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Article #13809batch programming, looping
From: Brett Shepard
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 17:08
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 17:08
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I'm fairly new at complex batch programming, and I've made the discovery that the DOS 3.3 manual isn't very helpful. I'm trying to create a program to copy files from floppy to hard disk. The program should be able to handle a varying number of floppys - as entered from the command line. My question is how do I set up the counter variable in the program so that I can loop through the copying routine for each disk? I tried setting an environment variable to 0, then incrementing the environment var, but that didn't work at all. How do I create and use a variable in a batch program, and if I can't, how do I code it to loop a variable number of times? Any and all help/suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated. PS - please e-mail, I don't get much time to read this... B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Just the opinions, ma'am." | Brett Shepard | Close your eyes and Go ahead, crash our system! | Ball State University | pretend that there is UUCP: shepard@bsu-cs.bsu.edu| Muncie, IN | a fancy graphic here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!bsu-cs!shepard From: shepard@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Brett Shepard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: batch programming, looping Keywords: HELP!!!!! Message-ID: <12618@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 5 Apr 91 17:08:52 GMT Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, IN, USA Lines: 29