Re: user input during runtime

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Win32 will deal with the backticks Ok, but not the read && echo part.
>> You can set it to the output of a variable, for example
>> \set x `echo foo`
>>
>> but I haven't been able to trick it into actually reading something. One
>> would think something like:
>> \set x `set /p Z= && echo %Z%`
>> would work, but it doesn't. One reason for this is that %Z% is actually
>> resolved at parsing time. it's a pain in CMD language, but that's how it
>> works. :-(
>
> CMD "language"?  LOL
>

We have our own language?

;)

Joshua D. Drake

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