At 09:28 PM 11/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
        >
        >DIR sol.exe /s /b > output.txt
        >& then I would like to have the batch file read in each line from
the
        >text file performing:
        >DEL "line of output.txt"
        >
        >My problem, however, is that I do not know how to have the batch
file
        >read in a line from the file & then output it to a line with the
DEL
        >command in front of it & quotes around it (for compatibility with
Win95
        >long file names)


I was all ready to provide a small Basica program when I discovered there's
no Basica in W95!  Sheesh, guess I've not been paying attention!!  (or using

VB for far too long!)

Anyway, if you don't want to 'muddy the waters' with getting a programming
tool to do this, you may consider creating a batch file using your
"output.txt"
file and a word processor macro (you *do* have a word processor, don't
cha?).
Even the old Word Perfect 4.2 had a suitable macro-creation facility to do
just
what you want to do (i.e., create a deletion batch file using your
"output.txt"
as the 'base' of the batch file).

Tom Mishler
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