RE: Email Notification from DOS

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> Boy, is this DOS stuff ugly or what?. This looks much better:
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Not only is it butt-ugly but DOS batch stuff is not fully portable even across Windows itself. In other words - beware of "slight improvements" in way Windows shell behaves as you go up the version ladder...

To preserve (whatever is left of) sanity I use following metrics:

• Any script longer than 5 lines should NOT be done as DOS batch script at all (I use Python but YMMV). -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request_at_freelists.org&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/