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   foxidrive to Harry Potter   
   Re: Win32 batch file: long paths passed    
   27 Dec 13 10:15:24   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 27/12/2013 06:15, Harry Potter wrote:   
      
   > I created the attached batch file to automate the compression of executables   
   then added an entry in   
   > the Windows Registry as a menu item to execute this batch file so that I can   
   compress a .exe file with   
   > a click of the mouse.  The problem is that the parameter passed seems to   
   *always* be short.  This   
   > doesn't hurt *too* much with this batch file but can cause major problems   
   with other implementations.   
   > I mentioned an out of environment space before, but that was both in another   
   batch file and fixed.   
      
   You're working in Win9x right?   
      
   Can you replace the PC with a later one running XP etc?  Win9x and XP do   
   things differently in batch files.   
      
      
   > ------------------------------------   
   >@echo off "c:\program files\upx307w\upx.exe" --ultra-brute "%1"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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