make that batch file can only be opened once

[newbie to batch]

hi, i would like to make a batch file that shows a text (example hello) but if you open it for the second time, you may not see the text again but a text like; you alrady seen it once. Can sombody help me??

[Blackberry]

if you work under windows xp this should work:

@echo off
if exist %temp%/opened.txt goto opened
echo.
echo  hello
echo.
goto end
>> %temp%/opened.txt ECHO opened
:opened
echo.
echo you allready seen it once
echo.
goto end
:end
pause

i hope this helps

(this isn't the best way for doing this i think, but it should give you a start)

greetz

blackberry  8)

[Darkon]

well, i created something simmilar as an uninstall batch for some dos tools i created. at the end of the batch i simply told it to delete itself.

ex:
batch.bat
---------------
echo.this is some code
echo.this is some more code
echo.this is even more code
del batch.bat /q

[DosItHelp]

Tip:
To delete the batch file independent from it's name and the 'current' directory use:

del "%~f0" /q

Hope this info is useful :;