Subj : Re: "On the Fly" Hex-numb conversion ... ???
To   : Gerald.Miller@xspamp0.f512.n342.z1.
From : Steve
Date : Sat Mar 02 2002 04:54 pm

From: "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" <ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net>

Gerald.Miller@xspamp0.f512.n342.z1.fidonet.org wrote:
>
> I had thought about:
>
>     iff exist %INC%\0000????.* then
>       iff exist %INC%\0000FE05.* then
>         dir /hkmfo:d %INC%\????FE05.*>%INC%\INCOME.DAT
>         set system=The First BBS
>         set sysop=First Sysop
>         set EXT=1st
>       elseiff exist %INC%\0000FFF4.* then
>         dir /hkmfo:d %INC%\????FFF4.*>%INC%\INCOME.DAT
>         set system=The Second BBS
>         set sysop=Second Sysop
>         set EXT=2nd
>       else
>         dir /hkmfo:d %INC%\0000????.*>%INC%\INCOME.DAT
>         set system=Undefined BBS !
>         set sysop=UnKnown Sysop
>         set EXT=none
>       endiff
>     endiff
>

Seems like it should do the job. Incidentally, you could use %INC\... instead 
of 5INC%\... throughout, 4DOS doesn't need the terminating %; if a character 
follows a variable name which is a legal character in a variable name, the 
preferred syntax is %[variablename]... Usig this syntax, the "variablename" 
itslef may include a variable, e.g., %[x%n] where n has a value in 00..99 
allows the emulation of an array of variables.

Are you sure that if 0000FE05.* is matched, no other files can match 
"0000????.*" ? Because if it is possible, you have to use move elaborate 
techniques, including >>%inc\income.dat, etc.

Steve
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