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   Re: Is batch file called from 32 or 64 c   
   08 Jun 18 07:56:48   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   markovicb599 wrote:   
      
   > понедељак, 11. јун 2012. 01.41.09 UTC+2, Gabor Grothendieck   
   > је написао/ла:   
   >> Is there some way of finding out in a batch file if it was invoked from   
   >> a 32 bit or 64 bit cmd.exe ?  My preference is to be able to do this   
   >> without using external utilities, if possible. Thanks.   
   >   
   > .cmd extension is for 64-bit.   
   > .bat extension is for 32-bit.   
      
   [BZZT] Oh, so sorry, wrong answer. Thanks for playing, try our home game   
   instead.   
      
   .cmd comes from OS/2, a 32-bit system. 32-bit Windows has no problem running   
   them.   
      
   .bat comes from DOS, a 16-bit system. 64-bit Windows has no problem running   
   them.   
      
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