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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Passing path as Batch parameter
Message-ID: <1991May4.110626.1434@uwasa.fi>
Date: 4 May 91 11:06:26 GMT
References: <375@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <375@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill) writes:
>PROBLEM:
>  To be able to pass a path/directory to a batch file as a parameter, 
>  and be able to act upon a file within that directory.
:

Test for the existence of the file in each of the relevant
directories and set an enrivroment variable to reflect which path is
true.  Then branch with a goto depending on the result of the test. 
There are probably neater solutions, but this is one.