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|    Auric__ to Dallas    |
|    Re: batch file structure    |
|    07 Jul 22 20:00:42    |
      From: not.my.real@email.address              Dallas wrote:              > I just now noticed that none of the one-liners has any arguments.       > The %1 %2 %3 ... arguments.       > So, running by double clicking makes more sense to me now.       >       > I suppose if you did need arguments you could prompt for them as the       > batch file ran.              All of my batches that require arguments are rather longer than one line.       There is a method to pass arguments via a .lnk and/or .pif, but I no longer       remember how. (Haven't needed it in... 15 years? Longer?)              --       Such a pity. How much grander and more powerful you could have still       become. If you've but had the temerity to embrace the path set before you.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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