Microsoft brain-damage of the day

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Wed Nov 29 21:31:34 EST 2006


  Under 'nix, if I want to put the output of a command into a shell
environment variable, I do this:

NOW=$( date -I )

  Under 'doze, I have to do this:

FOR /F %%I IN ('gdate -I') DO SET NOW=%%I

  Aren't you glad you use 'nix?

  Don't you wish everybody did?

-- Ben


More information about the gnhlug-discuss mailing list