Time: Fri Oct 24 10:09:40 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA05868 for [address in tool bar]; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:55:12 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:49:21 -0700 To: pmitch@primenet.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in toolbar] Subject: SLL: need STRING routine for DOS command processing Dear Team SL: I need a string function or program which can parse a DOS file name, and return the filename (prefix portion), without the dot (".") and without the extension (or "suffix" as I call it). I am used to having an operating system with this kind of command language. Evidently, Win95 does not support such a capability. It may utilize an environment variable, but then I would also need a program or function to pull the value of a specific environment variable from the DOS environment list. For example: SET PREFIX = NO_SUFFIX(%1) where, %1 is a batch variable which is passed into the batch program, containing a DOS filename, like JUDNOT01.ASC The result is: PREFIX = "JUDNOT01" This will allow the same batch program to append a different suffix, and dot, to this PREFIX, e.g. COPY SLL\PROLOG.HTM + %1 + SLL\EPILOG.HTM %PREFIX.HTM This latter command concatenates PROLOG.HTM, JUDNOT01.ASC, and EPILOG.HTM, and writes the concatenated result to the output file JUDNOT01.HTM. This will save a lot of edits upon the full list of DOS filenames which end in .ASC in any given directory. Any and all help will be most appreciated. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com =========================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness 01 B.A.: Political Science, UCLA; M.S.: Public Administration, U.C.Irvine 02 tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night 03 email: [address in toolbar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU 04 website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now 05 ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best 06 Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone 07 Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this 08 _____________________________________: Law is authority in written words 09 As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall 10 not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. 11 ======================================================================== 12 [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 10, non-proportional spacing.] 13
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