Hallo steve, 

 SS> What methods can I use to get a batch file in 4DOS to read parameters for
 SS> its operation from a config file?  

RTFL would be a good start .

Take a look at variable functions. I imagine that {at}lines and {at}line will be
of use, further parsing may be done with {at}words and {at}word.

Ostrhauderfehn, 4. November 1998, 7:58:35

*Klaus Meinhard*

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