Hi John,

(Friday November 06 1998 23:42) John Thompson to Ted Menks about: Bat/btm/Extension

 JT>> .pas=pret.exe %{at}name[%0]
 TM>> That MUST do the trick... I should have thought of it ;-))
 JT> It looks like it should, but it doesn't.  I should have tested it
 JT> before I sent it out.  It appears variable functions don't work
 JT> in executable extensions.

Ah well, you've tried, haven't you? ;-)))

Then build an alias like this: alias pret=pret.exe %{at}name[%1]
and an exec.extension like   : .pas=pret

One way or another it should be able to work ;-)

Mene Sakkhet Ur-Seveh,
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