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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
What is the character (s) that go at the end of a line in a batch that
suppresses the end of line, and makes the next line an extention of the first. Regards Stephen Ford |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
The line length limit is 127 characters. There is no line continuation
character. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=69563 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... What is the character (s) that go at the end of a line in a batch that suppresses the end of line, and makes the next line an extention of the first. Regards Stephen Ford |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more
readable. Must be thinking of something else. -- Regards Stephen Ford "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... The line length limit is 127 characters. There is no line continuation character. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=69563 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... What is the character (s) that go at the end of a line in a batch that suppresses the end of line, and makes the next line an extention of the first. Regards Stephen Ford |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
Your editor might support a newline character which is ignored by the
command interpreter, depending on what editor you are using. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more readable. Must be thinking of something else. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
Have just found this - use the "^" character at the end of a line with a
leading space on the next line, so ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" /l:s /m %LNGTYPE% /n "%NAME%D" /v:yes .... becomes ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" ^ /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" ^ /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" ^ /l:s ^ /m %LNGTYPE% ^ /n "%NAME%D" ^ /v:yes -- Regards Stephen Ford "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Your editor might support a newline character which is ignored by the command interpreter, depending on what editor you are using. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more readable. Must be thinking of something else. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
Nice Find. Do you have a reference?
FWIW my preference would be to build those strings into variables (as you've already done for some) and reference the variables from the backup command line. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Have just found this - use the "^" character at the end of a line with a leading space on the next line, so ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" /l:s /m %LNGTYPE% /n "%NAME%D" /v:yes ... becomes ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" ^ /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" ^ /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" ^ /l:s ^ /m %LNGTYPE% ^ /n "%NAME%D" ^ /v:yes -- Regards Stephen Ford "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Your editor might support a newline character which is ignored by the command interpreter, depending on what editor you are using. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more readable. Must be thinking of something else. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
Doesn't work for me on 4.10.2222. Your command line looks like it's for an
NT system, so it might be a function of the NT command interpreter. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Have just found this - use the "^" character at the end of a line with a leading space on the next line, so ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" /l:s /m %LNGTYPE% /n "%NAME%D" /v:yes ... becomes ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" ^ /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" ^ /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" ^ /l:s ^ /m %LNGTYPE% ^ /n "%NAME%D" ^ /v:yes -- Regards Stephen Ford "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Your editor might support a newline character which is ignored by the command interpreter, depending on what editor you are using. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more readable. Must be thinking of something else. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
Not sure what the version number refers to that you quote. I'm running what
ever cmd.exe comes with Win XP Pro SP2. I'd be pleased to put you in touch with the guy who found this for me, but am not keen to publish his email here. I've suggested he joins this thread, but if you mail me directly (remove "_NO_" and "_SPAM_" from my address below), with your preferred email address I will pass it to him. -- Regards Stephen Ford ) "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Doesn't work for me on 4.10.2222. Your command line looks like it's for an NT system, so it might be a function of the NT command interpreter. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Have just found this - use the "^" character at the end of a line with a leading space on the next line, so ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" /l:s /m %LNGTYPE% /n "%NAME%D" /v:yes ... becomes ... ntbackup backup "@E:\Backup bks files\Backup-%NAME%-Data.bks" ^ /F "E:\Backup bkf files\Backup-%NAME%-Data-%TYPE%.bkf" ^ /j "%NAME% %LNGTYPE% Data Backup" ^ /l:s ^ /m %LNGTYPE% ^ /n "%NAME%D" ^ /v:yes -- Regards Stephen Ford "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Your editor might support a newline character which is ignored by the command interpreter, depending on what editor you are using. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... OK, Thanks. I'd swear I've used such a character to make the code more readable. Must be thinking of something else. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:05:47 -0000, "Stephen Ford"
put finger to keyboard and composed: Not sure what the version number refers to that you quote. I'm running what ever cmd.exe comes with Win XP Pro SP2. This is a Win98 group. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Suppress End of line character in batch filese
CMD.EXE that comes with XP is _very_ different than DOS that comes with W98.
-- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Stephen Ford" wrote in message ... Not sure what the version number refers to that you quote. I'm running what ever cmd.exe comes with Win XP Pro SP2. I'd be pleased to put you in touch with the guy who found this for me, but am not keen to publish his email here. I've suggested he joins this thread, but if you mail me directly (remove "_NO_" and "_SPAM_" from my address below), with your preferred email address I will pass it to him. |
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