From: notsaying@127.0.0.1
On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:40:38 GMT, gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny
McCormack) wrote:
> In article ,
> Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
>>On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:16:54 GMT, gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny
>>McCormack) wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Is there a simple way to get the number of args passed to a batch
>>> (.BAT
>>> or .CMD) file? Like $# in Unix.
>>>
>>No, not without going through the parameters. But why do you need it?
>>'shift' and loop to process each parameter
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
>>> 2) Just out of curiosity, where are the command line args documented
>>> in the
>>> DOS/Windows command prompt help system? I know that things like
>>> %~xX are documented in "help for", but what about the really
basic
>>> stuff, like %1, %2, %*?
>>
>>%0 is the command (as typed), %1 is the 1st parameter, %* is all the
>>remaining (tail) commandline.
>
> Everybody knows that, of course.
>
>>This seems a good point to start.
>>https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-args.html
>
> Strange that you have to go out to the Internet to find documentation
of
> something so obvious. Why isn't it in the basic help system?
>
'cos 'help' is per command? Perhaps you want a physical DOS manual; It
came in a binder back in DOS 3 & previous, IIRC. Maybe some sadd^w
collector is willing to part with one.
£50+ for a crushed box?!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-MS-DOS-5-Upgrade-Operating-System-
Retail-Boxed-RARE-3-5-Disks-Manual/173985912918
Or look at bitsavers (HP version, but mostly generic info)
https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/9000
_hpux/softpc/98870-90050_MSDOS_3.3_Reference_Sep89.pdf
chapter 3-3 on.
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Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
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