23 May
2001
23 May
'01
11:54 a.m.
On 23-May-2001 Jeff Hellige wrote:
Oh yeah, you could get batch files to jump through amazing hoops and do
really funky tricks but it wasn't much fun, however. Witness how
everybody and their brother created batch file extensions (PC-Mag's
string.com, 4dos with .btm and so on)
-Philip
Batch files
were barely able to do complex tasks in DOS, so forget about
Windows.
They were actually pretty capable though if you really got to
know how to pass variables between the batch file and programs you
were calling. I seem to recall there being quite a few classes on
batch file programming, as well as numerous books.