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.
Jeff
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