How to? How can I say "if the command separator is not ~ then setdos /C~"

[habermehl]

If someone using one of my scripts happens to have the command separator set to, say, ~ then when my script says
setdos /C~ the response is The parameter is incorrect. "/C" because the ~ already is the command separator.

Since the %+ pseudovariable is no longer supported, how can I say "if the command separator is not ~ then setdos /C~"

 

[vefatica]

This is crude. I suspect there will be better ones.

if "%@execstr[echos * ~ echos *]" != "**" setdos /c~

 

[vefatica]

Here's another.

if %@ascii[%@right[1,%@execstr[1,setdos]]] != 126 setdos /c~

 

[vefatica]

"%+" may not be supported, or work in all situations, but it works in this situation (TCC 26.02.42). Of course, that may change without warning.

v:\> if "%+" != "~" echo ~ is not the command separator
~ is not the command separator

 

[Charles Dye]

setdos /c126

will do what you want, whether the command separator is already a swung dash or not.

 

[AnrDaemon]

Since the %+ pseudovariable is no longer supported,

wat

 

[vefatica]

setdos /c126

will do what you want, whether the command separator is already a swung dash or not.

It doesn't get more elegant than that. Where did you find that one, Charles?

 

[Charles Dye]

It doesn't get more elegant than that. Where did you find that one, Charles?

Wait, that isn't documented?

I guess I know about it because I was the one who originally requested it, umpteen years ago. It works with /E and /P too, and you can use hexadecimal if you prefer:

setdos /c0x7e

 

[habermehl]

Thank you all very much!