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   foxidrive to Nick   
   Re: [MSDOS7] if ".echo off"==".echo off"   
   24 Dec 14 23:29:08   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 24/12/2014 18:57, Nick wrote:   
      
   > IF NOT ".%INPUTCMD%"==".@ECHO OFF" GOTO:NEXTTEST   
   >   
   > I worked out it was tripping up on the string compare, that it would fail   
   > if any part of either string included "ECHO OFF" or "ECHO ON".   
      
   I doubt that this is the case at all.   
      
      
   You can see the problem here:   
      
      
   C:\>if "abc"=="abc" ver   
      
   Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]   
      
      
   C:\>if "a c"=="abc" ver   
      
   C:\>if "abc"=="a c" ver   
      
   C:\>if "a c"=="a c" ver   
   Bad command or file name   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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