Re: Batch files and texmf

["Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu>]

Hi Adrian,

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:29:06 -0600, Adrian Drury <adrury@gmail.com> wrote:

> I read the list in digest form - sorry my response won't be threaded in
> properly!
>
> How about this for your question, Idris? Pure DOS batch file stuff. I  
> tested
> it with notepad instead of Acrobat, but I assume it should be close to
> working as shown here.
>
>
> @ echo off
>
> IF "%1"=="" GOTO NOARG
>
> for /R C:\context %%n IN (.) DO IF EXIST %%n\%1 (
> Echo Found %%n\%1
> start Acrobat.lnk %%n\%1
> GOTO END
> )
>
> :NOTFOUND
> echo Couldn't find %1
> GOTO END
>
> :NOARG
> echo Specify a file name to find
>
> :END

This works beautifully! Thank you so much!!!

Best wishes
Idris

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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

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