From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: rerunning...
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:28:41 -0700
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Ian Mausolus wrote:

> I assume that the secret lies in the way batch files work...  Does
> anybody
> have any input on this?

That's probably the way to do it under DOS.  Have a program which returns
a value from main dependent on whether it should be rerun or not.  Write a
batch file wrapper around the program which detects the "error level" and
reruns it if it isn't the sentinel to mean "No, I'm really done, don't run
me again."

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