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|command: GOTO                                                        |
|use: The GOTO command is a batch file-only command. It is used to    |
| perform a "jump" from the GOTO <label> to the :<label>. After the   |
| :<label> (the SECOND one) the program performs the commands listed. |
| In"computereze"this is described as:the GOTO command directing the  |
| program to perform the command following the item described in the  |
| command modifier (so much for that!).                               |
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|how:Type: GOTO <LABEL> (in a batch file), THEN type:<LABEL> later on |
| for a series of commands to be performed.                           |
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|when:GOTO is used in conjunction with (usually) some IF condition    |
| or to create a loop function.                                       |
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|examples: In a condition situation you would have SEVERAL GOTOs. For |
| example, IF %1 exists GOTO label 1 (next line) IF %1 not exist GOTO |
| label#2. Elsewhere in the batch file :label#1 AND :label#2 would    |
| both be present, followed by commands you want performed depending  |
| on whether %1 existed or not. USUALLY you create another jump at the|
| end of each :label command set with GOTO END, with the :END label   |
| wrapping up the batch processing no matter what else occured in the |
| previous portions of the file. SEE sample batch files on this disk! |
|more examples:(To create a GOTO loop): 1) :spot                      |
|          this is what you would       2) REM This is a loop         |
|             program (3 lines)         3) GOTO spot                  |
| That would cause an infinite sequence of messages to be displayed:  |
|  A>REM This is a loop                                               |
|  A>GOTO spot                                                        |
|  A>REM This is a loop                                               |
|  A>GOTO spot                                                        |
|  A>REM This is a loop   . . . . etcetera (on & on til you stop it!) |
|NOTES: If you do not include <label> in the GOTO command, the batch  |
| processing file stops. Any line in a batch file that starts with ":"|
| is treated as a label but otherwise ignored. DOS only recognizes the|
| FIRST EIGHT characters in a label. To stop an endless loop GOTO file|
| use CTRL-BREAK or CTRL C.                                           |
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