Re: Batch programming puzzle

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From: Robert B. Israel
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:05

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Here's another approach, which works in versions of DOS from 2.1 to 5
(tricks like echo.ext and appending to a batch file while it's
running do not).  

     del &&temp1.*
 REM  better not have any files you want to keep with this name!
     copy %1 &&temp1.*
     dir &&temp1.* | find "&&TEMP1" > &&temp2.bat
     echo set ext=%%1 > &&temp1.bat
     echo del &&temp?.* >>&&temp1.bat
     &&temp2

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Robert Israel                            israel@math.ubc.ca
Department of Mathematics             or israel@unixg.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Y4

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