Re: folder/icon install script (bug 60209)

[Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:56:46 -0500, Duane Chamblee wrote:

>BTW, Dimitris... thanks. It worked... Here's a tip for REXX that you
>might want to replace the 
>dir=directory()
>with
>parse source . . me . ; dir = left( me, lastpos( '\', me ) - 1 )
>Although, it's more code, it actually uses the path where the .CMD
>exists, not the current working directory. That way if some one runs the
>batch from another directory, it will work...

that is a very good idea! although i never had problems, your suggestion is
a much better way. Thanks!

>You might want to use a variable name other than "dir" becuase that is a
>shell command.

well, i dont think that it matters alot, since if you wanted to run a dir command then
you'd type 'dir' with the quotes around it. Without, it just uses the variable. So i 
dont
see any conflict there.

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