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Subject: How can I pass equal signs into batch files?
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Date: Fri, 20-Feb-87 03:21:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 20 03:21:14 1987
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Anybody know how an equal sign ("=") can be passed as part of a
parameter into a batch file?  (For those who don't know it, DOS batch
file processing changes tabs, commas, semicolons, and equals to a
space/blank in any parameter list!)

I have wanted to simplify my typing and also chain batch files which
eventually call MAKE.  More often than not, MAKE parameters involve
equals....  You get the picture.

I have managed to patch COMMAND.COM around this, but was wondering if
there's a "proper" solution.  Can the "=" be quoted in some way?

I'm currently using PC DOS 3.10.
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