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|    foxidrive to Todd Vargo    |
|    Re: FOR /F and delims=\ string processin    |
|    15 Aug 13 14:46:53    |
      From: not@this.address.invalid              On 15/08/2013 13:46, Todd Vargo wrote:       > On 8/14/2013 8:05 PM, foxidrive wrote:       >> On 15/08/2013 07:40, Todd Vargo wrote:       >>       >>>> For me trying to understand the command line, I ask what does the "\."       suffix do?       >>       >> Thanks Todd, for supplying the answers. The \. sets the current folder at       the end of the path, for when       >> the path has a trailing \ so that it then also returns the correct folder.       >       > AFAIK, the only time %cd% returns a trailing \ is when the root folder       > is current. Are there other instances?              No, you are quite right that it was not needed in this instance. I was       clarifying that it was just there       because it always works, and fixes the times when it is needed.                     --       foxi              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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