rename the bin file and add the timestamp of file generated time.

E.g. using CCS 10 and the C2000 TI v20.20.0.LTS tool chain in which the hex utility supports a binary output, in the output file name in the CCS project property I was able to insert ${current_date:yyyyMMdd'T'HHmm} into the generated name:

And when the project is built you can see the current date inserted into the filename of the binary file:

Building files: "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out"
Invoking: C2000 Hex Utility
"/home/mr_halfword/ti/ccs1000/ccs/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-c2000_20.2.0.LTS/bin/hex2000" --binary -o "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task_20200322T1314.bin"  "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" 
Translating to Binary format...
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" codestart ==> codestart
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" .TI.ramfunc ==> .TI.ramfunc
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" .cinit ==> .cinit
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" Cla1Prog ==> Cla1Prog
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" .text.1 ==> .text.1
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" .text.2 ==> .text.2
   "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out" .const ==> .const
Finished building: "cla_ex3_background_nesting_task.out"

The argument for the the current_date Eclipse Dynamic Variable, the part after the colon, is the format string.

The format string is defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat - as defined by Class SimpleDateFormat

The default format string, if not provided, is yyyyMMdd_HHmm (as found in DateTimeResolver.java). I couldn't seem to find the definition of the format string in the Eclipse documentation, but found the source from a web search.

I don't which which post build command you are using, but hopefully you can use the current_date Eclipse Dynamic Variable.

Dear Chester Gillon

Thanks a lot. for above solution. Its working also very simple.

I was wrote the batch file also. Its working fine.

Refer the following steps

• Step1: Store this batch TimestampAppendinBinfileUsingCCS.bat file in C:\ti\ccsv8\utils
• Step2: Add this line "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/TimestampAppendinBinfileUsingCCS" "${ProjName}.bin" in post build step in CCS tool

Result will be like : APPLICATION_20200323T220605.bin

[Note] This will only wor for bin file. Change ".bin" insteat ".hex" in line 17, if you wanna change the hex format.

rem ====================================

rem [File Name] TimestampAppendinBinfileUsingCCS.bat

rem [Title]     TimeStamp append in CCS tool

rem [Author]    Arun(Arun9047474939@gmail.com)

rem [Date]      20200323

rem [Note]      This will only wor for bin file. Change ".bin" insteat ".hex" in line 18, if you wanna change the hex format.

rem ====================================


set DateFormat=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%

Set DateFormat=%DateFormat:_=%


set time=%time::=%

set timeFormat=%time:~0,6%


set DateTimeFormat=%DateFormat%T%timeFormat%


set OriginalBinFileName=%~n1

ren *%OriginalBinFileName%.bin  *%OriginalBinFileName%_%DateTimeFormat%.bin


pause