( Different from Batch file include external file for variables )
What I'm trying to do is read a batch file, from another batch file. The parent batch file calls upon the child batch file to retrieve a variable from an INI file (the childs sole purpose). It then echos the returned value, and exits. What I want is for the parent batch to pick up this output and use it as a variable for its own operations.
So to clarify: I'm not setting a value in the child process, and would prefer if I didn't have to, because this child process is called twice, to do the same operation twice, but to retrieve different values.