-=> Quoting Lance Reynolds to Ben Carpenter <=-
 
 BC> Below is the portion of my script that pertains to the QWK door. 
 LR> Thanks.  I'll fool around with it when I get back from sea.  BTW.
 LR> What do you use the dummy file for?
 
 I use batch files to do housekeeping on my mail packet, capture, and
 reply files.  there is more than one dummy file.  The dummy files are
 renamed when the script is executes different portions of the script.
 As an example one is renamed once I get online and another is renamed
 if I send a reply packet.  Then after the mail run is completed a batch
 file can check for existence of the dummy file as renamed if it exist's
 it means that process took place and there is a file to rename or move
 or whatever.  This is a way to branch to or skip parts of the batch
 file.
 I run Telix from a batch file and after the mail run is completed it
 returns to the batch file and the house keeping takes place.
 I use environmental variables for some of my batch work but there is
 no way to set an environmental variable from a Telix script hence the
 dummy file setup.
... Ben    
... If tin whistles're made of tin what're fog horns made of?
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