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- From: Peter.Breuer@prg.oxford.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: (none)
- Message-ID: <9208301221.AA25262@emerald.comlab.prg.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 12:21:36 GMT
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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Batch command file parameter question
- Summary: How does one set a varaiable to a string containing = ?
- References: <64900@cup.portal.com>
- From: ptb@prg.ox.ac.uk (Peter Breuer)
- Reply-To: Peter.Breuer@prg.oxford.ac.uk (Peter Breuer)
- Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
- Keywords: quotes set string
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- In article <64900@cup.portal.com> compata@cup.portal.com (David H Close) writes:
- | [example deleted]
- |
- |Is there no way to make this foolish operating system recognize a quoted
- |string and treat it as a single parameter? Alternatively, is there any
- |justification for this behavior (besides incompetence)?
- |(Email replies preferred.)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Please summarise to the net. I've been trying for years to think of a
- way to set my vi editor-control variable under msdos. I want to
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- set EXINIT=ai wm=9
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- (approx) and of course I can't, for the reason you outline: no quotes.
- In 4dos, everything is hunky-dory. Just use your favourite quote
- characters as usual. Under msh 2.00, all unix solutions also work right.
- But under command.com ... ?
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- Perhaps I should try the latest versions of setenv from the archives?
- Perhaps they've been updated to deal with msdos 5.0 by now?
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- Peter <ptb@uk.ac.ox.comlab>
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- | Dave Close - Compata - Stockton, California - +1 209 467 8255 ("209-install")
- | dave@compata.attmail.com | compata@mcimail.com | dhclose@alumni.caltech.edu
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