In a message to All, Lars van Dijk wrote re: Bat/btm/Extension

LD> Hallo All,
LD> 
LD> I was wondering, I need to run a program for a specific type of files like:
LD> 
LD> Pret.exe source (without extension .pas)
LD> 
LD> But when I add this in a btm/bat file:
LD> For %1 in (*.pas) do pret %1
LD> 
LD> 4DOS adds the extension .PAS !
LD> Is there anyway to strip the extension .pas from the command line ?

Sure.  Try "for %a in (*.pas) do pret %{at}name[%a]" instead.  But 
why not just use an "executable extension?"  Put a 
".pas=pret.exe" line in your environment and then your .pas files
will automatically be passed as a parameter to pret.exe


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