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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 18:09
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 18:09
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In article <92097.223002L28BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, L28BC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes... >I am trying to find a way to prompt a user to enter a filename. The computer >will then search for an existing filename and insert the filename and path >into a variable. Does anyone know or have an idea how to search for the files >and insert their filename and path into a varialbe, if they exist or not ? Best way I can figure would be to write a small program/utility to do just that, then wrap a batch file around it. Shouldn't be too hard to write... Cheers, John
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun!zeus.tamu.edu!jwl3885 From: jwl3885@zeus.tamu.edu (THIS SPACE FOR RENT) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: tricky batch - help Message-ID: <7APR199213093097@zeus.tamu.edu> Date: 7 Apr 92 18:09:00 GMT References: <92097.223002L28BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> Sender: usenet@tamsun.tamu.edu Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services Lines: 19 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41