9006 + Interview Questions in Microsoft DOS in Microsoft Page 16 InterviewSolution

751.	Solve : Help in an XCOPY script?
Answer» I am running this code in a batch file every 2 minutes to copy from one server to another. I need to copy specific files to a DESTINATION. The script works fine, but the problem is that it copies over and over the ones it already did. Is there a way to copy the files Im loking for, but exclude any that have all ready been copied? The destination folder is a folder that another program "looks" in constantly. when files land in this folder, the program takes them and then deletes them because they were processed. My script copies the files again, and of course the program reprocesses them because it doesnt know they were done earlier in the day. The source folder will have PDF's and XML's added all day long as patients are seen by the physician. I hope this makes sense. Here is what code I have, but i need it to only copy new files from the source: for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do cd s:\02\%%f s: for /D %%F in () do xcopy %%F\.pdf \\MHCInterface\Heartlab /C /Y for /D %%F in () do xcopy %%F\.xml \\MHCInterface\Heartlab /C /Y del \\MHCInterface\Heartlab\.red. Thanks for any help you can offerI think Robocopy may be a better option for you.well the OS is winxp and server 2000. Maybe I could do something with the archive bit in the xcopy script? like turn off the archive if I copy it and have the script only copy new files with the bit set? once copied undo the archive?Robocopy can monitor the source for changes so that is why I suggested that. If you don't want to use robocopy the I think your other solution would be to make a log file of all the files that were copied. Instead of using the whacky way you were using the For /d option with two loops you could just use the for /f loop with the dir command and pipe it to the findstr command and use the inverse match option and the G option to use the log as the match. Basically telling findstr to find all files that you haven't copied yet.this sounds exactly what I need, but I have no clue how to even begin it. Could you help me with the basics? The structure is like this: c:\Heartlab\1 <---for January c:\Heartlab\1\01 <--- January 1st c:\Heartlab\1\02\ <--- January 2nd c:\Heartlab\1\03 <--- January 3rd....etc then in each day there is a folder for each patient. It is a random number to represent a new patient, so it could look like this: c:\Heartlab\998821 <----patient #1 c:\Heartlab\1\015981 <----patient #2 c:\Heartlab\1\02\53721 <----patient #3 c:\Heartlab\1\03\54321 <----patient #4 In each patient folder is three files. blah.xml blah.pdf and blah.red.xml. I only need the pdf and xml file copied (not the .red.xml) tp the servers listening folder \\mhcinterface\HeartlabI am confused as to why you would make the Month a single digit number and the day a two digit number. Why aren't you leading with a Zero on both?sorry...i wrote that wrong...month and day are single digits. not sure why I typed it that way. Quote from: mikedela on February 19, 2012, 06:10:31 PM sorry...i wrote that wrong...month and day are single digits. not sure why I typed it that way. Just wondering because your original script shows a 02 for the month. So when you echo the date variable from the command prompt and lets say it is Thursday February 9th, 2012 does it output like this Thu 2/9/2012 Going to assume so because you are using a FOR Loop to PARSE the date apart. I prefer to use the leading zeros in my Regional Settings. Makes it easy to use the DATE variable in script with string parsing. Plus if you are using the date to name files it makes it real easy to sort the file name by the date when it is 20120208_Myfile.doc. Going to assume you screwed up this example as well. Quote c:\Heartlab\998821 <----patient #1 c:\Heartlab\1\015981 <----patient #2 c:\Heartlab\1\02\53721 <----patient #3 c:\Heartlab\1\03\54321 <----patient #4 I would assume that a patient should never be directly in the source directory or in a months directory. It should always be in the day directory of the month.ys your riht again. I have so much on my plate, I confuse myself. So all patients for the day go into that days folder. for the feb 10th, they would go into 2\10\xxxx1, then next patient would 2\10\xxxx2 etc. My script right now works perfect as it takes the day and copies every pdf and xml from the subfolders to the destination, then deletes the xxxxx.red.xml. Its just that the script doesnt know if it copied the files already or not. I dont know how to pipe into a file and then read it to see if its been copied. Can you show me an easy example of a script that copies c:\mike\.pdf to d:\Mike but only copies files it HASNT copied before? The destination folder will not delete any txt documents, so we could parse into a txt and read from that. I appreciate your help. I have cracked my head on the wall with this one....im so frustrated and I know its so easy.I'm getting in on this thread, late in the game, so to SPEAK, but here's what I do. In case of a hard drive crash or Windows boot failure, I don't want to loose any of my files from "My Documents" (MS Office) or "My Files" (Word Perfect) so I wrote a batch file, using XCOPY to copy only new or changed files to my assigned storage area on a separate hard drive. With XCOPY you have a long list of switches that can be applied. One switch, /M copies a file and turns off the Archive bit so that file is NOT copied again, unless it's changed, which will reset the archive bit. Even though I have several thousand files in my source directories, only a very few files get copied on each run of the batch file, keeping my backup time to just a few seconds. Here is a SAMPLE line from my backup batch file: xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alexi\My Documents\." "D:\My Documents\" /s /y /H /R /M* I've printed out the entire list of XCOPY switches and I suggest that anyone wanting to use this command, do likewise. If you run this command from a Command Prompt, you will get the switch list as a text file in your root directory, then you can pull it up in Notepad and print it out. XCOPY /? > C:\xcopy.txt I always prefer to use what MS gave us for free in every version of Windows, instead of installing more and more software. Adding more and more programs every time you want to do something can CREATE a real 'Quagmire'. XCOPY is just one DOS program that can save you a lot of time and effort once you learn how to use it. I can send a batch file, using XCOPY to anyone in the world, who used any version of Windows and be assured it will run as intended. Witness the batch files I've placed for download on my own web site. Good Luck, the Shadow B) Good idea Shadow. That will work perfectly. Just so you know Robocopy is native to Vista and Windows 7. XP just required that you download and install the Windows 2003 resource kit to use it. Mike, make sure you use Xcopy's other option EXCLUDE so that you don't copy the .RED.XML file as well.

751.

Solve : Help in an XCOPY script?

Answer»

I am running this code in a batch file every 2 minutes to copy from one server to another. I need to copy specific files to a DESTINATION. The script works fine, but the problem is that it copies over and over the ones it already did. Is there a way to copy the files Im loking for, but exclude any that have all ready been copied? The destination folder is a folder that another program "looks" in constantly. when files land in this folder, the program takes them and then deletes them because they were processed. My script copies the files again, and of course the program reprocesses them because it doesnt know they were done earlier in the day. The source folder will have PDF's and XML's added all day long as patients are seen by the physician. I hope this makes sense. Here is what code I have, but i need it to only copy new files from the source:

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do cd s:\02\%%f
s:
for /D %%F in (*) do xcopy %%F\*.pdf \\MHCInterface\Heartlab /C /Y
for /D %%F in (*) do xcopy %%F\*.xml \\MHCInterface\Heartlab /C /Y
del \\MHCInterface\Heartlab\*.red.*

Thanks for any help you can offerI think Robocopy may be a better option for you.well the OS is winxp and server 2000. Maybe I could do something with the archive bit in the xcopy script? like turn off the archive if I copy it and have the script only copy new files with the bit set? once copied undo the archive?Robocopy can monitor the source for changes so that is why I suggested that.

If you don't want to use robocopy the I think your other solution would be to make a log file of all the files that were copied.

Instead of using the whacky way you were using the For /d option with two loops you could just use the for /f loop with the dir command and pipe it to the findstr command and use the inverse match option and the G option to use the log as the match. Basically telling findstr to find all files that you haven't copied yet.this sounds exactly what I need, but I have no clue how to even begin it. Could you help me with the basics? The structure is like this:

c:\Heartlab\1 <---for January
c:\Heartlab\1\01 <--- January 1st
c:\Heartlab\1\02\ <--- January 2nd
c:\Heartlab\1\03 <--- January 3rd....etc

then in each day there is a folder for each patient. It is a random number to represent a new patient, so it could look like this:

c:\Heartlab\998821 <----patient #1
c:\Heartlab\1\015981 <----patient #2
c:\Heartlab\1\02\53721 <----patient #3
c:\Heartlab\1\03\54321 <----patient #4

In each patient folder is three files. blah.xml blah.pdf and blah.red.xml. I only need the pdf and xml file copied (not the .red.xml) tp the servers listening folder \\mhcinterface\HeartlabI am confused as to why you would make the Month a single digit number and the day a two digit number. Why aren't you leading with a Zero on both?sorry...i wrote that wrong...month and day are single digits. not sure why I typed it that way. Quote from: mikedela on February 19, 2012, 06:10:31 PM

sorry...i wrote that wrong...month and day are single digits. not sure why I typed it that way.

Just wondering because your original script shows a 02 for the month.
So when you echo the date variable from the command prompt and lets say it is Thursday February 9th, 2012 does it output like this
Thu 2/9/2012
Going to assume so because you are using a FOR Loop to PARSE the date apart. I prefer to use the leading zeros in my Regional Settings. Makes it easy to use the DATE variable in script with string parsing. Plus if you are using the date to name files it makes it real easy to sort the file name by the date when it is 20120208_Myfile.doc.

Going to assume you screwed up this example as well.
Quote

c:\Heartlab\998821 <----patient #1
c:\Heartlab\1\015981 <----patient #2
c:\Heartlab\1\02\53721 <----patient #3
c:\Heartlab\1\03\54321 <----patient #4

I would assume that a patient should never be directly in the source directory or in a months directory. It should always be in the day directory of the month.ys your riht again. I have so much on my plate, I confuse myself. So all patients for the day go into that days folder. for the feb 10th, they would go into 2\10\xxxx1, then next patient would 2\10\xxxx2 etc. My script right now works perfect as it takes the day and copies every pdf and xml from the subfolders to the destination, then deletes the xxxxx.red.xml. Its just that the script doesnt know if it copied the files already or not. I dont know how to pipe into a file and then read it to see if its been copied. Can you show me an easy example of a script that copies c:\mike\*.pdf to d:\Mike but only copies files it HASNT copied before? The destination folder will not delete any txt documents, so we could parse into a txt and read from that. I appreciate your help. I have cracked my head on the wall with this one....im so frustrated and I know its so easy.I'm getting in on this thread, late in the game, so to SPEAK, but here's what I do.

In case of a hard drive crash or Windows boot failure, I don't want to loose any of my files from "My Documents" (MS Office) or "My Files" (Word Perfect) so I wrote a batch file, using XCOPY to copy only new or changed files to my assigned storage area on a separate hard drive.

With XCOPY you have a long list of switches that can be applied.
One switch, /M copies a file and turns off the Archive bit so that file is NOT copied again, unless it's changed, which will reset the archive bit.

Even though I have several thousand files in my source directories, only a very few files get copied on each run of the batch file, keeping my backup time to just a few seconds. Here is a SAMPLE line from my backup batch file:

xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alexi\My Documents\*.*" "D:\My Documents\" /s /y /H /R /M

I've printed out the entire list of XCOPY switches and I suggest that anyone wanting to use this command, do likewise.

If you run this command from a Command Prompt, you will get the switch list as a text file in your root directory, then you can pull it up in Notepad and print it out.

XCOPY /? > C:\xcopy.txt

I always prefer to use what MS gave us for free in every version of Windows, instead of installing more and more software.
Adding more and more programs every time you want to do something can CREATE a real 'Quagmire'.

XCOPY is just one DOS program that can save you a lot of time and effort once you learn how to use it.

I can send a batch file, using XCOPY to anyone in the world, who used any version of Windows and be assured it will run as intended. Witness the batch files I've placed for download on my own web site.

Good Luck,
the Shadow B)
Good idea Shadow. That will work perfectly.

Just so you know Robocopy is native to Vista and Windows 7. XP just required that you download and install the Windows 2003 resource kit to use it.

Mike, make sure you use Xcopy's other option EXCLUDE so that you don't copy the .RED.XML file as well.

753.	Solve : How do I write a batch file to use WinRAR to archive?
Answer» Hello everybody , I'm new here I'm looking for the support of the board Throughout this week I looking for a batch file which does auto my work I want to when the UTORRENT FINISH download it will RUN a batch file, this batch file can run winrar to archive torrent file finish download, and defaut folder for archive is : E:\archive when archive finish winrar will move those archive files to folder E:\linkup (because I USE funtion "folder monitoring" of Z-o-o-m to upload my file, it only work when winrar archive finish so I need move archive files to E:\linkup). Current I only can use winrar to auto archive to E:\archive when utorrents finish download and don't know how to move archive files to E:\linkup when winrar archive finish This is command line I used to auto archive in utorrents: "c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe" a -m0 -v401m "%N" "%D" And this is funtion "folder monitoring" of Z-o-o-m (soft for upload) Before that I set defaut for archive: So please help me can anyone help me Wasn't really any need to bump your thread it was only the 2nd one down in the list.

754.	Solve : Searching for str of text in files and exportation?
Answer» Greetings everyone, Having a problem finding a way to search through multiple text files for certain strings of text and then exporting those lines of text to a new document in a decent readable format. Other then opening each file and scrolling through approximently 800-900 lines in each document and copy\paste or rewrite the data in a new file. I'll give an example just so that if what im trying to do is feasible or not. Here is what the text files look like when opened. would like to be able to search for any line that contain: MSG, or TOOL. % (BI01375) N2(MSG,65B04241-9 SN BI01375 1 ) N3(MSG,04OCT01 MC095 WKW CAO) N7(MSG,15:30 Oct. 4, 2001 CHG#7 ) N9G40G90G80G17 ( MATERIAL LENGTH = 7.610 ) N10G20 N20G10Y.0Z.0L2A.0P1U31.08X-1.54 N30G54 N40G90G0Y.0A.0U-1.55 N50Z19. N60G1F475.U-1.19 N70M0 N80M45 N90G0U-1.55 N100U-2.3 N110M48 (MSG,LOAD 00000004,L 05.5500,D 00.3750,R 00.0600) N120T4 N130M6 N140S18000M3 N150M8 N160M38 N170G90G0X1.71Y1.7095A-90.T2 N180G43Z11.55H4 N190( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N200(***OPERATION 10*** ) N210( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N220(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) N230( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N240Y-.484A.0 N250G94 N260G1Z5.45F700. N270X1.7075Y-.4565F150. N280Y.1925 N290X1.6875Y.2125 N300Y-.484F250. N310G0Z11.55 N320( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N330(***OPERATION 20*** ) N340( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N350(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) N360( * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) N370A-180. N380X1.71Y.484 N390G1Z6.8735F700. N400X1.6875Y.4565F150. Would like the out put into another text or word\excel to be somewhat in the following format Filename.XXX N2(MSG,65B04241-9 SN BI01375 1 ) N3(MSG,04OCT01 MC095 WKW CAO) N7(MSG,15:30 Oct. 4, 2001 CHG#7 ) (MSG,LOAD 00000004,L 05.5500,D 00.3750,R 00.0600) N220(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) N350(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) next file.XXX N2(MSG,65B04241-9 SN BI01375 1 ) N3(MSG,04OCT01 MC095 WKW CAO) N7(MSG,15:30 Oct. 4, 2001 CHG#7 ) (MSG,LOAD 00000004,L 05.5500,D 00.3750,R 00.0600) N220(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) N350(TOOL 4 = .375 DIAMETER ENDMILL ) UNFORTUNATELY we have about 5-600 files to go through with the same process. Not all of the files have the .txt extension if that makes a difference. I thought about using the findstr cmd but have no idea on what parameters to use or how to get it to export to a file in a readable format. If someone has any help or advice i would greatly appreciate it. Dan Are the input files all in a single DIRECTORY or do they span multiple directories and sub directories? If they are not in a single directory is their a source directory where the sub directories start?The files are all in one folder but spread out through out subfolders in that one folder. i did find one CAVEAT, i need to exclude the text files with extensions of .mg as these file do contain some of the strings that i am searching for but but not with the information that i need.... I greatly appreciate the help... DanSo each input file will have a new output file in the same directory? Could you give me an example of your input file names and how you want the new output file named?Some of the files that will be scanned are 65B04241-9.PPU; 65B17613-44.PPU; 11T5008-010-3.PPU; 11T5008-010-4.PPU. I was HOPING the output could put into one file instead of one output file for each input file.

757.	Solve : Reinstalling windows98?
Answer» I have had to format my KIDS hard drive once again!! Only this time when I went to reinstall windows98 my computer shows "type the name of command interpreter e.g. C:\|WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM" followed by C> I HATE to say it but I'm lost at what it would like to put in?? Can any one help? The first concern should be what are those little darlings doing that is CAUSING frequent re-installs of W98??!! When you fix that problem, ....! When you went to re-install Win98, what exactly did you do prior to getting that message? The command interpreter is the DOS environment and is the file COMMAND.com. Do you have 2 or more Windows98 boot disks and possibly the one you used to start the install is missing that file? A re-install of Windows98 can be done while running Windows, but this is often ineffective. It should be done using the boot disk and you must boot up to that floppy. And that floppy must have a command.com. Are you doing a clean install? This means that you are deleting the Windows folder and then doing the install. A clean install is the only way to correct some problems that have to do with registry errors. Your kids don't know how to run regedit I hope, because they could easily bring their system to the no can boot situation very quickly. Be aware that if you DELETE the Windows folder you are deleting all mail boxes and address book unless they have been moved out of the Windows folder. How much memory do you have? Processor speed? Available disk space? And they probably have Internet access? Are they running a frequently updated anti-virus? Are they running a firewall? These are questions leading to finding out what is destroying the system! When the boot process can't find command.com in the root of the A: floppy, then it wants you to tell the boot where the file is. But you have no way to find out where command.com is. Bring your Windows98se boot disk(s) to another system and make sure that there is a command.com. This assumes you are booting to the A: floppy. When booting to the C: partition, boot looks for command.com in the root of the C: partition which would be C:\COMMAND.COM. But if Windows is busted, you need to be booting to the floppy. You can try entering C:\Windows because under Windows98se, that's where the command.com is and it's also in c:\. Good luck Chris C.Thank you Chris, and I'm not sure I would CALL them little darlings It seems most of their troubles begins with msn and downloading too many skateboard videos and music, although the final straw yesterday was that the oldest decided to download a spyware program aswell as downloading an upgrade norton. After getting some sleep, I decided just to make another boot disk (incase the other was corrupt) and now things are working great! Thank you for your help Maybe a copy of Norton Ghost or similar image-copy utility? Use this to make an image of the complete install to CD once you have it working baseline plus drivers and Windows Security Update/WindowsUpdate. Then you can boot to the first image-copy CDROM and it will let you wipe the HD and re-create the system from the CDs...

758.	Solve : Batch File to access a dbf file and get data from the last record?
Answer» I need to WRITE a batch FILE that can access a .dbf file (???pclk.dbf) and get the date from the PL_Date field in this file where the pl_class='O'. I then want to use this as a parameter to run another batch file. There will ALWAYS be at last 10 records with pl_class="O". I need the last occurrance of this. The ???pclk.dbf file only has 3 fields PL_Date, PL_Route,PL_Class The following is what I intend doing Variable DayendDate get last pl_date from ???pclk.dbf where pl_class="O*" DayendDate= pl_date beforend DayendDate Please help with suggestions I also want to use this date to check a directory for existing files with the NEXT date name and then copy a file to this directory with the date name and increment the extention by 1 every time. eg: if dayendDate=20120127 and 20120128.1 , 20120128.2 is found in directory want to copy backp.zip to 20120128.3 in that directory. Variable ExtIncrm ExtIncm=(FileOccurrance in SUB directory) copy backup.zip to (DayEndDate).(ExtIncm+1) Please Help!!!

760.	Solve : Need batch file help?
Answer» I want to make a BATCH file. Example. :1 echo Hello PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -W 1>NUL cls echo Hello PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 60000 >NUL cls echo hello goto 1 If any key pressed goto 33 :33 echo This is over. pause i want to be able to press any key in between the commands to goto a different command Basically what i want it to do is keep doing commands but when i press SOMETHING at any time it will go to another command.Batch does not have a method of COLLECTING keypresses like you describe. You will need a proper PROGRAMMING language.

762.	Solve : Check for AVG, if it's not there, then install?
Answer» Trying to create a batch file that will do the following? Check for file (c:\program files\avg\avg2012) if there then exit if not then popup message user clicks on OK and another batch file is called. (\\192.0.1.100\apps\avg\avgsetup.bat) We have AVG 2012 Business with Admin control. The new 2012 version has a wizard that created an install script. So what I want to do is look for the 2012 file and if its not there then to go ahead and install the program. I PLAN on using this same script for some other programs as well until I can get my system capable of using group policy correctly.So is that the exact path and name of the file? Because that looks LIKE a folder name to me. You seem to be confused about what batch files can do, specifically they can't popup messages with buttons on them. You would be betetr off using Visual Basic Script for that, but maybe that isn't AVAILABLE to you. Those are. A long time AGO I used a batch file in this same manner. That might have been the last time. I might have called up a vbs for the popup or maybe even a windows script file. I dont really remember. I'm game for anything that would work.Something like this might do the trick; you'll have to figure out running a batch from a network location, as I can't try that part out on this machine. CODE: [Select]echo off if exist "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012" goto end echo Wscript.echo MsgBox("Click OK to install AVG 2012", vbOKonly, "Message")>Myinput.vbs cscript //nologo myinput.vbs cmd /c \\192.0.1.100\apps\avg\avgsetup.bat :end I will give it a try. I only wish my memory still worked.

766.	Solve : My batch file work on XP but not on Win7.?
Answer» My script: echo off echo. echo Please enter one of the listed options: echo. echo Select "S" or "s"to shut down. echo echo ************************************************** echo. echo Select "R" or "r"to restart. echo echo ************************************************ echo. echo Select "E" or "e"to exit this screen. echo. echo ************************************************ echo. set /p choice=Select choice and enter: set choice=%choice:~0,1% if /I "%choice%"=="S" goto SHUTDOWN if /I "%choice%"=="R" goto restart if /I "%choice%"=="E" exit :shutdown shutdown -s -t 10 :restart shutdown -r -t 0 I save it as Run.bat In WinXP it runs perfectly. But in Win7, when i enter S for shut down, it runs shutdown (can see the warning that computer is shutting down in less than a minute) and follow by restart and it ended up restart. Any idea?Possibly this may be because in Vista and later you need to be an administrator or a user who has been assigned the Shut down the system user right. You don't need those labels. Why don't you just do this? (then you won't have the code falling through to the next label and you may be able to see any error messages) Code: [Select] set /p choice=Select choice and enter: set choice=%choice:~0,1% if /I "%choice%"=="S" shutdown -s -t 10 if /I "%choice%"=="R" shutdown -r -t 0 exit But by running shutdown -s -t 10 from cmd works fine.See my edited post above ok thanks. Btw if i put it like this, it shuts down fine. :restart shutdown -r -t 0 :shutdown shutdown -s -t 10 The reason for this is simple. The batch script triggers the shutdown process, but does not wait for it to complete. In XP you cannot start a second shutdown if one is already running, in Windows 7 the second one replaces the first if the delay has not expired. Do you see why I suggested that you avoid using labels in this script? Of course you can put an EXIT command in the right place. Or SWITCH the restart and shutdown sections. By the way, you have lines starting echo (no dot) which will trigger "echo is off" messages. set /p choice=Select choice and enter: set choice=%choice:~0,1% if /I "%choice%"=="S" goto shutdown <------ If you select S these things happen: if /I "%choice%"=="R" goto restart if /I "%choice%"=="E" exit :shutdown <------ Execution is directed to this label shutdown -s -t 10 <------ Shutdown -s process starts with 10 second delay <------ Batch does not wait. Execution returns here. :restart <------ Execution falls through to this label shutdown -r -t 0 <------ In XP this is barred, in Windows 7 a Shutdown -r process starts with no delay and restart is triggered.** This shows something you have to remember if you use goto with labels: you have to manage what happens after you have gone to the label and executed the command or COMMANDS after that label. Also you have to manage what happens if none of the IF tests are satisfied. set /p animal="Type cat or dog " if /i "%animal%"=="cat" goto cat if /i "%animal%"=="dog" goto dog if you TYPED anything other than cat or dog you will still get here :cat echo You typed cat if you typed cat you will still get here :dog echo You typed dog If you typed "fish" the batch will show You typed cat You typed dog If you typed "cat" the batch will show You typed cat You typed dog If you typed "dog" the batch will show You typed dog This shows how to manage (a) wrong input (B) correct input: :loop set /p animal="Type cat or dog " if /i "%animal%"=="cat" goto cat if /i "%animal%"=="dog" goto dog echo Type cat or dog only! goto loop :cat echo You typed cat goto end :dog echo You typed dog :end

767.	Solve : HOW TO TAKE COMPUTER NAME TO A TEXT FILE?
Answer» SIR, how can i take the name of a local MACHINE to a text filein order to take the computer name to a variable you need to use the command in autoexec.bat eg: set computername=edp after booting win98 you can type the following command to get the computer name echo %computername% I got the solution only after WORKING with system at AROUND 3 hoursFor 2K/XP, all you'd have to do is: echo %computername% >c:\name.txt The name for this example ends up in the file C:\NAME.TXT

769.	Solve : Stuck on batch file creation for user input?
Answer» I'm trying to make a MS-DOS batch file automatically update the firmware on up to 12 HBA cards. (The site has a closet full of HBA's that need updating and this would speed up the process) I've SUCCESSFULLY completed the part to select which model to upgrade, but it's been too long to remember how to set up the part where the user inputs how many cards are in the system. In the command line of DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=zd282a4.all The n= is where the card number would be so it would run n=1, then loop to n=2, etc until it reaches the user defined number of cards. Initially I created a var called %HBANUM% and I found the portion of the script regarding this on line, but I am missing something or this is not what I need. Where the (??) is where I need something to specify the input range (Currently in=1 is hardcoded so I COULD work on the portion dealing with card type selection which I am fully aware MAY also be done incorrectly for this type of batch file.) The CONFIRM section simply runs a command to list the HBA's after everything is complete to confirm all cards are at the same firmware level. This part works fine. Any assistance would be appreciated, even if just pointing me in the right direction. I can't learn anything if it's all done for me. Thanks Joe REM ***HBA firmware upgrade batch file *** :BEGIN cls echo. echo. echo EMULEX HBA FIRMWARE UPGRADE UTILITY echo. echo This utility will upgrade the firmware on the Emulex LPE11000 echo (single port) and LPE11002 (Dual port) PCI-E HBA cards echo. echo You can upgrade up to 12 HBA's at one time. echo. echo All HBA's MUST be the same type (single or dual) echo. echo Otherwise the upgrade will fail on the cards not specified to be echo upgraded. echo. echo Select HBA Type: echo. echo 1=LPE11000 (Single Port) echo 2=LPE11002 (Dual Port) strings HBATYPE = ASK Model of card to upgrade: IF %HBATYPE%== 1 GOTO LPE11000 IF %HBATYPE%== 2 GOTO LPE11002 IF %HBATYPE%== "" GOTO ERROR REM var HBANUM = ASK How many HBA's are installed?: REM echo off REM set HBANUM=0 REM:start REM if %HBANUM%== (??) goto CONFIRM REM echo %HBANUM% REM set /HBANUM +=1 REM goto start REM:end :LPE11000 DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=zd282a4.all :LPE11002 DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=zf282a4.all pause :ERROR echo Invalid entry. Try again GOTO BEGIN :CONFIRM cls echo. DOSLPCFG listhba echo. echo Confirm firmware version in all above listed HBA's :END Code: [Select]:LPE11000 DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=zd282a4.all :LPE11002 DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=zf282a4.all pause you do realize this will run both LPE11000 and Code: [Select] LPE11002 if you HBATYPE=1? you need a GOTO after Code: [Select]DOSLPCFG download n=1 i=izd282a4.all (I think, though I've never run across this command) Code: [Select]REM if %HBANUM% GTR 2 goto CONFIRM REM echo %HBANUM% REM set /a HBANUM +=1 edited Code: [Select] set /HBANUM +=1 to Code: [Select] set /a HBANUM +=1you forgot the /a part to make it an equation edited Code: [Select] if %HBANUM%== (??) to Code: [Select]if %HBANUM% GTR 2of you could also use Code: [Select]if "%HBANUM%" =="3"but this is less accurate. Code: [Select]strings HBATYPE = ASK Model of card to upgrade:did you mean set /p HBATYPE =Model of cards to upgrade: ? 'strings' came up as an error when I tried it in cmd. Hoped this helped!

774.	Solve : Suppress file name extensions -- MS DOS?
Answer» Hi, I have a directory in which i will get one zip file every day. It can be any type of the zip file and I don't know the name of the file (i.e., the file name varies every day). But i will know what type of the zip file it is (for ex, .zip, .bz2, .7Z ETC). on getting this zip file, I have to load the name of this zip file into a separate file and i have to create a new directory with this name (with no extension). I have used one simple command "dir /B .zip > dir_file.txt". But this is giving the file name with extensions. IF any one gives me any addition to this command it will solve my problem. Or you can give me ENTIRE new command to do this task. Can ANYONE help me how to do this in DOS?I am presuming that you don't really mean "MS-DOS" but rather Windows NT family command language (Windows 2000 and later). At the prompt: for %A in (.zip) do echo %~nA > dir_file.txt In a batch file: for %%A in (.zip) do echo %%~nA > dir_file.txt Hi Salmon, Your presumption is right. i meant that only. and your logic is also USEFUL for me. Thanks for the help.

775.	Solve : Telxon running Dos 3.21?
Answer» Hello. My company is using Telxon PTC-710s running Dos 3.21 with a proprietary clipper ORDER entry program. Anyway, one of our users wants the volume increased, so that when she scans an item, she can HEAR the little click beep sound. I know its possible to change the speaker volume on this thing... we were able to do it in a previous version of the software... I was just wondering if there was a DOS command that could do this POSSIBLY, or if it was purely a clipper function. Unfortunately, the person who wrote this software left a few years ago, so I'm left trying to support these things not knowing anything Thanks for your help. FredThe PC Speaker offers no support of volume control in DOS and minimal (PCSpeaker WAV Player) in Windows. Get small 3 or 4 cell audio amplifiers that you can get away with running on the system 5v bus (or 12v bus if they're 8 cell amps) and connect them to the PC speaker output and add a volume control. You can EITHER get these as little add-on amps for Walkman/Discman portable players, or as IC projects from Radio Shark or similar ELECTRONICS stores.

776.	Solve : Concatenate two variables?
Answer» Hi, I have a variable predefined, let's call it Apples. I want to move all files with this as the prefix followed by _TEST followed by anything and then .zip to a differnt DIRECTORY i.e. IF EXIST %Apples%_TEST.zip MOVE %Apples%_TEST.zip .\Zipped It's not WORKING, how do I do this? Thanks. Raymondyou may find the answer here>http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/Thanks, since you sound confident of where to find it, wanna give me a TIP as to what to search for on the webpage? I.e. "variable"? Thanks.Looks like you need to put the filespecs in quotes. IF EXIST "%Apples%_TEST.zip" MOVE "%Apples%_TEST.zip" .\Zipped This will force recognition of long file NAMES.

777.	Solve : Extending DOS beyond the 640K limit?
Answer» [glb]PLEASE HELP !!!![/glb] I am trying to put a TCP/IP stack on a DOS 6.22 PC. at the moment it uses NetBEUI. If I change the network card to use TCP/IP then I run out of memory, so what I am looking for is a program that will let me use the other 63MB that are available on the P3 1Ghz PC. Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks Bigfooters Unless you're using a CGA or Hercules card, your main program RAM is limitted to 640K. You can move stuff out of there. First, get acquainted with MSD, the Microsoft System Diagnostics tool, included with DOS 6 and later. It includes a decent memory viewer. You can use devicehigh in config.sys and loadhigh or lh in autoexec.bat to move things from the 0 to 640K RAM range. config.sys example: device-c:\dos\himem.sys /v dos=high,umb device=emm386.exe noems files=25 buffers=24 stacks=9,256 fcbs=10,6 lastdrive=z devicehigh=c:\dos\setver.exe devicehigh=c:\cdrom\oakcdrom.sys /d:cd01 devicehigh=c:\network\smc4dos.sys /dev:eth0 devicehigh=c:\network\win3tcp.sys /eth0 devicehigh=c:\audio\sndcard.sys /a:220 /m:330 /i:5 /j:201 Sample autoexec.bat: echo off path ; c:\fprot\bootscan /root /autofix lh c:\video\et4kdos.com lh c:\fprot\rscan lh c:\mouse\mouse.com lh c:\cdrom\mscdex.exe /d:cd01 /m:12 set netpath=c:\network\temp lh c:\network\winsock.com set blaster=a:220 m:330 i:5 j:201 t:4 lh c:\audio\arack.com /blaster path c:\dos;c:\windows;c:\;c:\fprot;c:\network; prompt $p$g if exist c:\temp\nul: deltree c:\temp md c:\temp set temp=c:\temp ver These samples may not contain your driver versions. If you use something based on these, use MSD to verify that most or all of your resident files are loaded out of your 640K workspace. You can then use MEMMAKER to gain even higher EFFICIENCY by fine-tuning the BOOT sequence to put as many of your files high as possible. LOAD order is significant. I include the trick of not setting unnecessary environment variables (I even ditch the default PATH) until they are needed. Each resident program includes a copy of the then-current environment when it loads. Shaving off the environment saves space. This file set also clears the TEMP directory automatically on startup.I am trying to get TCP/IP working on a dos 6.33 boot floppy disk. It keeps saying that I am out of memory. Is there a way of not loading DNR, as these is where I have the problem. Many thanks for any help in ADVANCE BigfootersDNR? Unfamiliar. In the sample files, the network card, sound card, and video card drivers are loaded 'high' to get them out of the lower 640K RAM. You may want to use a router to provide DHCP, DNS, and NAT services to your system and firmware firewall services to discourage hackers and malware.

785.	Solve : shortcut keys - help!!!!!?
Answer» I am using an international KEYBOARD and am having a hard time remembering my English, much less which keys are referred to with "CTRL+BREAK" Can someone please HELP me. I WOULD appreciate it very much! Ctrl is the control key, usually two of them below the shift keys. Break is on the Pause key, upper right on my keyboard. Ctrl-Brk would be holding Ctrl and pressing the Break key. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q301583 and this>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q126449

778.	Solve : Way to Tell if Parameters exist or not??
Answer» Hello All, I'm trying to create a batch FILE that accepts a parameter but if the parameter does not exist I want to echo to the user that they need to provide the parameter.. Otherwise I want to use the parameter. Is there a WAY to know if the user has entered a parameter. I've tried %1==NUL, %1=="" and NOT EXIST %1 all to no eval... I'm pretty SURE you can do this, but OBVIOUSLY I just don't know how. Any assistance greatly APPRECIATED. ThanksIf you use the form: IF X%1 == X GOTO NOPARM ... it will take the branch if there is no parameter present. Thanks a bunch..

779.	Solve : How to separate a long command to two lines?
Answer» Hi, I have a very long command in a batch file, but I don't want to type it in one line. How can I separate it as two lines but still get executed as one command? Thanks, sg :-/Use (hold down the ctrl key and press j) at the point where you want to line to break. Then continue typing the command where you left off. This tells DOS that what follows on the next line is part of the same command. If type the command in a DOS window, you will see that the cursor returns to the home position, but without the normal prompt.I am using Windows XP PRO and I was not ABLE to make the ctrl+j work. Is there a anternative method for entering long command lines? What is the MAXIMUM LENGTH of a command line? Thanks in advance.Hi, It seems doesn't work. The second line is ALWAYS executed as another command. Please note this is not a dos command. Thanks.The command line maximum length is a little short of 256 characters, including the prompt, and if you just type in your string it should automatically line feed when you reach the end of the 80 character line. You should be able to fill 3 lines with text (240 characters) before DOS truncates the string when you push ENTER. CTRL J is not a valid character in a batch string.

780.	Solve : Maintaining a prompt window open?
Answer» HI all. Is it possible to maintain a prompt window opened after executing some COMMANDS from a batch file? I just want to EXEC ipconfig and then keep the window open so I can copy de ip address. Thanks for the helpOpen command from the "Run" box, then type ipconfig. It stays open until you close it.That's what i USUALLY do... I want to run the command from a .bat... i'm lazy Thanks for the HELP anywayIPCONFIG /ALL PAUSE Thanks!!! That's exactly what i wanted!

781.	Solve : Answer in Batch -NET USE?
Answer» Any IDEAS on SENDING a blank answer for a username in a batch file? Is there a command to send the answer as "enter"? Windows XP. Here is a LINE from the batch file: net use F: \\Telserv\H \username:testuser \password:(There is no password)How about : echo.\|net use F: \\Telserv\H \username:testuser \password Thanks for trying, but it still GIVES me the syntax help screen when I run it. I need to somehow fill that password field with "enter." It works manually so there must be a way to do it with code.Okay thanks JOHN. You led me to it. Here it is... net use G: \\Telserv\D testuser Echo. Basically answering the prompts rather than putting them in with answers. Appreciate your help. We'll count this as a win.

782.	Solve : Internet Relay Chat on DOS?
Answer» There is a way to start an IRC chat on DOS with the PERSONS IP ADDRESS. Would anyone happen to know the command text? If so can you please E-mail them to me at [email protected] or just MESSAGE my AIM at Cousin Gnome. Thank you

783.	Solve : file renaming?
Answer» Hi, i want to know how i can rename alot of files without giving the previous name, here is what i want to do: there is a folder called "mp3", and the user must PUT 50 .mp3 files in it, and a batch file must name the 1, 2, 3... 50, but i don't know what the names of the .mp3 files, can this be DONE with a batch file? thx in advancewhat like guns*ROSES track one.....you may find software out there to do this ....batch files to me old HAT...why waste time messing with them...when a readymade soultion can be FOUND..are we still playing with the amiga...1200..or mac 7180 or i3862 bad, i was going to put all that in one simple batch file but i think im going to serach for some software that does that, or the user must go and rename all those files http://www.collectorz.com/mp3/THX!

784.	Solve : Partition and format...help...?
Answer» I need to write a batch file that partitions and then FORMATS my drives with out any user INTERACTION when I start up the COMPUTER.... I'm a newbie at this, so bare with me...This is what I got so far... I'm GOING to put this into my autoexec.bat file on the boot floppy: fdisk 1/pri: 1000 fdisk 1/ext: 2000 fdisk 1/log: 300 format C: /y Format D: /y Format E: /y Could SOMEONE help me and tell me if that would be the most efficent way of doing it or is there a better, or easier way...It has to be without any user interaction though...http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/

786.	Solve : Creating a blank file?
Answer» I am looking for a way to create a blank file in dos using a batch file. What I mean is there is an existing file called FileA.dbf and I want to delete the existing file and replace it with a new file called FileA.dbf, but with nothing in it. I thought of using edit FileA.dbf, but is there a SWITCH to close the edit WINDOW? Thanks for any insight you might have on this. here is a solution that you might find helpful, i'll assume that you're working with text files but in my experience, it WORKS with other file formats a well create a blank txt file called "test.txt" create a batch file with this line in it "type test.txt > FileA.txt" every TIME this batch file is run, it overwrites FileA with the contents of test.txt which happens to be blank.Well, it's easy to get close, this CREATES a file with a space and a C/R-L/F pair. echo. >file.txt Thanks for the help. Both work great.

787.	Solve : alonso109?
Answer» some BODY how I can SHUTDOWN a service (process) from windows 2000 with a batch FILE? Thank you for your TIME and help. Try PSKILL from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtmlThanks a lot !!

788.	Solve : bios guardian?
Answer» SOMEBODY HELP ! When I go into my bios,I keep GETTING a page says that I can't change any bios settings until I disable the bios guardian. How do I disable it ? Thanks.what mobo is this...i GUESS you are trying to flash your bios...

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789.	Solve : writing batch file?
Answer» Hi all, I want to write a batch file, my requirement is like this, it should 1st ping the REMOTE machine, if its reachable then only it'll make the ftp connection with the same machine & do some opreation. If it fails to ping then STOP executing the rest of the batch script & send a MAIL about the lost of connectivity. Thanks in advance! EARLY RESPONSE will be highly appreciated

790.	Solve : windows dosnt start?
Answer» OK i have an old 92 gateway with wut i think is the old version of ms dos n E ways..i was deleting some stuff on it and i think i deleted the wrong thing it was "microsoft publisher" and after i deleted all the files it asked me to restart so i did. when i did windows didnt start so i used my boot disk and it didnt help at all windows still didnt start so i came on this site and i looked for some things and i tryed them like the undelete thng it says that it was a bad command or something like that and so i tryed the GUI=1 thing and it went to te windows 98 loading screen but then it just gos back to the boot disk thing( when i took it out and restarted the comp it dosnt do a thing) it gose to an options screen with the safe mode on it and it says to use the command prompt option and use "scanreg" so i did and it dosent do n e thing and if i use safe mode or normal it gose to the windows 98 loading screen for about 5 mins then it gose back into the ms dos with a message "invalid media type drive C: abort retry,fail" every time. i want to ERASE every thing on my computer and reinstall windows with a fresh start but i dont know how and i dont know if im using the undelete thing right. if u can will u plz help out a guy in needok win98 boot disk load it restart-pc on the a:\ cd windows enter this will take you to c:\>type this command scanreg/restore and chose the last good cab file...try it.i have a dell with HOME xp on it...whenever i turn it on it loads microsoft and restarts..i will put the xp disc in and like he said it willl take me to a safe mode screen and i TRIED all options for it but it didnt work it stopped working when we downloaded some windows updates and it sed to restart for them to work help me every time i try and do something like ur suggestion it always says "invalid media type reading drive C" dose this mean i dont have drive C? plz help

791.	Solve : Getting out of MS-DOS Mode???
Answer» Okay I dont know if this belongs here or not, but here it is. I have Windows 95 or 98, I dont know which one. But I restarted me computer in MS-DOS Mode, and now I cant get out! Someone said to type exit and press enter, I did, but it just restarts and comes back up in MS-DOS. Anyone know whats going on here? Hi, When PC is restarting press the F8 key constantly as it boots up - before it says "starting windows". This will GIVE you a choice of modes to boot into. Select either safe mode if you still have a problem, or normal mode if you want to get back to normal. Remember, before you do the crime, think about the time. Oscar I dont really know what you mean about a crime?but thanks, ill TRY it.No, it only let me log in under safe mode, there were all these other options but I dont know what they are. I tried normal, and it took me right back?Just for laughs, type WIN at the DOS prompt and see if it fires up Windows. If so, I suspect that the MSDOS.SYS file has GUI=0 instead of GUI=1 in it, change that and the SYSTEM will run as before. I believe MSCONFIG will allow you to change this parameter, but I don't have a W98 system to CHECK... When I do that it says that I am currently running in MS-DOS mode, and if I want to run in normal to press enter. Well I did, and it just restarts again and it is still in MS-DOS mode. I don't know whats going on. Am I going to have to take it to a shop and pay a ridicules amout of money?At the DOS prompt type scanreg /restore. A list of items should appear. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to MOVE the highlighted item. Select the one with the oldest date and press enter.If you are in a root MSDOS shell in Win9x, typing WIN at the dos prompt will start Windows. If you have a DOS shell session open in Windows (applies to the emulator in NT/XP as well as a DOS session in Win9x), you type EXIT to close the DOS shell and return to Windows.I tried typing WIN and Exit, it just re-starts the computer and brings MS-DOS mode back up.Are you 100% sure that windows is installed? Type "dir c:" at the command prompt.

793.	Solve : removing partition(s) with FDisk?
Answer» I am running windows 3.1 and more by (bad) LUCK than by good MANAGEMENT, my hard drive was partitioned. If I remove a Extended partition and Logical DOS Drive will I still retain my Primary and all the info and OS there? Display Partion Information screen shows: C: 1 A PRI DOS FAT 16 43% and: 2 EXT DOS 43% . Total disk space is 4777 Mbytes. Or will all Hard drive info be wiped out? I have no need for any partitions and I plan on installing windows 95.Removing the extended partion won't affect the primary partition.

794.	Solve : Logon batch script trouble?
Answer» Hey all I'm creating a logon script for a small NETWORK of about 30 PCs, some Windows 98SE, some XP Pro. The login script currently synchronises the computers clock with the server, and maps some standard network drives. However, for certain usernames I want to map some extra drives. In the script I'm USING the putinenv utility to get the username and then performing an if to check the username, like this: Code: [Select]\\Server\netlogon\putinenv L /l if "%username%"=="testuser" goto mapextra This works fine on the 98 MACHINES as the putinenv utility returns the username in lower case - so my test works fine. However on the XP machines, the username environment variable is KEPT in the case that the user entered at the login screen, which could be TESTUSER, TestUser, TEstuSEr etc etc. This causes the if to fail, as it is not an exact match - is there any way to ignore case in the if, or to force the XP username environment variable into small case? Or any other ways around this? THANKS in advance Andy W

795.	Solve : how to automate saving file with batch??
Answer» Can any body please help? does any body have batch file which can automate the saving of a file to a SERVER .It will need to run every night at a set time? http://www.iopus.com/guides/batch.htm KirbyFooty distributes a freeware WINDOWS cron utility KirbyAlarm which will do this - and will even do it when the machine next STARTS up if it was off when the backup would normally be done. You can have KirbyAlarm EITHER copy the file directly to the backup location or access a batch file to do it. Otherwise, you will need an MSDOS utility that emulates UNIX cron to act as a timer and START the batch file.should be fairly easy, you can use windows task scheduler to do this or the AT command to set it on a timer.

796.	Solve : Batch file hangs if I don't specify output file?
Answer» I have a batch file which runs from a JAVA UI. The batch file calls various commands. I get to a certain point and run the FOLLOWING command (a DB2 command): asnclp -f %IWDA_DIR%\tmp\rep.sql >> %IWDA_DIR%\log\rep.log This runs fine, however, I want to REMOVE the >> $IWDA_DIR\log\rep.log part since this command outputs plain text passwords. When I remove that part, giving: asnclp -f %IWDA_DIR%\tmp\rep.sql The batch file just hangs at this point. When I KILL the JAVA UI which is calling this batch file, it finishes. Any idea why specify the output makes the DIFFERENCE and how I can OVERCOME this problem? www-306.ibm.com/software/data/dpropr/db2cp.pdf -

797.	Solve : format the hard drive??
Answer» I'm unable to format my hard drive. A MSG comes up saying that my volume NEEDS to be DISMOUNTED first, but when I try...it's unable to LOCK the drive. Is there a command I can use to fix this???You can't format the boot drive while you're running off of it! Boot from a FLOPPY, then you can format the hard disk, if that's what you're trying to do.

798.	Solve : backup 1x per day with XCOPY?
Answer» Hi there... I use XCOPY to do a backup of certain files every time my PC loads up automatically. Is there a command I can add within my editor for XCOPY to do the backup only once per day (by checking last date executed), so that it checks if a backup has already been installed on that date / day?You would need to recreate a file in the backup directory (like flag.dat) every time you actually back up, and check the date of that file with a batch SCRIPT that runs the backup. An if-then loop checks the flag.dat creation date against the current date, and if they don't match it does the backup copy, then deletes flag.dat and creates a new flag.dat to update the date mark. Otherwise it skips the backup.Sounds like he is running the command from autoexec.bat. The easy way would be to create a seperate batch file to run the command and then use task scheduler to run the batch file at a predetermined time.'Task Scheduler' is lame. If your machine is not on when the event is scheduled, it won't execute. A better cron utility is Kirby Alarm. This will check itself on startup and do things that were scheduled since the previous shutdown, and seems to be LESS of a resource hog than Task Scheduler. Freeware at www.kirbyfooty.com, I think that link is right.Since this is the DOS forum, if he's really running DOS, neither of these solutions will do the trick. There are tons of old MS-DOS utilities that will allow you to check the DATES, the trick nowadays will probably be finding them. Most of these utilities are 10 years or more old, and getting a little dusty. For instance, here's the help screens from a little utility I've used for years, note it has several date manipulation features. GET Version 2.6a - BATch File Enhancer - Copyright 1994 Bob Stephan Syntax: GET command argument(s) /switches More Instructions: GET.DOC Purpose Command Argument(s) Switches Environment ErrorLevel Extended --------- ------- ----------- ---[/]-- --(GET=)--- --(Exit)-- --[E]--- --------- STRING Handling and Screen I/O Commands -------- Echo EC "prompt" AN -- -- -- Get character C[E]["prompt"][chars] All ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo aNswer yes or no N[E]["prompt"][seconds] All ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo Get string S[E]["prompt"][pattern] All String Length No Echo Put string (Zap) Z[E]["string/prompt"] All String Length StdInput In String #[E] "string" ['arg'] MVWX Position in string Extract Moving Text T[E] "filespec" [chars] All ASCII Char ASCII code No Echo Key waiting I[E]["prompt"] All --Character Waiting-- Get Char Keyboard bUffer U[E]["chars"][num][/Wnum]MVW [E]Locks Length Caps/Num For UE: 16=Scroll Lock, 32=Num Lock, 64=Caps Lock 'Rithmetic R ["+-*/!="] num [/Wnum] MVWA Result Result Blank Screen B[E] [New attribute] MV --Old attribute-- HexAttr Video mode/bordr V[E] [New mode/color] MV --Old mode/color-- VGA Border Date and Time H[E] ["prompt"] code All String Value CatSum codes: 1=DoW 2=DoM 4=Mon 8=Yr 16=Hr 32=Min 64=Sec 128=odd/even 256=100ths --------- Disk and File Commands -------- File size[date/E]F[E] filespec[/Wdiv/X/A] MVXWA Bytes/Hex Kilobytes Kb/10 /W date/time codes for /E: 2=DoM 4=Mon 8=Yr 16=Hr 32=Min Disk free space K[E] [drive] [/Wdiv] MVW Kilobytes Kb/10 Kb/100 Disk capacity Q[E] [drive] [/Wdiv] MVW Kilobytes Kb/10 Kb/100 Volume label L[E] ["label"][drive] MVUL Label 1=yes,0=no Match Current dir Y[E] [drive for Y] MVL Directory Level/Drive Drive:A=0 --------- Memory and System Commands -------- Environment left E[E] MVX Bytes left Bytes left Bytes/10 Memory free M[E] MV Kilobytes Kilobytes Kb/10 EXEC X[E] "d:\path\program.ext" 'args' MV Exit[Path] Exit[Drive] GETsPath Break Flag BR[New flag 1=on, 0=off] MV Old flag -- Printer(PRN) P[E] [test] MVX 1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no Initialize DOS Version D[E] MV Major Vers MajorMinor MinorEnv DESQview Version DV MV Major Vers MajorMinor -- 4DOS Version 4 MV Major Vers MajorMinor -- Windows 4E MV 1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no -- Coprocessor/CPU 7[E] MV 1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no CPU Type ANSI.SYS/Model A[E] MV 1=yes,0=no 1=yes,0=no PC Model Warm/Cold Boot W[E] ["prompt"][arg] All If arg:1=warm, 0=cold ColdBoot Surrogates: }=Carriage Return, ~=Escape, Alt-255=Space/Blank. SWITCHES: /C Ctrl-Break, /U /L case, /M Master Env, /E Enhanced keys /X eXtra feature, /H Hex output, /W[num] numerical value, /N No CR /B flush key Buffer, /TL/TR/T Trim Left/Right/Both, /Vvar=, /V- No var /A[nnn] Attribute ["prompt"], All bytes [F], ASCII [R] /S Silence, /R Return Code in Environment See GET.DOC for additional features and BATch programming instructions. Unregistered version, registration REQUIRED for commercial use.Thanks guys, you were all on the right track... The best solution was 'Kirby Alarm', because I did originally intend for Task Scheduler to do just what I wanted, but an internal error regarding account information not beeing set of some sort stopped it from being able to execute (exact error: 0x80090016: key not available) ... so that freeware tool should do the trick. I was actually using W2k, but for batch files one uses MS-DOS commands, thats what I meant.If you're running under Windows, one of my favorite script tools is AutoIt http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/, it's a slick utility that'll allow you to do all sorts of automation tasks.I' look for a command that can assist me in complete what I already have. It is to also place copies in four other location and here is a example of the locations these files has to copied to: E:\xcopy Z:\staging Z:\backup Z:\localrelease Y:\Localrelease Y:\backup F:\CA F:\TX F:\MD echo %DATE% FILE COPY START > %3_xcopy.log xcopy /d /e /v /c /f /h /y %1 %2 >> %3_xcopy.log echo %DATE% FILE COPY STOP >> %3_xcopy.log echo ----------------- >> archive.log echo %DATE% >> archive.log tail -1 %3_xcopy.log >> archive.log start notepad %3_xcopy.log start notepad archive.logshorty, see the reference to AutoIt I posted previously.

799.	Solve : Finding text and inserting variable?
Answer» I have pgp installed and wanted to make a batch file to execute on a directory automatically. Hourly the scripts are being sent with a new file name every hour. I have tried using the c:\* and every other wildcard, but just keep on getting error MESSAGES in pgp with file does not EXISTS. EX: synatx of a good filename c:\test.pgp. How do I get around this. Ultimately I want a script to run hourly that would decrypt the whole directory looking for .pgp FILES. Would I execute a script to look for all files with a .pgp filename, save the filename then put in some static text with the variable filename .pgp. How do I go about doing this. http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Q_20917079.htmlThe LINK is right on. Dont know if the responses are worth paying for a subscription.