> > Boy, is this DOS stuff ugly or what?. This looks much better: > Not only is it butt-ugly but DOS batch stuff is not fully portable even across Windows itself. In other words - beware of "slight improvements" in way Windows shell behaves as you go up the version ladder... To preserve (whatever is left of) sanity I use following metrics: - Any script longer than 5 lines should NOT be done as DOS batch script at all (I use Python but YMMV). -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/