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hi guys,
i have created a batch file which goes in this WAY
cd PROGRAM Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC
vcvarsall.bat
timeout 100
tf
pause

My problem is after vcvarsall.bat execution its not going to next command i,e tf command is not executing .
so can you guys please suggest me is the batch file creation is proper.i need to execute the tf commands after executing the vcvarsall.bat file from created batch fileuse the CALL keyword to launch batch files.

Code: [Select]cd "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC"
call vcvarsall.bat
timeout 100
tf
pause

thanks fox but i am facing 1 more problem now.
eventhough if i am using call keyword 'm unable to execute next command.
E:
cd Xilinx\14.6\ISE_DS
call settings32.bat
XMD
help running
cd C:/zynq_manufacturing_images
dow C:/zynq_manufacturing_images/fsbl_forced_jtag.elf
con
**this is the commands 'm written in batch file**
its working till call settings32.bat after that rest commands are not executing & even created batch file as stopped workingThere's a few mighty strange commands there.

But what you should do is put a pause command on the line above the XMD command and see if it executes and shows on the screen.

If it doesn't then something in the bat file is running and not returning to the cmd prompt. You need to find which command it is, or
show us and we can help.

i tried to put pause & its working till pause after that 'm unable to execute the rest of all commands:
E:
cd Xilinx\14.6\ISE_DS\EDK\bin\nt
pause
xmd.exe
pause
help running
cd C:/zynq_manufacturing_images
dow C:/zynq_manufacturing_images/fsbl_forced_jtag.elf
con
sleep 5
stop
dow -data devicetree.dtb 0x4A00000
dow -data devicetree_default.dtb 0x2A00000
dow -data uramdisk.image.gz 0x2000000
dow -data uImage 0x3000000
dow -data def_boot.bin 0x4300000
dow -data boot.bin 0x4200000
dow u-boot.elf
con
Pause

And i have attached image also how XMD command console looks like.
Please suggest me how to proceed as XMD console looks different

[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]It looks like you are running a debugger and expect the batch file to enter commands into the debugger. It doesn't work the way you expect it to.

You need to read the debugger help to see how a script file can be used in the debugger.

Then a batch file can launch the debugger with a separate script file, if it supports that method of operation.It's actually looks like it's doing what it is supposed to do.

1.) Is there a scripting options for XMD?

2.) have you tried "start /wait xmd.exe" to force the execution of xmd before returning to the script?

I have an executable that returns the CURRENT date in yymmdd format. I have a need to automate the daily creation of a folder with this name, and move or copy files that are being overwritten nightly into this new folder. I thought if I ran this executable and redirected the output to a "date.dat" file, that I COULD use a batch file to type this value to a variable, then use a command like

md %1

to create the folder. Doesn't work, no matter how I try it. Any thoughts?Right idea, wrong variable name. Variables %1 thru %9 are INPUT variables to a process. Data returned by a process can be handled by a FOR statement.

Code: [Select]
for /f %%a in (date.dat) do (set yymmdd=%%a)
md %yymmdd%


You can use %yymmdd% anywhere you need to for your directory name.

The code only WORKS provided the date is the only data in the date.dat file. Type for /? at the command line for details on how to skip lines and otherwise process date.dat

Hope this helps. You most definitely do one thing at a time well. I also see more usage from this "for" command, and I THANK you very much

hi all,

i have recently been getting frustrated with this script that i am making as everything itry does not work,

BASICALLY the script asks the user how many drives does it want to set then asks them or the drives in question

CODE: [Select]:drives
echo How many drives do you want to set?
set /p drives=Drives:
set /a drives = %drives% +1
set /a a = 1
:set
set /p d%a% =Drive%a%:

set /a a = %a% + 1
if not %a% == %drives% goto set

echo Drives Set!
pause


i am having trouble echoing the d%a% value


any help will be GRATEFUL thank you !This is what I got. Is it supposed to do something else? I answered r, s, t as you can see...

Code: [Select]How many drives do you want to set?
Drives: 3
Drive1: r
Drive2: s
Drive3: t
Drives Set!
Press any key to CONTINUE . . .

as i said in my first post i want to echo the value of d%a%

al you have done is input 3 letters and there is no output, and before you say yes there is....there isnt.Oh I get it. You want something like an array.

Yes, i have read many batch file help websites but nothing makes any sense to me and nothing has worked so far, i would know how to do this in VB tho lol.

so yer im looking to create an array and then echo the array values.batch language does not have arrays.
ah right, is there any way i could do this then?vbscript would be easiest.
hmm but this is only a code snippet from my full program. was hoping i could solve this without having to change scripting type.You need call set and call echo.

Code: [Select]@echo off
set cnt=0
:loop
set /a cnt+=1
call set var%%cnt%%=value%cnt%
call echo %%value%%cnt%%%=%%var%cnt%%%
if %cnt% LSS 9 goto :loop ok thanks, but how would i alter this for user input?


edit - never mind ive figured it out

Code: [Select]@echo off
set cnt=0
:loop
set /a cnt+=1
call set /p var%%cnt%%=value%cnt%:
call echo %%var%cnt%%%
if %cnt% LSS 9 goto :loop
pause

hi,

i' m using this batch file to make files and folders backup:

BATCH 1

net use h: \\server\backup

:INICIO

REM COOP4

cd c:\windows\system32
xcopy instsrv.exe "h:\backup\COOP4\c\windows\system32\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C
xcopy srvany.exe "h:\backup\COOP4\c\windows\system32\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C
xcopy backup.bat "h:\backup\COOP4\c\windows\system32\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C
xcopy sleep.exe "h:\backup\COOP4\c\windows\system32\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C
xcopy backupstart.bat "h:\backup\COOP4\c\windows\system32\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C

cd C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documentos
xcopy *.* "h:\backup\COOP4\c\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documentos\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C /E

cd C:\Documents and Settings\Rui\Ambiente de trabalho
xcopy *.* "h:\backup\COOP4\c\Documents and Settings\Rui\Ambiente de trabalho\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C /E

cd C:\Documents and Settings\Rui\Favoritos
xcopy *.* "h:\backup\COOP4\c\Documents and Settings\Rui\Favoritos\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C /E

cd C:\Documents and Settings\Rui\Os meus documentos
xcopy *.* "h:\backup\COOP4\c\Documents and Settings\Rui\Os meus documentos\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C /E

sleep 30
goto INICIO

so far so good, everything works.

Now i'm creating a windows service able to run this batch.

The windows service works, but i have a problem when running the BATCH as a service: xcopy doesn't copy to or from MAPPED drives

i need some help here
A Windows service is automatically started when your system boots. It may be too early in the process to be mapping drives.

Any reason you cannot run your batch file from the task scheduler at startup? or even the start-up FOLDER? If you boot more than once a day, you can add code to your batch file to create a dummy file. If the dummy file exists with today's date, you know you backup has already run today and you can safely exit the batch file.

What did you use to create the service? These articles (here and here) may be of help.

Good luck. Quote from: Sidewinder on JANUARY 26, 2010, 08:03:13 AM

A Windows service is automatically started when your system boots. It may be too early in the process to be mapping drives.

Any reason you cannot run your batch file from the task scheduler at startup? or even the start-up folder? If you boot more than once a day, you can add code to your batch file to create a dummy file. If the dummy file exists with today's date, you know you backup has already run today and you can safely exit the batch file.

What did you use to create the service? These articles (here and here) may be of help.

Good luck.

After this test i made a batch file with the two lines:(z: it's already mapped... i'm able to access it, and so on, and so on)


z:
xcopy z:\server\*.* "H:\backup\PC_SERVER\E\server\" /Y /I /k /D /H /C /E

i runned the batch file... everything's fine.

First off all, I don't know how to use UNC Paths.

It probably works because you are signed into the machine. When the batch file is run as a service, there is no user.

Sure you do. This is a UNC path: \\computername\sharename
When you mapped the drive you used a UNC path: net use h: \\server\backup

Why is it necessary to run a backup as a service? You can run the backup from the task scheduler (at startup) or even the startup folder found on the start menu. It would save yourself a lot of grief.

I just don't want the black window appears on screen even if it's minimized

:-/ i need to communicated with a calcom plotter and my terminal SCREEN is down. i used my pc as a terminal once some years ago and i have FORGOTTEN how
help pleaseWhat is the plotter connected to? A previous poster had some luck with a product called TN3270 in which a PC can be made to EMULATE a 3270 using TCP/IP. I have no FIRSTHAND knowledge of this product but you can GET details at:

http://www.sdisw.com/

Good luck.

Hey guyz im trying to make a batch that will create a folder based on user input

eg

@echo off

echo Enter folder name:
set /a %input%

md %input%


this doesnt work for me. looks LIKE stupid code but i havent used variables before in batch.

ThanksQuote from: Khasiar on January 24, 2010, 04:01:26 PM

@echo off

echo Enter folder name:
set /a %input%

md %input%

Hey guys I'm trying to make a batch that will create a folder based on user input

I am trying to edit a config.sys FILE to allow booting only from CD-ROM. This is the file that I have, but I haven't found a good explaination of what to edit. It needs to be generic, if possible, so it will work on different systems.

DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20

DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato

rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1f0,14
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:170,15
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:170,10
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1e8,12
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1e8,11
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:168,10
rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:168,9

LASTDRIVE=Z


This is the autoexec.bat file. It should give the PATH to the setup.exe. autoexec.bat and the SETUP folder are in the same root folder.

@ECHO off

MSCDEX.EXE \SETUP\98SE\SETUP.EXE
Why not GET the pc/s to BOOT from cdrom in the bios setup!

Hi,
As you might have already gathered, i am a FANATIC for old computers, especially ones to do with BBC Micro's or DOS. I wan't sure which category to put this in, (msdos or HARDWARE) but could anyone please give me the names of any MS DOS only computers that would still run the old DOS games you see FLOATING about on the web, (5.00 or higher) and be compatible with the floppy disc filing systems of today's MODERN computers... i need the actual name so I can search them on ebay....ThanksAmiga<pcdos\ crossdos /acorn/ibm/compaq/most you can use .......winpoet/......or emulators.........

Hi folks

I am an absolute novice at this, so please bare with me. I am trying to build a batch file that will read a line from a text file and save the text as a variable (say, "variable_name") that I can then use to open a file "variable_name".INP, create a folder called "variable_name", and run a series of other batch commands before looping back around and reading the next line of the text file and repeating the whole process.

This seems like a simple enough task but I am completely overwhelmed by the sea of information out there so any assistance would be very much appreciated.

I have found similar posts on this forum but am struggling to adapt them to my purpose so any suggestions are WELCOME,

Many thanksPerhaps outlining how I want to structure the .bat might make a reply easier and might help me more quickly learn this myself. This what I imagine the basic structure of the batch would be:

1) Open the text file
2) Read line 1
3) Set variable_name to whatever line 1 is
4) Open \path\variable_name.inp
5) Create folder \path\variable_name
5) Run .exe
6) Copy output files to \path\variable_name
7) Return to 2) and read line 2
Repeat until all lines are read

My apologies - I know this may seem lazy, but I would honestly post a first stab at this if I were able to get anything meaningful working, but right now I can't even figure out how read a line and set a variable to the value of a line :-(
It's ok. We just need some more information. Can you show us an example of a few lines of your file?Well, I've been bumbling around for the last few hours and seem to have stumbled BLINDLY upon some MEASURE of SUCCESS. Here is where I stand (please excuse the general inelegance and the especially horrific pathnames - I haven't been able to get variables for paths to work yet:

Code: [Select]FOR /F %%X IN (model_runs.txt) do (

copy "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\Input\time.inps\%%X.inp" "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\Input\"

erase "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\Input\time.inp"

ren "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\Input\%%X.inp" time.inp

mkdir "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\Output\%%X"

cd "C:\Users\Stuart Muller\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\FTLOADDSaRSE_v2.4 - Copy\FTLOADDS_Test_Case_v3\FTLOADDS\"

run2.bat

"C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer 9\Scripter\Scripter.exe" "C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer 9\Samples\Scripts\Stu_MultiContMaps.bas"

)
pause
Not too bad for an imbecile

Hi,

I am new to world of scripting, i need your expert help to execute a task for which i need a script.

Task:
I have a sample XML file, in which i need to replace a value (oldString) with (newString) and Save it as (filename).
I have excel SHEET with values (newString) & (filename).

I need to extract (newString) value from excelsheet, replace it in Sample XML file and Save it as (filename).
I need to do this for all values (in different rows) in excel sheet.

Please help me with Batch Script for same.
OS: Windows 7
CMD version: 6.1.7601If you show sample data then you stand a better chance of getting what you need.You cannot do this with only cmd. you will have to find some other external program to CALL to GET your newValues from the spreadsheet. If you post te xml file we MAY be able to help with that part.Thanks for showing your interest.

I am attaching files - SampleXML.txt & Source.txt

Task summary:
SampleXML.txt file has a value "oldString" which need to be replaced by value "newString" and this file need to be Saved as "filename.xml"

- SampleXML.txt file is used as REFERENCE having value "oldString"
- Source.txt is having 10 values of "newString" & "filename"

End result would be = there will be 10 files generated viz filename1.xml to filename10.xml

[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]This uses a helper batch file called repl.bat from - http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3855

It is a little more complicated because your source.txt has Unix line endings. If you use MSDOS files then it only needs the middle block of code.

Code: [Select]@echo off
:: convert hex 0d to hex 0d0a to give msdos line endings
type "Source.txt"|repl "\x0d" "\r\n" x >tmp.tmp

for /f "usebackq tokens=1,* delims=," %%a in ("tmp.tmp") do (
type "SampleXML.txt"|repl "oldString" "%%a" m >"%%b.xml"
)

del tmp.tmp

Hi,

THANKS a lot. I have a Question.
I want to check the %1 argument is a valid path or not.

Let us assume my batch file NAME is " print. bat "
i am passing the first argument as C:\temp\data.txt.

d:\print c;\temp\data.txt

suppose if i gave the wrong path by giving " ; "
instead of " : " I have to convey it as wrong path.

HOW TO CHECK THE FIRST ARGUMENT IS A VALID PATH OR NOT?

Regards,
Arjun.
This may help you out:

Code: [Select]
@echo off
if not exist %1 goto error
print %1
goto end
:error
echo put your error message here
:end


Why bother? DOS will be more than happy to point out the error for you.

Hope this helps. HI,

Thanks for the reply. STILL i have some problem.
I want to create a Folder of given path as the %1 argument.

Ex: MD D:\temp

Suppose if i pass the wrong path by giving " ; " instead of " : " the MD creating with the name of only ' D '
not with ' D:\temp ' .

I dont want to create folder with a single letter. If we give wrong path i have to convey as its invalid path.

Can any one help me in this regard?

I want to check the given path is valid or not...how?


Regards,
Arjun.If you are typing the command at the command line, you'll just have to be more careful with your typing as there is no variable that you can intercept and process.

In a batch file, you could do this indirectly by parsing the path as if it were correct and then DISCOVERING it's not...

Code: [Select]
@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=:" %%a in ("%1") do (
if .%%b==. goto error
md %1
goto end
)
:error
echo ERROR
:end


Please note that this solution is specific to the example you posted. Contrary to popular belief batch processing is not a programming language; in fact it's not even a good scripting language.

Check out the Script Center for a better set of tools.

Hope this helps.

I am trying to fix a registry issue that was caused when my company upgraded from OFFICE 2003 to Office 2010. I have tried a few different things but have had no success. Heres the info:
Path: HKCR\applications\excel.exe\shell\open\command
Value: (Default)
RegKey: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe "%1"

I have tried the command below, and a couple variations, but it has not worked at all, Any help would be appreciated.

reg add HKCR\Applications\excel.exe\shell\open\command /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE""1%" /f
Why would you need a batch file to do this ? ?This entry does not get upgraded when we did the upgrade. The path for excel.exe still point to the Office 11 folder, which no LONGER contains an excel.exe. I would like to create the batch file so that I dont have to manually change the 1 to a 4 for all users, already had to do that a handful of times The easiest way would be to create a reg file and then use a reg import command inside your batch file to make the changes. If you don't need the batch file for any other functions, then you can just create the reg file.

How to create reg file:

What you need to do is make the change on one system manually, then before you close the registry editor, right click on the folder that you are in (in your case I think it would be called command) and select export from the menu. Name the file what you like. In the same folder as that file, create your batch file and SIMPLY put...

@echo off
reg import [file name here].reg

Save that batch and now you can COPY, both it, and the reg file.It's a legit use for a batch file guys - this seems to work here.

Code: [Select]@echo off
reg add HKCR\Applications\excel.exe\shell\open\command /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE \"%%1\"" /f

can i get a bat file to email me if it fails?

also, is there and easy way to schedule a bat file to run every night at a certain time?

Im trying to setup Jenkins, scheduler, here, but, its not going well. The commands im feeding it work in the cmd window, but, they dont work in Jenkins.


so im thinking, ok nevermind jenkins, why not just create a bat file.
the only prob with that is how to get it to kick off, and how to get it to alert users to success or failure of the build.

kind regards,
brian .Quote

can i get a bat file to email me if it fails?

also, is there and easy way to schedule a bat file to run every night at a certain time?

Im trying to setup Jenkins, scheduler, here, but, its not going well. The commands im feeding it work in the cmd window, but, they dont work in Jenkins.

How can I PRINT the contents of a sub-directory. Or send them to a FILE that then can be printed. There used to be a LIST COMMAND that would work. Thanks NormaNot really sure what you need.

Print list of files in directory:
Code: [Select]
dir directoryname > prn

Print list of files in directory and sub-directories
Code: [Select]
dir /s /b directoryname > prn


If what you wanted was the contents of the individual files, get back to US.

I need a script that will verify if a program is installed, then create an alert that the program exists on the system. I would APPRECIATE any HELP I can get.Check that the program install folder exists, and whether the executable program file is present in that folder. Tailor as appropriate for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.


Which program are you testing for?

I had an issue at a prior job where users who needed elevated privileges were installing unapproved software such as AOL Chat etc. I made a batch instruction that searched systems on the NETWORK for violation files and it would overwrite the EXE of that software with a custom EXE that I created with C++ stating that

Code: [Select] This software is not approved for use on this computer

Please contact the network administrator if you have any questions
One person was extremely upset about this lack of chatting on the clock when they should be working on graphic design. But the computers belong to the company, not the employee!

It stopped the problems and it was amazing that certain individuals got more work done

* I was waiting for someone to catch on to this EXE swap and get smart to overwrite my custom EXE with the CORRECT EXE to make the software function again, but no one was capable there of figuring this out and defeating the unapproved software BAN. We had about 12 programs that were part of this ban that an EXE would get overwritten to disable them.

I'm SURE there is an INPUT type of command for MS-DOS Batch files where I can ask for keyboard input & await a response, and assign Errorlevels to the response.

Nowhere can I FIND any reference to this feature in the section on Batch File Commands.

Please help; I used it a long while ago, but now cannot find it nor even recall enough of it to make it work.

I've looked at CHOICE, but that's not it as I recall.

There was something else specific to to getting input(s)and assigning my own errorlevel(s) to them, then PERHAPS also using them as part of output (e.g. ECHO).

You are indeed RIGHT. There was a program named INPUT that would take prompted input and store it in the environment, not set an errorlevel. An alternative was Answer which did the same thing but ran in DOS and Win9x.

Answer wrote an environment variable named ANSWER. The reason I mention this is if you have multiple inputs, it becomes necessary to set your own variable NAMES to %answer% since the ANSWER variable was overwritten on each execution.

Check it out and beware of unexpected results on XP or Win2000 machines.

Good luck.

I was replicating the data of one external hard drive to another by use of a simple xcopy F:\*.* E:\*.* /s/d/y instruction and in the meantime with the data transfer scrolling in the command shell I was on Facebook and also had World of Warcraft running, and I have the game sound set to about 50% so that if I am playing music it is louder than the game. During the XCOPY process transferring about 206GB of data I heard a BEEP which came not from the internal PC speaker, but instead it came from the 5.1 sound system that is connected to my computer.

I was like... hmm, that is weird I will check on the shell window and it was still chugging away making a mirror copy of the other external hard drive. Oh well back to gaming, and then about 45 min later BEEP again. Ok this is strange...hmm.. Ok lets start Speedfan and check temps in this system. Temps are good and the CPU is at 43C with everything multitasking, ok I will set the graph of the speedfan and go back to gaming.

Then once again about 20 minutes later a quick 1/2 second BEEP. Ok lets look back at the TEMP graph... well it held steady between 41C and 44C for CPU and all other temps are normal. TIME to exit speedfan and go back to gaming.

XCOPY process ended. Closed the shell window and no more random beeps.

Gamed for 2 days and multitasked with all sorts of stuff running and no beeps.

Last night I went to update the 2nd external hard drive with the 1st external and started the same xcopy routine, and about 10 minutes later BEEP. Hmm... ok interesting so the random BEEP is directly related to this xcopy transfer process, although I have never seen xcopy cause a BEEP when its just xcopy and a simple instruction.

I have also looked into the EVENT logs of the Windows system to see if there was anything going on and its clean.

Anyone have any suggestions on what is going on? I am running Windows 7 32-bit with 3GB RAM and AMD Athlon X2 4450B 2.3Ghz CPU, and I probably should be using robocopy, but I like xcopy.

Posted this here because it seems to be directly related to XCOPY running on this computer when copying data between these 2 external hard drives connected at USB 2.0.

If it were every file causing a beep it would be this, but its very random and infrequent, and the data tested afterwards is an exact copy in file & folder count as well as capacity, so its not like its making a beep to an error condition during the copy process: http://strangetalk.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=104507

*** One problem I did have before all of this was that I was going to create an exact copy of this external to my local C: drive in folder named C:\ExtBackup\ but after a short while I would see no activity on the external and go to check on the shell window and I would find "Insufficient Memory" error. Looking this up since I have plenty of RAM, I found out that it was caused by the destination path greater than 254 characters in length. So I changed the folder to C:\x\ and it was then shorter than 254 characters and the error message no longer popped up, so i have some data on this external that is of long destination paths.It seems Xcopy does give warning beeps. Could these be when it finds existing destination FILES?

It doesn't make any noise here:

Code: [Select]@echo off
md testabc
echo abc >testabc\test.tmp
copy testabc\test.tmp .
xcopy test.tmp testabc\
pause
del testabc\test.tmp
del test.tmp
rd testabc
You'd THINK that Googling for e.g. "Xcopy beep" or "Xcopy beeps when" would shed some light, but I couldn't find much. An OS/2 cmd script I found had this:


/* Check if filespec exists to avoid xcopy beeps */
IF \FileExist( FileName) THEN
LEAVE

also I believe there have been a number of Xcopy versions for Windows; I wonder if some beep and some don't?

It seems that Xcopy and Robocopy do sometimes beep and this has puzzled a number of people:

Quote

The beeps that are sometimes heard when robocopy is running seem to correspond to situations when a file that has a name that is too long or has characters that are not recognized by the operating system.

It has been suggested that the beep is just the operating system echoing a character that is represented by a sound, there will be many of these in a given file. This is more likely to be related to the file name as the contents of the file is not echoed during copy.

The beeps that are sometimes heard when robocopy is running seem to correspond to situations when a file that has a name that is too long or has characters that are not recognized by the operating system.

It has been suggested that the beep is just the operating system echoing a character that is represented by a sound, there will be many of these in a given file. This is more likely to be related to the file name as the contents of the file is not echoed during copy.

Quote from: Jayell

I stated at the time that I didn't want to get too far into this but here I am anyway.

I'd be a LIAR if I said I hadn't at least wondered about scripts.

hi, im writing a really simple autoexec.bat to go on a dos boot disk. I would like to KNOW if there is a command that when USED in a batch file; will WAIT until enter is pressed or space or something and then carry on, because you need to put in NTFSdos on disc after the dos boot disc to carry on properly booting.
thanksYou can use the PAUSE command. Your batch file will sit and wait until you hit a keyboard key.

Thanks, that sounds about right! And, if you don't want the "Press any key to continue . . ." displayed on your screen, you can type PAUSE > NULL and "Press any key to continue . . ." won't display on your screen. (In case you want to WRITE your own personal message.)

Does anyone know how to make a GOTO LABLE comand work only once in a batch file.

Its like this:

p=c:\windows\system\
:start
del %p%bob.exe
p=c:\windows\system32\
goto start

Is there a way of making it go up to the start and when it READS down to 'goto start' and skip it. instead of me writing it out agein like this:

p=c:\windows\system\
del %p%bob.exe
p=c:\windows\system32\
del %p%bob.exeDoesnt matter, i FOUND a way but its a bit complicated.

Um, I would love to help you, but you NEED to be more specific. Exactly, what do you need? Because, this is what I THINK you're SAYING:

"I need to know the history of what my COMPUTER's been doing because my friend wrecked it somehow, and I want to know what Tech Support will do to it."

Is this about right?

I am trying to correctly use the ATTRIB command in MS dos. I keep getting a message that says: "Parameter format not correct". I am trying to open a file that is locked, and ATTRIB seems to be the only method of opening it, but I cannot get it to WORK. Here is exactly what I TYPE:
>>attrib -r -a -h -s C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures [BRANDON] /s
that command should allow me to open the file, but it says my parameter is incorrect. Please tell me what I am doing wrong and tell me EXACTLY what I need to type instead, tell me what spaces I need and dont need, and such. PLEASE HELP!!!!The first four attributes are fine, but the path to the file is a mess. First of all who or what is a [Brandon]? Owner is a variable that should be SET equal to the login name of the user.

Only use the /s switch if you need to drill down the directory tree looking for matches.

If you would post a specific file name, perhaps someone could give you exactly what you need.

Hope this helps. "Brandon" is the file I need to open but is locked, hence the reason I am trying to perform ATTRIB prompt.Code: [Select]
attrib -r -a -h -s "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Brandon"


If Brandon has no extension then the code is fine as written otherwise add it within the quotes. If Brandon has those [] around the name you will need to include them too.

If the word Owner is a literal value in the path then you're OK, otherwise replace it with a real value or use the %UserName% variable.

The /s switch is usually USED with wild cards to drill down the directory. If you don't need it leave it out.

Good luck.

What I have been trying to do is export a .txt file with all files / directories from B then input each line as a variable

(basiclly B is a direct mirror copy of A).

Since you appear to be using Windows 7, try ROBOCOPY with the /MIR option.

e.g.

Code: [Select]ROBOCOPY A B /MIR

We use a script to AUTOMATE the reboot of our servers. The script is run from the task manager with a parameter that indicates the number of times the routine should run before it quits. So it's CALLED like this: serverrebootscript.bat 100

The script starts like this:

Code: [SELECT]@echo off
If "%1"=="" GOTO ERROR
set E2=0
set E1=0
set E0=0
goto firstrun

:firstrun
query session >sessions.txt
FIND "Active"<sessions.txt
IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO loop

:loop
echo Users logged on, checking retry limit
echo Incrementing retry count
:E0
if %E0%==9 goto E1
if %E0%==8 set E0=9
if %E0%==7 set E0=8
if %E0%==6 set E0=7
if %E0%==5 set E0=6
if %E0%==4 set E0=5
if %E0%==3 set E0=4
if %E0%==2 set E0=3
if %E0%==1 set E0=2
if %E0%==0 set E0=1
goto DONE
:E1
set E0=0
if %E1%==9 goto E2
if %E1%==8 set E1=9
if %E1%==7 set E1=8
if %E1%==6 set E1=7
if %E1%==5 set E1=6
if %E1%==4 set E1=5
if %E1%==3 set E1=4
if %E1%==2 set E1=3
if %E1%==1 set E1=2
if %E1%==0 set E1=1
goto DONE
:E2
set E1=0
if %E2%==9 set E2=0
if %E2%==8 set E2=9
if %E2%==7 set E2=8
if %E2%==6 set E2=7
if %E2%==5 set E2=6
if %E2%==4 set E2=5
if %E2%==3 set E2=4
if %E2%==2 set E2=3
if %E2%==1 set E2=2
if %E2%==0 set E2=1
goto DONE
:DONE
If "%E2%%E1%%E0%"=="%1" GOTO RetryLimit

I think all of the "E" business above is a counter but I don't understand how it works so I'm hoping someone can explain it to me.

I'm also interested in knowing if I can replace all of that using something like this:

Code: [Select]SET /A Counter=0
goto firstrun

:firstrun
query session >sessions.txt
FIND "Active"<sessions.txt
IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO loop

:loop
SET /A Counter +=1
goto DONE

:DONE
IF "%1" EQU %COUNTER% GOTO RetryLimit

I've left an awful lot of the script out and just focused on the section I want to replace so if you notice holes in the script or things that could be written differently . . . I agree . For right now I'm just interested in learning about the "E" section.

Thanks for the help,

MJA word preceeded by a colon ":" indicates a flag/label/marker (people call them different things, I think Microsoft calls them labels) This works with the "goto" and "call" commands, and allows you to chunk your script.
Code: [Select]goto :blue
CODE1

:blue
CODE2

exit
When you get to 'goto :blue' it will skip down to the line ":blue" and then CONTINUE. This will skip whatever CODE1 is.

Code: [Select]call :Green
CODE1

exit
:Green
CODE2
goto :eof
In this case when you got to 'call :Green' it would skip down to the line ":Green" and continue until it runs into "goto :eof" and then goes back, so you would exicute CODE2 before CODE1. You can also use 'Call :Green' as many times as you wish in your code. It works much like a function in c++ would, but can start without being called (it will walk right past a flag, so be careful where you place them.)

You can replace it with this: Additionally everything in the second block of text does nothing - as there is no logic to do anything else but execute the code at :loop

Code: [Select]@echo off
If "%1"=="" GOTO ERROR

:firstrun
query session >sessions.txt
FIND "Active"<sessions.txt
IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO loop

:loop
echo Users logged on, checking retry limit
echo Incrementing retry count
set /a counter=counter+1
if "%counter%"=="%1" GOTO RetryLimitThank you!

MJ

When I execute my batch COMMAND
Code: [Select]PATH "C:\Program Files\folder\"
gui.exe -u username -p password -m Hostname -vp "View Point"

START /max IEXPLORE www.google.ca
It opens up the gui program and the code seems to stop there but does not OPEN up my IE until I close the 1st program then my batch continue to the next line and then open up the IE.

I would like it to open up the 1st program, then continue to the next line and open up my IE.

Any comments or suggestions is greatly appreciate.

tks

Use "START" to run gui.exewow, this is so embarrassing.

thank you Oldun.Quote from: locbtran on January 26, 2010, 05:55:19 PM

When I execute my batch command

gui.exe -u username -p password -m Hostname -vp "View Point"

hello, i was wondering, is there a way to GET a list of all current DRIVES under dos? Have a comp here without windows installed and having difficulty accessing which drive is the cd-rom... doesnt appear to be D:....Well, I can't FIND any commands of that nature, but If you type A:, then B:, C:, D:, E:, F:, one of them should do it. It's a bit long, but it should work. PERHAPS DOS doesn't "see" the CD-ROM. Did you have it before?no

Since the date of the second Wednesday of the month changes every month I am unsure of how to reference this day of the month so I can set it equal to a variable. My plan is to add the logic to a script I run every day to maintain the servers. Instead of manually running a Windows Updates check after Patch Tuesday I want my script to determine if it is the right time in the month to fetch updates.

So . . . how can I set a variable equal to the second Wednesday of every month?

Thanks,

MJGet the day, if it's Wednesday then check if the day of the month is between 8 and 14 (inclusive). If it is, bingo!

Untested.A clever solution. Thank you. Is there anything native or a CMD tool that you know of that does this?@echo off
Set SecondWed=False
Echo wscript.echo weekdayname(weekday(Date()), False) ^& "," ^& day(date) ^& "," ^& monthname(month(date),False) > DayDate.vbs
For /f "tokens=1,2,3 delims=," %%A in ('cscript //nologo DayDate.vbs') do (
Set DayName=%%A
Set DayDate=%%B
Set MonthName=%%C
)
Echo Today is %DayName% %DayDate% %MonthName%
If "%DayName%"=="Wednesday" (
If %DayDate% gtr 7 (
If %DayDate% lss 15 (
Set SecondWed=True
)
)
)
Echo Is second Wednesday: %SecondWed%
If "%SecondWed%"=="False" goto End

REM From here to :End will only be executed on the
REM target day

Echo Today is the second Wednesday of the month

:End





%date% holds the date, from there you can do some veriable arrangement to find it.

for me (could be diffrent format for you) %date% = Mon 09/09/2013

Code: [Select]
:find_2nd_Wed
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%A in ("%date%") do (
set a=%%A
set b=%%B
)
for /f "tokens=2 delims=\" %%A in ("%b%") do set b=%%B
set /a b+=0

if "%a%"=="Mon" set /a b+=2
if "%a%"=="Tues" set /a b+=1
if "%a%"=="Thur" set /a b+=6
if "%a%"=="Fri" set /a b+=5
if "%a%"=="Sat" set /a b+=4
if "%a%"=="Sun" set /a b+=3

:loop.1
if not %a% GTR 14 (
if not %a% LSS 8 set day=%a%
) else (
goto :loop.1
)

set a=
set b=
goto :eof
This is untested, and some of the day names may be off. But it gives the general IDEA of I was trying to convey.
Quote from: Lemonilla on September 09, 2013, 02:12:51 PM

could be diffrent format for you

i accidently hit restart ms-dos and when i turn on my computer it SAYS C:/windows and i DONT know what to TYPE to get it to WORK agian.win <enter>

I want to use BATCH files to allow a Yes/no prompt e.g. "Do you wish to continue? (Y/N)" but I am having trouble. I saw the CHOICE command, and tried it, but since I am using Version 5.1, I can't use it. This site says the SET command can be used the same way, but I can't figure out how to use the SET command in the same way. It doesn't seem to fit what the CHOICE command is capable of. And I don't know how to write code like this: I'm not a genius PROGRAMMER! Can anyone please tell me how to use SET this way?Code: [Select]
set /p var=promptstring


Use the %var% variable in your batch file as needed. Note: Choice only allowed ONE byte responses and used errorlevels. Set does not use errorlevels and response lengths are only limited by the size of the environment space.

Hope this helps. Well, I don't get BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME anymore, but what comes after that line? I'm just learning, so I'm building a TEST.BAT. I want to make it so when you type 1, you GOTO 1, then 2, and so on. Could you please type up a sample text with such a SET command? I apologize, but I haven't used DOS for 12 years.This is about as simple as it gets. Perfect for a Wednesday afternoon.

Code: [Select]
@echo off
set /p var=Enter Option
goto %var%
:1
echo 1
goto end
:2
echo 2
goto end
:3
echo 3
goto end
:4
echo 4
:end


Good luck. Boy, I am a newbie, after all!

I looked at an example of SET and it said a bunch of stuff about things I could never remember. This is much easier. Thanks!

My lack of understanding just might have something to do with the fact I'm 14. Oh, well. Back to the typing board.Quote

I apologize, but I haven't used DOS for 12 years.

My lack of understanding just might have something to do with the fact I'm 14

Hey guys,

i need some help with this issue. I already searched around, but couldn't find the proper SOLUTION to my problem:
I want my batchfile to create a shortcut to another batchfile with the same path on the desktop. The point is i don't want static paths as i would like to redistribute this "creator". I would like to focus on possibilities that are IMPLEMENTED in WinXP. shortcut.exe doesn't exist on my system and this VBS stuff seems to be a good alternative except that i don't know the substitudes for the path in which the scipt exist and i'm not sure in general how the code should look like. It would be really cool if you can solve the issue by only using a batch file.

Best regards,
Serious.RayWell for the path, use this:
"%userprofile%\Desktop\FILE.BAT"

and then in the VBS (a better solution in case some computers do have shortcut.exe and some don't) would require those enviroment variables added in somehow. Ok thx for this, but the .bat files are located like this:

D:\Program Files\Game\shortcutproducer.bat
D:\Program Files\Game\launcher.bat

Want-to-have:
%userprofile%\Desktop\launcher.lnk

Shortcutproducer is supposed to make a shortcut (launcher.lnk) on the desktop to launcher.bat which is in the same folder as shortcutproducer.bat. So the target path for the shortcut is the same as in which shortcutproducer.bat and launcher are in: D:\Program Files\Game\. This path should be auto detected and used.A batch file might work?


C:\Documents and Settings\Bill Richardson\Desktop>type launch.bat

Code: [Select]@echo off
E:
CD "Program Files\Game"
dir /b

call shortcutproducer.bat

dir /b

call launcher.bat
C:

cd %profileuser%/desktop
Output:

C:\Documents and Settings\Bill Richardson\Desktop> launch.bat
launcher.bat
shortcutproducer.bat
Hello, This is shortcutproducer.bat
launcher.bat
shortcutproducer.bat
Hello, This is launcher.bat

C:\Documents and Settings\Bill Richardson\Desktop>Shortcut.exe is part of the NT Server Resource Kit. It's about 11MB which is a lot of overhead for a single program. I could not find a reputable site for the single program download.

An alternative is VBScript which comes with Windows and is much more elegant than any batch file could ever hope to be.

Code: [Select]set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"
oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"
oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop
oShellLink.Save

Fill in the values as needed (they are the same as if you right clicked the desktop and created a shortcut manually). Currently the script will create a shortcut to Notepad on the desktop which uses the user path to the desktop and will change from machine to machine.

Good luck.

Thanks. After additionally searching for the "current directory" stuff i was ABLE to finish my vbscript:

Code: [Select]set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
strCurrentDirectory = WshShell.CurrentDirectory
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Game Launcher.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = strCurrentDirectory & "\launcher.bat"
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
oShellLink.IconLocation = strCurrentDirectory & "\game.ico, 0"
oShellLink.Description = "Game Launcher"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strCurrentDirectory
oShellLink.Save
So the variables i was searching for can be obtained like this:

Code: [Select]set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
strCurrentDirectory = WshShell.CurrentDirectory

I have an MS SQL query that outputs a .txt file containing a 6 character numerical string in the first line, STARTING at pos 1.
If the query has no result the output will be whitespaces in the 1st line in the 7 first POSITIONS in the same .txt file (and for some reason a 2nd line with lots of whitespaces).

I've run into problems since the string in pos 1-6 in 1st line of the .txt file is used as input string to another application that goes bananas if I put null/whitespace into it.

How can I check if the .txt file actually has 6 numerical CHARACTERS in the first line at pos 1-6?

I'd appreciate any help... Code: [Select]set /p "var="<"file.txt"
if "%var%"==" " echo seven spaces were found.Thanks foxidrive...it's ALWAYS so easy once you see the code...

Have a great DAY

Dear all,

Can you please help me in creating a batch file, to delete directory and subfolder files.


Thank you,
puli,
Sys adminHave you had a look at the help ?
Type help at the command promptQuote from: puli.sysadmin on January 25, 2010, 03:47:29 AM

"Can you please help me in creating a batch file,
to delete directory and subfolder files."

My nephew has created a 'virtual' machine within 'XP'to allow me to use DOS6.22 any own 'Q.Basic SOFTWARE. My computer has USB ports and a paralllel PORT (LPT 1). My INKJET printer has a USB plug. How can I get this printer to print from Q.Basic as WELL as from my Windows Office applications? (Assuming that there is a way)Im not familiar with the way virtual machines work, but you could save the source file as ASCII (Save /A I think, its been a while) to a LOCATION accessible by your main pc and print it from there

Hey all;

I'd like to write a batch file (not good with powershell or the wmic command) that reads a TEXT file for computer names, then runs the sc.exe command against each one then builds a list (csv) file that looks like "computername, running or computername, stopped". I greatly appreciate any help.

cfowlerDumping the output from this command to a file is easy with adding >> to the END of the command followed by the file you want the output to go to. But if you want this data in a structure that will be clean to work with in CSV format in excel etc, you will have to clean it up with another routine to refine it.

so if you add >>Output.csv to the end of the instruction it will redirect the output which is normally to the user display to be written appended to the csv file. So after it is run on say 5 systems, you would have a list of info written to this csv. But it will be just as it is presented on a display but DUMPED as raw text to a csv file that has no DELIMITER to import clean to a spreadsheet.

If you just want to GENERATE a report to see which computers have services active or inactive you can just append the redirected output to a text File such as adding >>Output.txt to the end of the line that has the instruction to check for service running.Already capable of that - run the command from the command prompt manually against every machine - no thank you - over 1500 machines. Not looking for the appending command, looking for the way to employ a loop, if anyone can share that knowledge it would be greatly appreciated.Code: [Select]For /f "delims=" %%A in ('type "FILENAME_HERE") do
SC ....... >>output.txt
)
%%A is the name of the computer.

where FILENAME_HERE is formatted thus:
Code: [Select]Computer1
Computer2
Computer3
Computer4
Computer5
Computer6
Computer7
Quote from: cfowler on September 06, 2013, 09:49:56 AM

I'd like to write a batch file (not good with powershell or the wmic command) that reads a text file for computer names, then runs the sc.exe command against each one then builds a list (csv) file that looks like "computername, running or computername, stopped". I greatly appreciate any help.

"computername, running or computername, stopped"

What information do you want? I don't think you have specified the task properly.

I need to execute a batch file on a set of other PC's from my work station. How do I write the batch file so that it executes on the remote pc rather than on my station?I have been FRUSTRATED by this myself. Apparently if the PC's are members of a WORKGROUP you cannot REMOTELY execute jobs. If the PC's are on a DOMAIN you can provided:

Quote

Before you can launch a script remotely, the system on which it runs has to be
configured to support remote scripting. This requires that Windows Script Host
5.6 be installed on the remote machine, that the user launching the remote
script be a MEMBER of the remote machine’s Local Administrators group, and
that remote scripting be enabled in the registry.

I use the following XCOPY syntax to backup to an external HDD:

xcopy /h /i /c /s /e /y C:\"Documents and Settings"\*.* G:\Backup\ /d


Q. How can I create an error log?

Q. How can I log files changed / new files copied?This code may work:

set log=c:\xcopy.log
set error=c:\xcopy.error.log
echo %DATE% %time% >> %log%
echo %date% %time% >> %error%
xcopy "c:\mirc\*.*" c:\test\ /c/y/i/e/v/f >> %log% 2>> %error%

[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]It works!

Q. What does the 2 >> mean?

Q. Can I put another 3 >> %user% behind it?DOS commands allocate devices for it's output. STDOUT which is USED generally for INFORMATIONAL messages that record the programs PROGRESS and STDERROR which is used for errors. By using >> %log%, you redirected the STDOUT data STREAM to whatever device %log% defined; by using 2>> %error% you redirected the STDERROR data stream to whatever device %error% defined.

I am not aware of a third device, but DOS can be quirky, so you never know.

Hope this helps.

Thanks......... Thanks........ sorry 2 post
Do any of you have any suggestions ( aparentlly this one is stupid ) for an OSwhile the whole concept is a tad unreasonable, I was specifically referring to to "converting batch to C++" as if they actually have ANYTHING in common... and then you go on to quote the main reason being that C++ is "standalone" which suggests your not very familar with C++ or PROGRAMMING languages in general.

And, of course, no real understanding of what an OS is. What your saying is, to you, like saying you'll build a SCALE model to test FIRST because it's easier, but what you don't realize is that you simply cannot make that scale model with the tools you propose; and even if you are able to make a basic interface program you will still be faced with the inevitable truth that it has no practical purpose. trust me, been there. One of my first "batch" projects. Of course I had the added advantage of knowing that what I was creating was not really an OS.

Thank you for explaining that.... well what do I do now, I've run out of Ideasthe first 500 prime numbers that are palindromes?

So I am trying to rewrite one of my batch scripts in vbs to learn, and I have run into a problem. I don't know how to write this section in a different color (other than black). I tried wscript.font.color(0,255,0) which I found somewhere, but It didn't work. Any advice would be great.

Code: [Select]dim m(2),TODAY,dow,wim,mNAME,Mend(2),Dayy
dim cd
cd = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetAbsolutePathName(".")

today=day(date)
dayy=day(date)
m(0)=month(date)-1
m(1)=month(date)
m(2)=month(date)+1
mNAME=MonthName(m(1))
dow=weekday(date)

if m(0) = 1 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 2 then Mend(0)=28
if m(0) = 3 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 4 then Mend(0)=30
if m(0) = 5 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 6 then Mend(0)=30
if m(0) = 7 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 8 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 9 then Mend(0)=30
if m(0) = 10 then Mend(0)=31
if m(0) = 11 then Mend(0)=30
if m(0) = 12 then Mend(0)=31

if m(2) = 1 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 2 then Mend(2)=28
if m(2) = 3 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 4 then Mend(2)=30
if m(2) = 5 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 6 then Mend(2)=30
if m(2) = 7 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 8 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 9 then Mend(2)=30
if m(2) = 10 then Mend(2)=31
if m(2) = 11 then Mend(2)=30
if m(2) = 12 then Mend(2)=31

Do Until dayy=1
If dow = 1 Then
Do Until dow=1
dayy=dayy-1
dow=dow-1
Loop
Else
dayy=dayy-1
dow=7
End If
Loop


Do Until dayy=Mend
' Read File h.txt To Find Holiday Date
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(cd & "\h.txt", 1)
dim working
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
working = objFile.ReadLine
a = Split("" & working & "", ":",-1,1)
wscript.echo(a(0) & "," & a(1) & "," & a(2)) '* This is the LINE I want to color.
Loop
objFile.Close
' READ.END

'''MORE CODE TO COME'''
Loop
You cannot colorize the console with native VBScript code. A messy workaround would be to launch your VBScript from a batch file and use the color command to colorize the console WINDOW. Only scripts using the CScript engine have access to the console (STDIN, STDERR, STDOUT).

If you have any of the Microsoft Office programs installed, you can put your output in say, an Excel worksheet or a Word document where you can change fonts and colors using the Excel or Word builtin methods and/or properties.

HTML Applications (VBScript wrapped with HTML) would work but they are designed to create their own window where your output would go. HTML Applications (HTA file extension) have no access to the console.

If you have the time and the patience, you can use Powershell. The Write-Host cmdlet (used for output to the console) has both foreground and BACKGROUND color parameters.

RootDir > Test1Dir > MyFile.txt

Would result in a filename "RootDirTest1DirMyFile.txt"

The batchfile would need to convert all files in RootDir.

Any help really appreciated.

Thanks all. The difficult thing to get solved is the automatic scan of the entire directory structure. The batch file would need to start from the root directory, and from that point, scan all subdirectories (multiple levels), search all files in those subdirs, and convert the filenames.

Wouldn't this work?

Hack

Quote from: Ocalabob on April 11, 2013, 12:00:47 PM

Using WIN7 from a command prompt the line below worked for me:

Code: [Select]echo>>FOOT-PRO.TMS

Maybe the teacher expects the file to be modified, but that's not in the spirit of the task.

I cant wait till class tuesday to find out her magic answer

I am looking for a DOS emulator that will run with Windows 7. I need to run some DOS BASED accounting software and need to print financial statements. Software I have tried in the past would not allow me to print. Does anyone have any recommendations? It probably matters which printer is specified in the DOS software - not all printer drivers will be emulated.We use local printers that are attached to our CPUs. All of our printers are DOS compatible. Do you think I would need different emulators for the various printers we use? You could try DOS Box. Even though the MegaBuild VERSION is obsolete (no support or updates), with a few changes to the configuration file and mapping the LPT1 device to the remote printer, I've been able to use a legacy 16-bit financial program (including printing checks) with no problems. For a local printer:

Code: [Select]Edit config file DOSBOX Megabuild like this

#parallel1=file append:C:\Users\user\filename.txt

Change to

parallel1=file dev:lpt1

You shouldn't have to CAPTURE the port (map LPT1). After installation, editing the config file will be a entry on your DOSBOX program entry on the start menu.

Good luck.

Quote from: dawnmattia on September 17, 2013, 07:43:15 AM

We use local printers that are attached to our CPUs. All of our printers are DOS compatible. Do you think I would need different emulators for the various printers we use?

Hello EVERYONE. My computer died after INSTALLING a driver for an xbox 360 wired controller. I need to how to CREATE a partition without losing any data USING command prompt and am unable to FIND anything on google so far. Can anyone help me?

Good afternoon to all, may I please ask for some help.

I have over 1000 folders named differently by date which contain the same number of text files all with the same NAME. I want to EXTRACT the same file from each different folder and CREATE the same folder structure somewhere else, however each folder only containing that particular file.

What I have

Folder1 -&GT; a,b,c,d
Folder2 -> a,b,c,d
Folder3 -> a,b,c,d
Folder4 -> a,b,c,d

What I want
Folder1 -> b
Folder2 -> b
Folder3 -> b
Folder4 -> b

I tried using a for loop in DOS together with the XCOPY command however I am not managing, any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

NoelDoes this do what you want?

Code: [SELECT]xcopy "c:\folder1\b" "d:\backup\" /s

My PEN drive has got infected with ffffffff.fff. I have scanned it with Microsoft security essential and QUICK heal (PAID) antivirus scanners but it is still in pen drive.

Please help to REMOVE it.Post in MALWARE section of this site.

I hope someone can help me to GET the messages from DOS, when using the "NET USE" command NOT on my screen.

I made a program in FOXPRO 2.5 (DOS) and my screen is completely gone when i use "NET USE"

Does sombody has an awnser??

HarryIf you want to stop all output from NET USE, you can add ' 1>nul 2>&AMP;1' after it.

EDIT: you do mean command prompt, not DOS right?Quote from: [emailprotected] on April 13, 2013, 08:28:37 AM

I made a program in FOXPRO 2.5 (DOS) and my screen is completely gone when i use "NET USE"