Greetings Klaus,
 KM> dir /b/f/s > tmpfile.tmp
 KM> do x in @tmpfile.tmp
 KM>    do your stuff here
 KM> enddo
 KM> del tmpfile.tmp
 KM>
 KM> should do exactly what you want without any trouble.
     Outstanding! This does exactly what I need to do. Thank you for your 
elegant solution -- Guess I was looking for the hard way (as usual ;-).
-- Gord Mc.Pherson   OpusNorth Bulletin Board System
... "And we'll have fun, fun, fun..."  What?  A moderator?  Never mind.
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