Hi, there is a command in Linux - "." (a period) which is used to read a configuration file with its parameters inside. say for eg: if file contents are Name=Name1 Age=21 then on executing the command . /filepath, we can find the values of Name and Age directly using echo ${Name} and ${Age}. Is there anything equivalent for this in windows? i want to read the same file the same way? Any ideas will be helpful. If not then is there any way to find out the values of it?

I can't remember now after I started this. I was thinking like type filename. Is that what you want. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

Heh. Asking on the Linux board about WinNT scripting. I like that. First, . runs a script from the current shell (no fork), so while your description is accurate, it's also wrong. (Proof: add echo * as the last line and run it.) Second, you'll need to do something like this: FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%A IN (file) DO SET %%A