Batch file: how to get all remaining parameters after a SH..

My Batch-File is supposed to work like this:

Invocation (variable parameter list):

MYBATCH.CMD FOO BAR P1 P2 P3....

Execution

(1) Execute MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD FOO
(2) Execute BAR P1 P2 P3 ....

How do I write this batch program? My first attempt went like this:

REM This MYBATCH.CMD does not work
MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD %1
SHIFT /1
%*

But this does not work, because %* always gets substituted by all
original parameters, ignoring the effect of any previous SHIFT.
Of course I could write it like this:

REM This MYBATCH.CMD works halfways
MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD %1
SHIFT /1
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

But this is not really a variable parameter list, because there
can only be actual parameters P1 ... P8.

Any better solution to this?

Ronald


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Ronald Fischer wrote:
> My Batch-File is supposed to work like this:
>
> Invocation (variable parameter list):
>
> MYBATCH.CMD FOO BAR P1 P2 P3....
>
> Execution
>
> (1) Execute MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD FOO
> (2) Execute BAR P1 P2 P3 ....
>
> How do I write this batch program? My first attempt went like this:
>
> REM This MYBATCH.CMD does not work
> MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD %1
> SHIFT /1
> %*
>
> But this does not work, because %* always gets substituted by all
> original parameters, ignoring the effect of any previous SHIFT.
> Of course I could write it like this:
>
> REM This MYBATCH.CMD works halfways
> MYBATCH_HELPER.CMD %1
> SHIFT /1
> %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
>
> But this is not really a variable parameter list, because there
> can only be actual parameters P1 ... P8.
>
> Any better solution to this?
>
> Ronald
>

I actually do not know the answer, but there is a really
great batch newsgroup that you can ask this question of.
I have great success with them:

alt.msdos.batch

HTH,
-T