<<>>   
      
   IF everybody's happy, and we don't need to turn over the   
   month in the middle of our capture of next seven days'   
   history it works like this:   
      
   :: 300hist.bat   
   :: main working section.   
      
   :regular   
   logecho $M$D | nset news=$1   
   call mmsnhist.bat %NEWS%   
   if exist c:\hold\work\history.dat goto sunhist   
   goto chkmon   
   :sunhist   
   cd \hold\weeknews   
   echo Today >> history.txt   
   echo. >> history.txt   
   type c:\hold\workfile\history.dat >> history.txt   
   cd \   
   del c:\hold\work\history.dat   
   goto chkmon   
      
      
   Of course, we don't need to turn over, or look for it for   
   Sunday, because system time and date agree.  We've of course gotten here   
   because there is going to be no turnover in the   
   middle.   
   Hence   
   :chkmon   
   count NEWS +1   
   call mmsnhist.bat %NEWS%   
   if exist c:\hold\work\history.dat goto monhist   
   goto chktue   
      
   Now of course, if we know we're going to have a turnover of   
   month some day that week we do an ifnumber test.   
      
      
   Meanwhile mmjsnhist.bat looks for a file with the   
   appropriate file name, stuff its contents  into history.dat   
   where it will be found, etc.   
      
      
   Of course we have labels chktue, chkwed, etc. along with   
   slabels sunist, monhist, etc.   
      
   Now here's the big question.   
      
   I have, as I see it, a couple of options here.   
   For our check for mOnday's data, I can do an ifnumber test as follows ...   
      
   ifnumber %NEWS% biggerequivalthan %TURNOVER% > nul   
   if errorlevel 1 goto turnmon   
      
   This would mean adding turnmon, turntue, etc.  Trouble is,   
   once we no longer need the %TURNOVER% environment variable   
   I'd like to lose it.   
      
   Or, we create another batch if turnover is needed during the week, with   
   semaphore files to guide us as to what day of the week comes next.   
      
      
   Thoughts Paul or any of you other batch gurus out there?   
      
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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