Re: Batch files

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From: sean kerns
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:35

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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


Please ... exposite.


SRK

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