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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Getting rid of "syntax error" from .bat files - how to?
Message-ID: <1990Dec6.065045.12596@uwasa.fi>
Date: 6 Dec 90 06:50:45 GMT
References: <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> brand@cad.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Graham Brand) writes:
>I have written a batch file which accepts parameters from the command
>line using the:
>	if %1==param1
>syntax. It works fine except that if I don't pass any parameters, I
:

Simple.  Wrong format.  Use if "%1"=="param1" ... 

If you want to learn batch programming take a look at some batch
packages.  I'll naturally recomend to my own, /pc/ts/tsbat22.arc
available by anonymous ftp from uwasa.fi archives.  Contains a
wealth of batch lore and tricks. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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