Hello Kevin!

27 Oct 09 15:32, Kevin Klement wrote to mark lewis:


 >> for %%i in (*.??_) do echo %%i

 KK> It decompresses the file in question, but then you have to enter the
 KK> new file name.

 KK> IE:

 KK> It decompresses "mem.ex_" but then you have to type in the new name
 KK> "mem.exe"

You need a fancier command processor or batch util to split fully qualified
names into their component parts for this exercise...and without a bootable
version of the DOS available yet, it isnt' the best time to identify and
learn them.

When I crossed this bridge in the day, I redirected "DIR *.??_"
to a text file and used QEdit to duplicate the filename list, insert
"EXPAND" at the beginning, and modify the extension for the
target filename to make a BAT. Older and wiser now, there are slicker and
sleeker ways to generate a one-liner...but they'd still take longer to
explain/nab utility/drop utility into a usable location than the low-tech
manual hack.

Hopefully this is an academic exercise, or are you still trying to get your
installation working?

.\\ike

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