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From: gkb@necntc.NEC.COM (Greg Busby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Nestled Batch Files Under MS-DOS
Message-ID: <9333@necntc.NEC.COM>
Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 11:00:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: necntc.9333
Posted: Fri Sep 18 11:00:42 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 01:59:35 EDT
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Reply-To: gkb@necntc.UUCP (Greg Busby)
Organization: NEC Electronics Inc.  Natick, MA 01760
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In article <874@cg-atla.UUCP> harty@cg-atla.UUCP (Kevin Harty) writes:
>
>     I wish to execute a batch file from  within  in  a  for
>loop of another batch file.
>    f00.bat
>         for %%1 %%2 %%3 in (*.plt) do ( f001.bat)
 
 
>     The problem is that f001.bat is executed once and  does
>not  return  to  f00.bat.  I have heard a rumor about a work
>around in "config.sys" or something but could not  find  any
>documentation.
 
>     Could someone either mail to me at decvax!cg-atla!harty
>or post a solution if there is one ?
>                       kjh


The solution is very simple, given in the April '87 _Computer Language_.

Simply precede the call to the second batch file by 'command /c' and you
force DOS to load another copy of the command interpreter which is being
run by the first copy.  When this copy exits, it returns to the first
copy and hence to your original batch program.  I have used this
successfully a number of times, although I have never nested more than
one level (although I would assume that it would work for more).

In your example, 

	for %%1 %%2 %%3 in (*.plt) do command /c foo1

Good luck.

GKB