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Subject: Re: How can I pass equal signs into batch files?
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Date: Fri, 20-Feb-87 23:09:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 20 23:09:37 1987
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In article <648@ubvax.UUCP> scott@ubvax.UUCP (Scott Scheiman) writes:
>--
>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'm currently using PC DOS 3.10.
>-- 

Funny you should use "=", since that is how you can pass those illegal
characters.  You can also `protect' > < | with double quotes.  The
double quotes do not get stripped from the argument list.

Yes, double quotes are documented somewhere in the DOS manual.  Now can
we please drop the "RTFM" crap?  It is obvious there are inconsistencies
across DOS manuals and not everyone has every manual.  For the uninitiated,
RTFM is "read the f* manual" and is derogatory no matter how it's said.
	Don Kneller
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