Windows batch files – shell programming à la Windows resp. Microsoft

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/batch_file !!!
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cmd.exe
• http://www.robvanderwoude.com/parameters.php
• https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/cmd.mspx
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490880.aspx – on cmd.exe (apparently not updated since WinXP) (same content as above)
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490890.aspx – command-line reference A-Z
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490954.aspx – command shell overview
• http://ss64.com/nt — “an A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line” — very, very helpful documentation
• http://ss64.com/nt/if.html — “IF — conditionally perform a command” — details I “always” wanted to know — file checking, string comparisons and checking, error (exit code) testing, …

“Command extensions enable extra features in NT shells”:

• http://www.robvanderwoude.com/cmdextmsg.php
• http://www.robvanderwoude.com/local.php : “SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS”
• …

“%~dp0”, … — “what does %~dp0 mean, and how does it work?”:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5034076/what-does-dp0-mean-and-how-does-it-work
• http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx — “using batch parameters”