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- From: kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu
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- Subject: Re: Batch files -- Exposition
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.084458.10207@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 08:44:58 -0600
- 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
-
- Rather than composing something, I'll refer you to a comprehensive expository
- on the topic of redirection and it's use to manipulate programs such as EDLIN.
- In Simtel20 or any of its mirrors, in the MSDOS INFO directory, you will find a
- file called REDIRECT.ZIP, written by Jan van Hulten in 1990. The file unzips
- to 600+ lines, so I hesitate to post it directly to NEWS.
-
- While this only goes over redirection, there are other aspects such as
- honest-to-goodness plain-vanilla-DOS string manipulation, counting and simple
- arithmetic which deserve a similar treatment. These have shown up in PC
- Magazine's User-to-User column over the last couple of years.
-
- If there's anyone who can't get it from Simtel20 or one of its mirrors, e-mail
- me and I'll send it, please specify uuencoded zip (13k) or straight ASCII (24k).
- Offer good until Feb. 3.
-
- --jim
-