Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness.

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From: Jim Kenyon
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 20:37

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To get the date (and time and DOW) without a prompt, 4DOS provides
environment variables -- you can also extract pieces of them as well.
Like, just the hours, or just the seconds.....

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Jim Kenyon -- jkenyon@css.itd.umich.edu
University of Michigan, 401 Washtenaw Ave
Division of Kinsesiology, Motor Behavior Lab
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 -- (313) 763-0498

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From: jkenyon@us.cc.umich.edu (Jim Kenyon)
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Subject: Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness.
Summary: 4DOS comes to the rescue
Keywords: In article <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> stevek@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Kite) writes:
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