Easy Way to Remember

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kpassaur
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Easy Way to Remember

Post by kpassaur » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:30 pm

Being old and with my memory failing and all I am looking for an easy way to remember this or perhaps why it is this way.

Let>a=%SYS_Dir%
MDL>a

Let>b=%TEMP_Dir%
MDL>b

The %SYS_DIR% comes back without a backslash at the end and the %TEMP_DIR% has one.

This has caused me numerous issues and I just need to know an easy way to remember why it is this way.

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JRL
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Post by JRL » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:47 pm

I don't have an "easy way" but perhaps what you really need is clarity.

Of all the system variables that relate to a directory, the ONLY ONE that gives you a built in backslash at the end is Temp_Dir

Let>File1=%temp_dir%Filename

Let>File2=%all_the_others%\Filename

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