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Re: Batch file replaceable parameters

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pete@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:
> On 14th Nov 2013 at 15:35 "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> > Sjouke Burry wrote:
> > > On 14.11.13 4:09, Ed wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to pass the following string as a replaceable parameter in a Batch file?
> > > >
> > > >      STUFF=8
> > > >
> > > > Batch appears to treat  =  as a delimiter and the result is two parameters - "STUFF"
> > > > and "8". Is there any way to circumvent this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Maybe try   "stuff=8"    with the quotes?
> >
> > Tried that (MS-DOS 7).  Didn't help.
> >
> > It's not a big issue since, if need be, I can create multiple versions of the
> > batch file and hard-code the string into the one's I wanted.  Just curious
> > whether there was a way to input such strings.
>
> Looking at Timo Salmi's BATFAQ (TSBAT71.ZIP from garbo if it's still
> there) it seems that this simply isn't possible in batch without help
> from an auxilliary program.
>
> Incidentally, while I was experimenting in dos 6.22 before remembering
> about Timo's bat utils, I also discovered that batch does a similar
> thing with commas.  So "1,2" as a parameter to the batch file arrives
> as 2 parameters (though curiously you can set an env var with a comma
> in it, e.g. set "stuff=1,2" behaves as you would think).
>
> Pete

Thanks for that.  I suspected as much.

> --
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    not wishing an end
    prefer a surprise
    not everything planned
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Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-14 14:09 +1100
  Re: Batch file replaceable parameters Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2013-11-14 05:18 +0100
    Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-14 15:35 +1100
      Re: Batch file replaceable parameters pete@nospam.demon.co.uk - 2013-11-14 07:30 +0000
        Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-14 19:19 +1100
      Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-11-18 10:53 +0100
        Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-19 20:00 +1100
          Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-11-19 19:31 +0100
            Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-21 23:07 +1100
              Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-11-21 17:39 +0100
      Re: Batch file replaceable parameters Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2013-11-18 11:48 +0100
        Re: Batch file replaceable parameters pete@nospam.demon.co.uk - 2013-11-18 20:19 +0000
        Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-19 20:02 +1100
  Re: Batch file replaceable parameters Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2013-11-14 09:39 +0100
    Re: Batch file replaceable parameters "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-17 12:41 +1100

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