From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:19:03 -0700 (PDT), Peter wrote:   
   > I was updating a batch file I wrote to backup one of my PCs.  It kept   
   > crashing at a certain point.  For two days I tried various things to fix   
   > it with no luck.  I finally guessed at a fix which does work but I don¢t   
   > understand what the problem was or why the fix works.  Here are a few   
   > lines from the batch file showing the original version.   
   >   
   > (It¢s basically a counter/timer loop.  When the counter hits 5 seconds it   
   > exits the loop and continues elsewhere in the batch file.  It¢s the   
   > bottom line that caused the crash.)   
   >   
   > =================================   
   >:wait-Z   
   > if %counter%==5 goto Start-N   
   > timeout 1 > nul   
   > set /A counter=%counter%+1   
   > if not exist z:\transfer\batch goto wait-Z   
   > =================================   
      
   The `if` command would generate a syntax error if `%counter%` is   
   empty/blank.   
      
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