Ampersand in file name or command line
Paul Emmons
in file names but, like the space, it demands that any file name
containing it be enclosed in quotation marks.
So I wonder, what does it mean normally in Win XP command lines (or
batch file statements)? What can we accomplish by using this
character?
Paul Emmons
wrote:
Yikes, I should have looked at existing posts before asking this
question. There are a lot of questions already about use of the
ampersand.
Nevertheless, I'm a total newbie on the subject of '&' in WinXP batch
language. Any links to an introduction would be welcome. Thanks for
your patience.
billious
"Paul Emmons" <pem...@voicenet.com> wrote in message
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evidently on usenet conventions, too :)
(top-posting for emails, end-posting for usenet)
"&" is used as a command-separator in NT+. Quoting the filename may be used
to escape this behaviour - or escape ampersand with a predecing caret (^)
character.
Which one you use can depend on the circumstances. Gets even more complex
where you have carets in filenames too...
Possibly browse Timo's FAQ - or plenty of previous posts...
foxidrive
<cough>assignment</cough> :-)
Create this batch file and run it to see what happens.
@echo off&echo pauseing...&pause&echo finished