From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article , R.Wieser  wrote:   
   >Hello all,   
   >   
   >I've got a batchfile in which I use the first (%1) argument as a switch to   
   >decide which program should be started with the remaining arguments.   
   ...   
   >Question:   
   >How do I provide all arguments starting from the second one to the program ?   
   >   
   >Currently I just use "program.exe %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" and be done with   
   >it, but would like to know a way to provide more than 9 arguments to the   
   >batchfile and still have it work.   
      
   I've hit this myself, long ago.  I think it is just a limitation of DOS   
   batch that we all have to resign ourselves to living with.   
      
   There are quite a few alternatvies to plain DOS batch at this point in   
   time, so you could switch languages.  I know this isn't what you want to   
   hear, of course.   
      
   In particular, it is amazing how much better of a scripting language bash   
   is, compared to plain DOS batch.  You could write in bash and run it under   
   Cygwin (or similar)...   
      
   Or you could do something like:   
      
   set prog=%1   
   shift   
   set args=   
   :loop   
   if not %1X==X (   
       set args=%args% %1   
       shift   
       goto loop   
       )   
   %prog% %args%   
      
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