Subj : re: Syntax Error with double "=" in SET <var>=
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Mvan Le
Date : Sat Jan 02 2010 03:47 pm

ML> I have not found any escape character that will permit command.com to
ML> recognise an equal sign in the set variable.  It's
ML> simply a shortcoming of the command interpreter. You
ML> can however do precisely what you want under 4DOS (and

Ok.

I'm starting to think that the current Maximus 3.02 source code wasn't meant to
be compiled under DOS ... I thougth I'd give it a try to overcome those
compiler memory errors.

ML> probably NDOS or DRDOS as well.) (Works for me.)  I
ML> have the FreeWare versions 7.50 and 8.0 under my file
ML> area 1.GEN on the BBS or on the FTP server in
ML> /public/gen1.  File names are as you would expect.  All
ML> are virus free and spy-ware free.  Give it a shot and
ML> see if that helps you out.

Hmm. I'll hold off downloading those for the time being because as previously
mentioned, Maximus wasn't meant to be compiled under DOS, so I'll use Windows
XP. Things seem to work better under Windows XP.

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