Unfortunately Microsoft thinks differently. this example explains how variables
work in MS-DOS environment

C:\>set %z=1
C:\>set z
Environment variable z not defined
C:\>set z=1
C:\>set z
z=1


Regards
Krassi



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I am trying to redirect my output to a specific folder
(c:\temp\tsmout) and my TSM command is putting the output
file into the c:\ folder.

Does anyone see what I am doing wrong?

set %ID=admin
set %PASS=admin
set %OUTDIR=c:\temp\tsmout
dsmadmc -id=%ID% -pa=%PASS% -outfile=%OUTDIR%\test.txt "q
db"

Output:
c:\tsm\baclient\test.bat
C:\tsm\baclient>dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=admin
-outfile=\test.txt "q db"

Thanks for your help.

DW