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   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 5df00a3f   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17   
      
    On 2019 Dec 09 00:26:38, you wrote to All:   
      
    SD> Needing a little help here...I wrote a simple batch file to process my   
    SD> weekly Fidonet nodelists.  Should I be using something like nodelist.0??   
   or   
    SD> should I use nodelist.0* in the below batch?   
      
   i don't know that it matters but some positive critique maybe?   
      
    SD> === Cut ===   
    SD> @echo off   
    SD> cd\qnode   
    SD> if exist d:\bt\in\nodelist.z?? copy d:\bt\in\nodelist.z??   
      
   if exist d:\bt\in\nodelist.z?? move d:\bt\in\nodelist.z?? d:\qnode\   
      
    SD> for %%A in (nodelist.0?? nodelist.1?? nodelist.2?? nodelist.3??) do   
    SD> echo   
    SD> y|del %%A unzip nodelist.z?? echo y|del nodelist.z??   
      
   then you don't need the above part at all... but that kinda looks mangled,   
   now... i'd still do the move but i'm also still thinking in 4DOS/4OS2 mode...   
   i'd probably do something like   
      
     @echo off   
     d:   
     cd d:\qnode   
     if exist d:\bt\in\nodelist.z?? move d:\bt\in\nodelist.z?? d:\qnode\   
     if exist nodelist.0?? del /y nodelist.0??   
     if exist nodelist.1?? del /y nodelist.1??   
     if exist nodelist.2?? del /y nodelist.2??   
     if exist nodelist.3?? del /y nodelist.3??   
     unzip nodelist.z??   
     del /y nodelist.z??   
      
   it'll probably be faster than the loop but i dunno... it might also be "del /q"   
    but i don't recall the raw OS/2 del command options any more...   
      
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