Thanks, David.

That's what I thought I would have to do, but it's been years and years since I did any batch programming....sigh.

>John,
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>>>Anyone know of a way to do this? Any 3rd party tool? Utility? Fancy DOS batch commands?
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>Dig out the DOS manuals for batch commands. You can echo stuff to the screen, prompt for input, and conditionally test the result. It's pretty simple, but it's been years since I've done it. Too much new stuff has passed between these ears since then.