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- From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
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- Subject: Re: Batch files
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 13:35:29 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.135115.10741@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <1993Jan25.134613.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <1993Jan25.102845.10144@iscsvax.uni.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.102845.10144@iscsvax.uni.edu>, kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan25.134613.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Nick FitzGerald, PC Software Consultant, CSC, UoC, NZ) writes:
- |> > Believe it or not, EDLIN (that most ghastly of DOS "utilities") may be
- |> > the answer to your problem. Its (sole ?) virtue lies in the fact that
- |> > it reads from stdin, so can be driven by a script file.
- |> >
- |> > I've never used it in this manner (I've never used full stop, he adds
- |> > proudly 8-) ), but have seen some fiendishly clever batches in PC Mag
- |> > based (in part) on this.
- |>
- |> I have. If an expository is generally desired, I'll post. Let me know.
- |>
- |> --jim
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