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Date:	Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:27:59 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ASK.exe ?

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J. R. Fox wrote:
>
> There was a basic ASK like this packaged
> with most versions of the Norton Utilities.

Aha! I own Norton for DOS and I've used Norton's BE (Batch
Enhancer). It's quite functional and it includes ASK.

> Another possibility: the Graham Util.s ar
> closely patterned after the old Norton set

Hey, good thinking. I also own Graham Utils and there's
a clone of BE in the package.

Chris Graham didn't quite manage a "clean" clone of Norton,
so now I have to figure out how to keep Graham's BE from
displaying a 78-character I.D. line every time it runs:

[H:\temp]type gutest.cmd
@echo off
be ask "Howdy " abc
echo a [unlike Norton, Graham doesn't echo your response so you need an "echo"]

[H:\temp]gutest
[BE-Batch Enhancer, V2.00 - 31/08/96 - (C) Chris Graham - WarpSpeed Computers]
Howdy a

[H:\temp]

Thanks, Jordan.

- Peter

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