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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 ?

In article <1992Apr8.082956.139@mble.philips.be> stern@mble.philips.be writes:
>Here is THE solution to enhance your batch files.
>
>Try XSET (version 2.12), it is available
>   at SIMTEL20 PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>XSET212.ZIP
>or at GARBO.UWASA.FI:/PC/BATCHUTIL/XSET212.ZIP

In the interest of saving you some possible disappointment, I quote the
following article from cbip.d:

> From: gmribeir@wheaton.edu (Glauber)
> Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
> Subject: Attention: XSET212.ZIP is nagware!
> Message-ID: <1992Apr8.005545.25233@wheaton.wheaton.edu>
> Date: 8 Apr 92 00:55:45 GMT
> 
> The following is not intended to satrt a flame war on nagware,
> only to save some of you the irritation to which i was subjected.
> 
> XSET 2.12 (available as XSET212.ZIP from SIMTEL20 and other sources)
> is an interesting program that extends the funtionality of
> environment variables and presumably permits writing very efficient
> batch files. The only catch is: the version you get has a 2 second
> delay that makes it inpractical to use, until you send money directly
> to the author's banking account ... in Belgium. Only Belgian Francs
> accepted, thank you. So, if you are outside Europe, you might as well
> save yourself the hassle.
> 
> Glauber Ribeiro - Wheaton College, IL  (USA)
>                   gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu 

The author replies there that this is necessary to force people to 
register.  But PKZIP and other well-known products seem to survive just
fine by distributing full-features versions and depending on the honor
system for registrations.
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