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From: U3369429@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Michael Bednarek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Getting rid of "syntax error" from .bat files - how to?
Message-ID: <1370@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 10 Dec 90 00:27:42 GMT
References: <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1990Dec8.150147.1225@druid.uucp>
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In article <1990Dec8.150147.1225@druid.uucp>, darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
> In article <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Graham Brand writes:
>>In addition, is there any way of passing a string, the first character
>>of which is a dash (-), as in -f? It doesn't seem to work with the
>>above test.
> Not sure what you mean.  The following works for me:
>     if %1==-f echo -f

BUT, why does it not work with "="? Example: File TEST.BAT:
        Echo %1 %2
Command line:
        TEST e=mc2
Result:
        e mc2

Who is eating the Equal Signs? And what can be done about it?
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