Hi, The 0.9.7 release of BetterBatch is now available. BetterBatch is designed as a middle ground between batch files and more powerful languages (Python, shell scripting, etc). The project is hosted on code.google.com: http://code.google.com/p/betterbatch/ Download from http://code.google.com/p/betterbatch/downloads/list Or discuss at http://groups.google.com/group/betterbatch-discuss/topics Here is the list of changes from the last release: 0.9.7 Functions, negative conditions, Setup/Installer and test fixes ------------------------------------------------------------------ 07-March-2011 * Add preliminary support for Functions, give it a try and let me know. * Add support for negative conditions for IfSteps. (e.g. if not exists, if not defined, etc) * Add a supported qualifier to VariableDefinition Steps to allow delayed resolution for Variable references. * Allow defined to use as well as var_name. (usability) * Due to a case issues (tools/Tools) the betterbatch\tools folder was left out of the distribution. There was also a bug that meant when this folder wasn't found BetterBatch would not run. (fixed in 0.9.6b) * Fix the old tests (change what could be changed and comment out the rest) * Change setup.py so that Setuptools will be used if it is available - otherwise docutils. (fixed in 0.9.6b) * Add a -t/--timed option to print how long the script took to execute. * Fix manifest.in to include/exclude more files. (fixed in 0.9.6b) * Cleaned up the the output messages of PathExists(), PathNotExists() and VerifyFileCount() * Ensured that the Testing phase is more silent (some messages that should only be displayed during execution phase were being logged) * Some other small fixes. * Many thanks to Yuhui for pointing out many of these issues on the mail list. If you want to check at the home page. If you find an bug or have a suggestions then please log an issue at http://code.google.com/p/betterbatch/issues/entry Thanks Mark <P><A HREF="http://code.google.com/p/betterbatch/">BetterBatch 0.9.7</A> Powerful, safe and simple batch language. (07-Mar-2010)