Hi! Richard,

On 25 Aug 08 12:30, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> Kewl!  Give it a bit of a shake-around and see what falls off.  :)

 RW> Already doing that, another wrinkle of it accepts a third
 RW> command line parameter, an output file name.  We then use
 RW> another little utility similar to replace to remove the
 RW> commas and underscore, changes them to spaces.

Interesting, that.  Does it do multiple replaces in one 'pass' through the
file?  (I.e., -either- a comma -or- underscore gets replaced?)

 RW> Pop in complete address searched for as well, then we can
 RW> use HOrst's listmod to pull info from the result out to
 RW> another file or to feed another process if desired .
 RW> tHis permutation looks for semaphore files at the end of the search
 RW> utility's run to continue with what's desired.

What are you building there?  Something like an extended-format
"FidoUser.Lst" file?  A dialling directory/list, perhaps?

 RW> OTher wrinkles I"ve created:
 RW> Each week when the weekly nodediff is created, after the new nodelist
 RW> is built resulting master nodelist copied to a special subdir, old
 RW> nodelist nuked first.  nEW nodelist is modified to remove dos
 RW> redirection chars.  Batch which searches and stuffs results in a file
 RW> will automatically get this name stuffed into it.

I do vaguely similar things in my tosser batch, using DIR/NSET & DEL to
just keep a sub-set of the most recent files like FidoNews and the zone3
version of the nodelist in my on-line filebase.

 RW> INteresting.  I bet it'll find GOrd's primary address
 RW> though, as 1:1 is an aka .

Yep, no probs with his main AKA.  I just can't put a finger on where the
logic fails on the no-find.  As I've indicated to Gord, there's a no-find
for 2:2/2 also.  It's got me stuffed for ideas though I won't lose any
sleep over the problem.  ;-)

Mind you, you ought to enlist someone's help to create an executable
instead.  There's a limit to what can be done with a batch file.  I think I
found it.[giggle]

 PQ>> ... I'm not a pessimest, just an optimist with a lot of
 PQ>> experience.
 RW> LIke the tagline btw.

One of life's truisms.  Hey, keep a copy if you wish.

Cheers,
Paul.

... Never argue with the Divine Right of SysOps.
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