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Old January 12th 06, 03:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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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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Old January 13th 06, 09:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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
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Jeff Richards
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"Stephen Ford" . wrote in message
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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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Old January 15th 06, 10:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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.
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Stephen Ford

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
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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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Old January 16th 06, 09:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Stephen Ford" . wrote in message
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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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Old January 21st 06, 01:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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

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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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Old January 22nd 06, 01:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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.
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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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Old January 22nd 06, 01:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.shell
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Default 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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