XPost: alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   From: NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com   
      
   Is there a a symbolic variable that specifies part of the path?   
   Specifically the last node (are they called nodes?).  That is, if it's   
   C:\programs\housework\tuesday\ironing.exe  I want to get \tuesday\  with   
   or without slashes.   
      
   It's not necessarily 8 characters long, or any other predictable length,   
   but I could use all the characters after the next-to-last slash, if   
   there's a way to do that.   
      
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