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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?)   
      
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