bug in XP cmd shell Jim Michaels <jmichae3[ at ]yahoo.com> 12/23/2008 9:32:28 PM in the cmd shell help (from cmd shell do set /?), it gives the example set VAR=before if "%VAR%" == "before" ( set VAR=after if "%VAR%" == "after" [ at ]echo If you see this, it worked ) the "if you see this, it worked" never shows. I am using XP Pro SP3 32-bit on an HT processor that thinks it's a dual-core.

Re: bug in XP cmd shell Jim Michaels <jmichae3[ at ]yahoo.com> 12/23/2008 9:37:51 PM On Dec 23, 1:32 pm, Jim Michaels <jmich...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > in the cmd shell help (from cmd shell do set /?), it gives the example > >     set VAR=before >     if "%VAR%" == "before" ( >         set VAR=after >         if "%VAR%" == "after" [ at ]echo If you see this, it worked >     ) > > the "if you see this, it worked" never shows. > I am using XP Pro SP3 32-bit on an HT processor that thinks it's a > dual-core. oops. that example should be set VAR=before if "%VAR%" == "before" ( set VAR=after if "!VAR!" == "after" [ at ]echo If you see this, it worked ) the ! causes delayed expansion at execution. apparently delayed expansion is not enabled by default...

Re: bug in XP cmd shell "a_nonymous" <anonymous[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 12/24/2008 3:24:53 AM "Jim Michaels" wrote: [Quoted Text] > in the cmd shell help (from cmd shell do set /?), it gives the example > > set VAR=before > if "%VAR%" == "before" ( > set VAR=after > if "%VAR%" == "after" [ at ]echo If you see this, it worked > ) > > the "if you see this, it worked" never shows. > I am using XP Pro SP3 32-bit on an HT processor that thinks it's a > dual-core. "Jim Michaels" wrote: > oops. that example should be > set VAR=before > if "%VAR%" == "before" ( > set VAR=after > if "!VAR!" == "after" [ at ]echo If you see this, it worked > ) > the ! causes delayed expansion at execution. > apparently delayed expansion is not enabled by default... Jim, Did you enable delayed environment variable expansion via CMD /v:on