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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: remove extension from batch file parameter - results
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.085653.9701@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 08:56:53 -0600
- References: <1993Jan7.001628.19426@trl.oz.au>
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- Steve,
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- In article <1993Jan7.001628.19426@trl.oz.au>, smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Steve Madden) writes:
- > I'm wondering if any of the real DOS experts out there knows
- > how to solve the following problem. I have a filename complete with
- > extension passed into a batch file as a replaceable parameter. I need to
- > remove the extension from this, and put it in an environment variable.
- > Does anyone know if this is possible under vanilla DOS ?? If so, how do
- > you do it ??
- >
- >
- > Well, the answer seems to be that it may not be possible with vanilla
- > DOS. I received a number of suggestions, all of which used shareware/PD
- > solutions. These were:
-
- I sent you a plain-vanilla DOS solution, check your mail again.
-
- --jim
-