The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will work its way down the line in the next day.
Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: varsfromjobname (update) Author's name: Uwe Ziegenhagen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/varsfromjobname/ Summary description: Update for varsfromjobname.sty License type: lppl
Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- added simplified way of accessing the commands of this package by using getfromjobname{<param>} with <param> in the range of 1 to 9. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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