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Variable from a file?

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Name: Mathieu Gendreau
Date: July 31, 2005 at 18:46:22 Pacific
OS: Windows 98SE
CPU/Ram: not needed
Comment:

Hello everybody,
Let me explain my question, I have 2 batch file, the first one create a file with a value in it and the second need to set a variable using the value given in the file.

set variable=<myvariable.txt didn't work.

Sincerly yours,
Mathieu Gendreau



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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 1, 2005 at 03:53:02 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,

"set variable=<myvariable.txt didn't work"

You're right; that won't work.

Neither will this:
set /p variable=<myvariable.txt

Try this:

::== my.bat
@echo off
echo set myvar=mystring > setMYvar.bat
setMYvar
::==

M2


If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.


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Response Number 2
Name: Mathieu Gendreau
Date: August 1, 2005 at 16:48:30 Pacific
Reply:

Hello mechanix2go,
Thank you for this script, it worked like a charm.


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