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pass a arg to a batch file

Name: Chris
Date: April 16, 2001 at 11:27:04 Pacific

Comment:

Is there a way to pass an argument from the dos prompt to a batch file. I'm wanting to do the following: test.bat ARGUMENT What do I need in the batch file to pick this up? Thanks in advance.

Reply:

There's an easy way to do this. Inside the batch file, DOS will automatically substitute %1, %2, %3, %4, %5, %6, %7, %8, and %9 with whatever was in ARGUMENT. It separates it into 1, 2, etc. by spaces, so if you did TEST.BAT A 3 BLAH, then %1 would be substituted with A, %2 would be 3, and %3 would be BLAH. Just put %1, %2, etc. just about anywhere in the batch file, just the way you see it - not in quotes or parentheses or anything, and the variables will be substituted. Hope I helped... -Chris

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