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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Sanjay Aiyagari)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: AUTOEXEC.BAT question
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.003958.1494@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 90 04:39:58 GMT
References: <4638@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
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In article <4638@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>,
cs481121@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs481121) writes:
>
> HELP!  Does anyone out there know if replacable parameters can be used
> in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file??  I need to be able to pass a value into the
> autoexec of a network workstation at bootup time.  If this sounds
> feasible, any and all suggestions will be appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>   Mike Reese -- U.S. Army Information Systems Command

Sure! Just have the AUTOEXEC.BAT file call itself with a parameter.  For
example, I run my AUTOEXEC off a RAM disk with the following lines:

echo off
if not !%1==! goto RamDrive
copy c:autoexec.bat e: >nul
e:autoexec @
:RamDrive
REM continue here

By calling AUTOEXEC with a parameter, the batch file knows skip over the
section that copies itself to the RAM drive when it is running from the RAM
drive.
Sanjay Aiyagari (hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)