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   foxidrive to Nick   
   Re: [MSDOS7] if ".echo off"==".echo off"   
   25 Dec 14 12:19:30   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 25/12/2014 07:07, Nick wrote:   
      
   > -Do you need to test if Windows 95 is running to branch elsewhere in your   
   code?   
   >   
   > It's actually an exercise in almost the opposite; trying to make a simple   
   > "Windows neutral" batch file as compatible as reasonably possible with   
   > both 9x and NT based systems without bogging it down with unnecessary OS   
   > checks, and potentially limiting or flawed assumptions based on such checks.   
      
      
   > -What do you actually need to do?   
   >   
   > What I'm wanting to do with the code I posted is to test if 'SET' handle the   
   /P   
   > switch, i.e. is able to create a variable, and assign a users input as it's   
   > value.   
      
      
   @echo off   
   set /p=anul   
   if .%/p%==a. echo D'oh!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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