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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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