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getting a variable from batch file
Name: revanth84 Date: August 1, 2008 at 04:45:54 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1GB Product: Professional
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How to get a return variable from the called batch-file ?
I'm having two batch files as follows
A.bat : for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in (files.txt) do ( call B.bat var1 var2 var3 )
B.bat: set var4=%1 + %2 - %3 REM some process like this set var5=
I want to use var4 and var5 in A.bat Is there a go? I found the following URL relevant for this topic, but still no way out http://www.marijn.org/archive/2006/...
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Name: Razor2.3 Date: August 1, 2008 at 06:47:45 Pacific
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Command scripts are procedural and without boundaries for variables. You may use var4 and var5 in the first script after they're set in the second. (Assuming the second script doesn't use SETLOCAL, of course.)
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Response Number 3
Name: klint Date: August 1, 2008 at 06:55:22 Pacific
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[Message deleted. Sorry. Razor got there first with the same information.]
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