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wenever i type 'atmadm' command in my dos PLATFORM i get the foillowing message:




even wen i type my help command, i do get the same answer....

plzz...help..you get a blank message? If the message was blank, it wouldn't be a message .Quote from: BatchFileCommand on December 31, 2008, 01:08:07 PM

If the message was blank, it wouldn't be a message .

wenever i type 'atmadm' command in my dos platform i get the foillowing message:




even wen i type my help command, i do get the same answer....

plzz...help..

to put it simply, nonexistence is different from inexistence.

in·ex·is·tent

adj.

Having no existence; nonexistent.

inexistence

noun

absence of existence : nonexistence

Quote from: BC_Programmer

to put it simply, nonexistence is different from inexistence.

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in·ex·is·tent

adj.

Having no existence; nonexistent.

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inexistence

noun

absence of existence : nonexistence

Care to expand on that?

If we're going to get pedantic, I was always taught to refer to "the" null string, ("") rather than "a". Like "the" empty set {}. Two sets are equal if they have the same elements; therefore there can be only one set with no elements. Hence there is but one empty set, and we speak of "the empty set" rather than "an empty set." Dunno if that helps the OP with his or her problem, but hey!

Just to refresh some peoples memories, the OP wrote this. Note the four blank lines after "following message:", which I semi humorously took to be the "message". Now look what I've started!

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wenever i type 'atmadm' command in my dos platform i get the foillowing message:




even wen i type my help command, i do get the same answer....

plzz...help..

Ignoring the fact that the post has set off my "plzz help" phobia, there is not much to go on here without further input from the OP, which I somehow doubt will be forthcoming.


Quote from: BC_Programmer

to put it simply, nonexistence is different from inexistence.

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in·ex·is·tent

adj.

Having no existence; nonexistent.

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inexistence

noun

absence of existence : nonexistence

Care to expand on that?

IN- as a prefix is based on the latin word IN meaning not. Nonexistant is just an easier way of saying inexistant.

I have a few questions...

1. What is the 'errorlevel'? I.E. if %errorlevel%==0 (

2. What are parenthesis for? I.E if %errorlevel%==0 >>>>>>(<<<<<<

3. What is /i and /m and /n for? I know /p is User input and /a is arithmetic.

4. What is ) else ( used for?

5. What's the code to make a log and where to place it?

Heh, thanks!1. What is the 'errorlevel'? I.E. if %errorlevel%==0 (

if a command or program finished without error, %errorlevel%=0, a nonzero value MEANS there was an error.

2. What are parenthesis for? I.E if %errorlevel%==0 >>>>>>(<<<<<<

For grouping.

3. What is /i and /m and /n for? I know /p is User input and /a is arithmetic.

Don't know what you mean. /i /m /n are not switches for SET.

4. What is ) else ( used for?

It is obvious:

if something==something else (
do this thing
) else (
do that thing
)

5. What's the code to make a log and where to place it?

echo some text >> c:\logs\logfile.txt


You SERIOUSLY NEED to do some reading and studying.

Quote from: Dias de verano on January 09, 2009, 04:33:15 PM

You SERIOUSLY need to do some reading and studying.

I have a few questions...

1. What is the 'errorlevel'? I.E. if %errorlevel%==0 (

2. What are parenthesis for? I.E if %errorlevel%==0 >>>>>>(<<<<<<

3. What is /i and /m and /n for? I know /p is User input and /a is arithmetic.

4. What is ) else ( used for?

5. What's the code to make a log and where to place it?

Heh, thanks!

Code: [Select]F:\\ \Batch Files

He said ( and ) are used for grouping, why'd you use grouping?

Quote from: Dias de verano on January 09, 2009, 04:33:15 PM

You SERIOUSLY need to do some reading and studying.

Seconded. A lot of info can be found in the documentation (can't remember, think it might have been a separate download)

It's not much right now, but it should be close to finnishing. I just ran into a problem where when I tried to backup a file, I only GET 1 line of text. This must be a really easy solution, I know that I know it, it's one of those tip of my tongue things. Here's the code.

Code: [Select]@echo off
title File Backup Program
:loop
Echo Backup which file? Include extension and path.
SET /p file=
if not exist %file% echo File not found! & Pause & Cls & Goto loop
set /p backup=<%file%
echo %backup%
pause
I only got this far, because I've been debugging as I go.well found one error:
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Backup which file? Include extension and path.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Just Basic Programs\sysstat.txt
'and' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Press any key to continue . . .

Backup which file? Include extension and path.
C:\Temp\list.txt
3 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Press any key to continue . . .

well found one error:
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Backup which file? Include extension and path.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Just Basic Programs\sysstat.txt
'and' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Press any key to continue . . .

but it doesnt happen all the time. i tried this next:
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Backup which file? Include extension and path.
C:\Temp\list.txt
3 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Press any key to continue . . .

dont know if thats supposed to happen or just a bug.

but thats the bugs i found so far.

Hope this helped
,Nick(macdad-)

if the path has spaces the variable needs quotes...

Code: [Select]set /p file=
if not exist "%file%" echo File not found! & Pause & Cls & Goto loop
set backup=<"%file%"
echo %backup%

FB

I think i know what you mean now, for DOS to 'read' a file use the type command:

Code: [Select]set /p file=
if not exist "%file%" echo File not found! & Pause & Cls & Goto loop
type "%file%"
No. That will DISPLAY the contents of the file. My intentions were to
1. SET %backup% as the contents of the file
2. Echo %backup%>%file%.txt
FB

No. That will DISPLAY the contents of the file. My intentions were to
1. SET %backup% as the contents of the file
2. Echo %backup%>%file%.txt

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No. That will DISPLAY the contents of the file. My intentions were to
1. SET %backup% as the contents of the file
2. Echo %backup%>%file%.txt

The premise to #1 is wrong. Any reason you cannot use the copy command to copy the file?

Note: By requesting the user to enter path and extension, be aware that %file%.txt will resolve to a file name with multiple dots.

I mean SET %backup% to be the contents of the file. And for 2, I did that for a reason.

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I mean SET %backup% to be the contents of the file. And for 2, I did that for a reason.

Redirection can copy a single line from a file into a variable, not the entire contents of the file.

Concatenation will strip off the carriage returns/line feeds, resulting in an output file that is mis-aligned.

Why can't you use copy?



Note: Most Windows scripting languages have an instruction which can get the contents of a file into a variable. Have you considered VBScript as a solution?

I guess I could copy, then rename to a different extension, but I want to put more than one file into a single file.

Okay I need to find; Code: [Select]X983493853CC£$£FGG$In a text file, and delete it.
Or
Delete the first line of a text file.

I am not sure how to use vbs in batch, but if you are willing to tell then what would be great.

Thank you.I'm not sure replacing a string with nulls actually deletes the line. There MIGHT be that pesky carriage return/line feed to deal with.

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strPath = "file.txt"
strFind = "find text" & VbCrLf Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set iFile = objFso.OpenTextFile(strPath, 1, vbFalse)
strData = iFile.ReadAll iFile.Close strData = Replace(strData, strFind, "")
Set oFile = objFso.OpenTextFile(strPath, 2, vbFalse) oFile.Write(strData)

oFile.Close

Do I have to run the .vbs script through command prompt, and if so how do i do that?

I was wondering if it's possible to SET something in a batch, as the TYPE of a file. I know that trying to do this, only gets the first line of the file:
Set contents=
So, how would I set it as the entire contents of the file.
use multiple variables and for /f

@echo off
set int=0
for /f "tokens=1*" %%a in (file.txt) do (
call set /a int=%%int%%+1
call set int.%%int%%=%%a%%b
)Code: [Select] for /f "delims=" %%i in ('type C:\path to file\file.txt') do (set contents=%%i)

FBI thought we went 10 rounds with this question. The fact is you can't.

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@echo off
set int=0
for /f "tokens=1*" %%a in (file.txt) do (
call set /a int=%%int%%+1
call set int.%%int%%=%%a%%b
)

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('type C:\path to file\file.txt') do (set contents=%%i)

Why do you need to do this and have you considered using VBScript or even Powershell which have instructions for just this very purpose?

The school also doesn't allow downloading unauthorized software, so you can rule that out...

I'm trying to compress the file. There is a way to compress, then decompress the file using the set function

If this snippet is helpful, great! If not perhaps you could explain how you would use set to compress a file.

would be to change whole words, "the" for example, into one-letter phrase...say "t". I'm also using this code for a censor in another batch project.

So there's no confusion, but can anyone solve this problem?

Quote from: Sidewinder on January 18, 2009, 06:57:14 PM

Did you set FNAME variable to the label of a file on your system?

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Tried the script...Just ECHOS %fname% then closes

There is no echo %fname% instruction in the script. I'm as surprised as you!

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but for a secret that has to remain vetween my friend and I, I can't reveal the complete reason why I actually need each line as a variable (one reason that I'm allowed to talk about is what I said before, my other script gets jumpy).

&LT;sigh> Still compressing/decompressing files?

The first block of the script count the records in the file

The second block subtracts 30 from the recordcount and either loads the array from the file (recordcount - 30 is negative) or skips recordcount - 30 records before loading the array

The third block lists out the contents of the array

I can't duplicate your error. There may have been an error when you copied/pasted the code into your editor.



Batch code does cloak and dagger. Who knew?

EDIT: Code works...almost. It will echo each and every line, and if there is more than 30, doesn't show the first lines...but how can I get each visible line as a variable???

1. I'm trying to get the contents, and set each line as a variable.
2. If the linecount exceeds a certain amount (30 for example) delete the first line and move everything up a line.

I need to be able to remove a certain line at will (or automatically if its the first line and there are 31 lines) without directly modifying the text file.

Hamlet? 0x2B | ~ 0x2B

You don't need a variable for each line, you need a counter.

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You don't need a variable for each line, you need a counter.

I told him this days ago.

I will answer all the questions ... again ....

I searched for for nulgoto

I searched for >>

The program is fully debugged as I go. I added a section and kaboom!

Turning echo on would be useless as seeing it would EXIT before I could see anything.

On the other hand I could take pictures until I get a picture of the program while echos on .

I already said that I was exaggerating about people stealing the code. I still have 30kb to go before we get to that point (currently 20kb).

But just as an example of code that has been stolen. There's this one program that locks folders. The guy gave out the code and now I see tons of the same code and they all claim it's theirs (The code didn't even work). Oh, and some kid copied the program. Then he gave it too his buddies and so on.



EDIT: Dias YOU'RE A GENIUS! The new section I made has 142 labels. I have many labels yet to come!

EDIT 2:It worked!Quote

The new section I made has 142 labels. I have many labels yet to come!

you show your beginnership with almost every post.

Quote from: BC_programmer

you show your beginnership with almost every post.

"almost"?

Especially when you haven't heard of basic programming principles/practices.

How?

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Especially when you haven't heard of basic programming principles/practices.

How?

What is KISS university. Or is that just slang for something I would never know .

Thank goodness I'm not an alumni of KISS university.

I bet you are. What a slacker! Wasting your time posting messages on the internet. You're like 25 years old.

Code: [Select] break;
case WM_COMMAND:
break;


}

}

That's not batch file. Because in batch files you don't have methods like that ( but you do have grouping). I'm not sure but I'm going to say
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Code: [Select] break;
case WM_COMMAND:
break;


}

}

That's you key ( I think). Just a guess.

Quote from: BatchFileCommand on January 19, 2009, 07:47:07 PM

Thank goodness I'm not an alumni of KISS university.

I bet you are. What a slacker! Wasting your time posting messages on the internet. You're like 25 years old.

"Keep It Simple, Stupid"

I have tried a full scan and it has managed to complete except for this one FILE. I have managed to get 386 active but i have found the error is reading as memory as above and drvspace ooo. I am now tearing hair out as I am silly and didn't make a backup and no floppy drive available. I have tried most of the config things and command .com and it keeps coming up now to scan in WINDOW I don`t know how to switch from the dos to windows.clear as mud try EXPLAINING again where are you at.I am sorry I am not an expert I keep getting the emm 386 memory message although I have managed to get the memory now active when I scan it is still coming up with kernel 386 or SYSTEM ini. I somehow managed to read in the log C:dblspace000 I`m getting in over my head here. Windows 98 second e won`t load in safe mode can only do safe prompt. I beginning to think this pc meant for my little grandson has had it!!!!!! WRONG forum...


This is DOS, not win 98. Even if it's partially related to DOS, you're more likely to get help in the Windows forum...

Does anyone know a code that can count the letters that were enter from a Code: [Select] set /p and then generates each letter into a number, but the number can be converted into the word/phrase again?

BR Many of the posts from the last few days in both the DOS and Programming boards, have information which would be helpful your solution.

What have you got so far?

Well, nevermind I guess. I can't find the file I originally made, LOL.

BRQuote from: BatchRocks on January 19, 2009, 05:04:15 PM

Well, nevermind I guess. I can't find the file I originally made, LOL.

BR

and then generates each letter into a number, but the number can be converted into the word/phrase again

Very good, macdad, but it doesn't do this part

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and then generates each letter into a number, but the number can be converted into the word/phrase again

ok i see what he wants, its kinda like Word to ASCII code and back to Word

Batch is so the wrong language for this kind of thing! If you want to stay with the console, with QBasic or any of its clones, it's a "piece of piss" as we say in England. I know the code wizards will say the more modern languages like C or its children are better, but hey!

Code: [Select]LINE INPUT "Type a sentence:"; sentence$
Slen=LEN(sentence$)
Enc$=""
FOR J=1 to Slen
Char$=MID$(sentence$,j,1)
NUM=ASC(Char$)
HS$=HEX$(NUM)
Enc$=Enc$+HS$
NEXT J
PRINT Enc$
In fact, you could put the loop and everything that is inside it on one line. Like this

Code: [Select]FOR J=1 to Slen:Enc$=Enc$+HEX$(ASC(MID$(sentence$,j,1))):NEXT J
Isn't that great?

Code: [Select]Type a sentence:? Hello world
48656C6C6F20776F726C64

I used FreeBasic, which is, as its name implies, free, and it compiles to .exe files! What more could a budding nerd ask for?

http://www.freebasic.net/

I hope I haven't started something... Or do I?

Why don't you use Visual Basic 2008 Express. 100% free, and can compile to .exe s as well.

I was browsing through this section and I found a script that counts the amount of letters and characters, but only that.

I know the code wizards will say the more modern languages like C or its children are better, but hey!

In fact, you could put the loop and everything that is inside it on one line. Like this
Code: [Select]FOR J=1 to Slen:Enc$=Enc$+HEX$(ASC(MID$(sentence$,j,1))):NEXT J

Hello everybody,

Is it possible to include a mailing step in a DOS batch script?? i.e; On CERTAIN conditions a mail should be sent automatically to the SPECIFIED mail ids.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Prashanth.A simple SEARCH would have turned up this solution

There are other SOLUTIONS, including blat which is free.

Happy mailing.

This is the Winrar command Line I am using..
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"

What i want to do is make it so after each file is put into the archive it is deleted from the source.
but the way winrar does it is, it deletes all of the source files only after 100% successful completion of the whole entire archive..
So is there anyway to make it so winrar deletes each file one by one after each file is successfully put into the archive..??This doesn't really belong here.


BUT...if you post a screenie of exactly what it SAYS in the command line when you type C:\RAR.EXE /? then we might be able to help, or help the people in the software/programs section.It says:
C:\RAR.EXE /? will just show all the command line switches for RAR.EXE same as shown here:
http://joy.debian.net/rar/Manual.html

"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
Creating E:\MEDIA.RAR
List of each file that is being put into the archive.
.
.
.
.
.
Archive completed yada yada..

Sorry if i post this in the wrong section, I didn't know anywhere else to ask this..
Is there a WinRar Support form for this at all, I tried Googling for one but couldn't seem to find one..
So is it not possible then to do what I'm asking..??WinRAR or RAR likely don't support this. You could probably create a batch file that subsequently adds each file to the RAR and deletes it.Code: [Select]RAR 3.70 beta 7 Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal 16 Apr 2007
Registered to Dias

Usage: rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...>
<@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

<Commands>
a Add files to archive <------------------------------------------------ Look here
c Add archive comment
cf Add files comment
ch Change archive parameters
cw Write archive comment to file
d Delete files from archive
e Extract files to current directory
f Freshen files in archive
i[par]=<str> Find string in archives
k Lock archive
l[t,b] List archive [technical, bare]
m[f] Move to archive [files only]
p Print file to stdout
r Repair archive
rc Reconstruct missing volumes
rn Rename archived files
rr[N] Add data recovery record
rv[N] Create recovery volumes
s[name|-] Convert archive to or from SFX
t Test archive files
u Update files in archive
v[t,b] Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
x Extract files with full path

<Switches>
- Stop switches scanning
ac Clear Archive attribute after compression or extraction
ad Append archive name to destination path
ag[FORMAT] Generate archive name using the current date
ao Add files with Archive attribute set
ap<path> Set path inside archive
as Synchronize archive contents
av Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
av- Disable authenticity verification check
c- Disable comments show
cfg- Disable read configuration
cl Convert names to lower case
cu Convert names to upper case
df Delete files after archiving <--------------------------------------- And here
dh Open shared files
ds Disable name sort for solid archive
e[+]<attr> Set file exclude and include attributes
ed Do not add empty directories
en Do not put 'end of archive' block
ep Exclude paths from names
ep1 Exclude base directory from names
ep2 Expand paths to full
ep3 Expand paths to full including the drive letter
f Freshen files
hp[password] Encrypt both file data and headers
id[c,d,p,q] Disable messages
ieml[ADDR] Send archive by email
ierr Send all messages to stderr
ilog[name] Log errors to file (registered versions only)
inul Disable all messages
ioff Turn PC off after completing an operation
isnd Enable sound
k Lock archive
kb Keep broken extracted files
m<0..5> Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
mc<par> Set advanced compression parameters
md<size> Dictionary size in KB (64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 or A-G)
ms[ext;ext] Specify file types to store
mt<threads> Set the number of threads
n<file> Include only specified file
[emailprotected] Read file names to include from stdin
[emailprotected]<list> Include files in specified list file
o+ Overwrite existing files
o- Do not overwrite existing files
oc Set NTFS Compressed attribute
or Rename files automatically
os Save NTFS streams
ow Save or restore file owner and group
p[password] Set password
p- Do not query password
r Recurse subdirectories
r0 Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only
ri<P>[:<S>] Set priority (0-default,1-min..15-max) and sleep time in ms
rr[N] Add data recovery record
rv[N] Create recovery volumes
s[<N>,v[-],e] Create solid archive
s- Disable solid archiving
sc<CHR>[obj] Specify the character set
sfx[name] Create SFX archive
si[name] Read data from standard input (stdin)
sl<size> Process files with size less than specified
sm<size> Process files with size more than specified
t Test files after archiving
ta<date> Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
tb<date> Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
tk Keep original archive time
tl Set archive time to latest file
tn<time> Process files newer than <time>
to<time> Process files older than <time>
ts<m,c,a>[N] Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
u Update files
v Create volumes with size autodetection or list all volumes
v<size>[k,b] Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1]
vd Erase disk contents before creating volume
ver[n] File version control
VN Use the old style volume naming scheme
vp Pause before each volume
w<path> Assign work directory
x<file> Exclude specified file
[emailprotected] Read file names to exclude from stdin
[emailprotected]<list> Exclude files in specified list file
y Assume Yes on all queries
z[file] Read archive comment from file
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
is the same as
"C:\RAR.EXE" a -df -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"

A -DF = M --> it says that in the manual...!!!

-df Delete files after archiving

Move files to archive. This switch in combination with
the command "A" performs the same action as the command "M".

@BC_Programmer
"WinRAR or RAR likely don't support this. You could probably create a batch file that subsequently adds each file to the RAR and deletes it."

I guess that is the only way then or what..??
How would I make a batch code that does that then..??
You would do:

Code: [Select]Start "C:\RAR.EXE" a -df -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
and save it as something.batI dont think you got what i was sayin there Helpmeh..!!

I need to make a batch file that searches a folder for all its files then for each file found it executes this command for it:
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA\Found-Folder\Found-File-1.ext"

So something like this i suppose..??

for /f "delims==" %%D in ('DIR C:\MEDIA /A /B /S') do (
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "%%D"
)

Would something along the lines like that work..??Quote from: gumbaz on January 21, 2009, 09:25:24 AM

Would something along the lines like that work..??

Code: [Select]Set CDO = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
CDO.From = "youremailaddress"
CDO.To = "receipientaddress"
CDO.Subject = "text"
CDO.Textbody = "moretext"
CDO.AddAttachment "attachedfilename"
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "youremailservername"
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Update
CDO.Send

Quote from: Sidewinder on December 06, 2006, 09:32:29 AM

Code: [Select]Set CDO = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
CDO.From = "youremailaddress"
CDO.To = "receipientaddress"
CDO.Subject = "text"
CDO.Textbody = "moretext"
CDO.AddAttachment "attachedfilename"
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "youremailservername"
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25
CDO.Configuration.Fields.Update
CDO.Send

So, if my email was [emailprotected] then I would put that as CDO.From, and "youremailservername" would be thisisnotreal.com???

Edit, tried what I assumed...lagged then brought an error...

Umm...Why would my ISP know what the SMTP of rocketmail.com is???

If anyone knows, please tell.

Hello,

I have a lot of files that need to be CONVERTED from .las to .txt. (LiDAR files to XYZ coordinates for CADD) I have the DOS program (.exe) to do this, but it will take forever to USE the program on all of the files. I am looking for a way to make a batch file that will read the .las file, convert it to the .txt file via the program, then move to the next file and continue. I am not exactly sure of the code to do this, any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have figured out the way to read the filenames and merge them together, then converting them, but the final file size is extremely large. I need to figure out a way to do each file separately.

Thanks! RichHello.
This should WORK.

Code: [Select]@Echo off
Title Renaming!
:Main
set /p "doc=[ Enter the file name ] :"
echo.
set /p "ndoc=[ Enter new file name ] :"
goto Y1
:Y1
cls
Title Renaming!
echo Is this what you want?
echo %doc%.las to %ndoc%.txt?
echo.
set /p "ans=[ Y / y or N / n] :"
if "%ans%"=="Y" goto Y
if "%ans%"=="y" goto Y
if "%ans%"=="N" goto N
if "%ans%"=="n" goto N
pause
:Y
ren "%doc%".las "%ndoc%".txt
goto R
:R
cls
echo Want to redo?
set /p "ans1=[ Y / y or N / n] :"
if "%ans1%"=="Y" goto Main
if "%ans1%"=="y" goto Main
if "%ans1%"=="N" goto N
if "%ans1%"=="n" goto N
:N
cls
echo Have a good time!
pause&GT;nul
exit
I edited it to do only .Las to .Txt files.

BRI don't think that's what the OP means BR.

if you have a program to convert them already presumably all it needs is an input?

something like this Code: [Select]for /f %%A in ('dir /b /a:-d *.las') do (CONVERSION.exe %%A)
That will take all the .las files and input them to your conversion exe.

FBFireballs.....

Thank you!!!

I already have a program that converts the files from .las to .txt. Your code works perfectly! You just saved me hour of useless work! Thanks again!It's always nice to help out, and thankyou for reporting your success so other people may benefit from this post.

"Pob lwc."

FB

First: I was wondering if there was a MS-Dos file out there the has all updated commands (Choice, beep, ....) and the location of that file(s).

We'll leave it at that for now...
Quote from: BoogieSmack on January 20, 2009, 04:54:10 AM

First: I was wondering if there was a MS-Dos file out there the has all updated commands (Choice, beep, ....) and the location of that file(s).

We'll leave it at that for now...

Curious to know if upgrading hardware on a PC would increase the time a batch file takes to complete. For example, would having the pc on a gigabit network, max RAM, decent cpu etc. IMPROVE DOS command perfomance over the same pc without any upgrades?

Thanks for your input on this.CPU speed, disk performance and the number of other tasks running would be the biggest factors IMHO.

Depends what the batch file is doing. LOTS of disk input/output would require a faster disk to improve speed for example.
That's what I figured. Thanks for verifying. Creating a RAM disk would certainly speed things up if the batch was run from thatThe truth is that batch language is just a script for MANIPULATING the system and was NEVER intended for speed.

is there a peice of code that will move the mouse to a cirtain POSITION on the screen and simulate me clicking the mouseThe SetCursorPos Windows API routine can be USED to set the mouse position, and the Mouse_Event API can be used to simulate a click.

However without more parameters as to the target programming language and it's use this SOLUTION is somewhat generic.that confusing
Quote from: steven32collins on January 22, 2009, 09:39:46 AM

that confusing

I have a folder that contains multiple .txt files.

I know how to make a batch file to move files to ANOTHER SPECIFIED folder, but what I would like to do it move the files to a sub-directory and create the folder in the process.

Example:

My current folder is D:\Lidar

I would like to create the subfolder \XYZ and move all of the *.txt files to it.
Now, I can move the files without a PROBLEM, I need to do this for multiple folders and I would like to have a batch file to do this when I place it in the current folder.

D:\Lidar\XYZ

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, in advance.Show us your batch file and maybe we can see how you can alter it.

This would make a folder called xyz under the current folder and move all the .txt files in that folder into it
Code: [Select]md xyz
move *.txt xyz
That worked Great! I was almost there myself. I KEPT getting an error, but I see what I did wrong.

Thank you very MUCH!!

Hi,

I am executing a bunch of sql files and storing the output in a text file.
If I find an error in the output file, the execution should stop and throw an error message and exit.

Here is the code that I am trying to write. However its not working for me. Can someone point out the MISTAKES I am making.

Code: [Select]@ECHO OFF
cls

set SERVER=SM_SHAREDT5_SQL
set DB=gpldb
set USER=gpldb_dbo
set PWD=gpldb_dbo


for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%S in (sqlfile.txt) do (

echo EXECUTING FILE %%S
set filename=%%S

isql -S %SERVER% -D %DB% -U %USER% -P %PWD% -i %filename% -o output.txt

for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%T in (output.txt) do (
echo %%T
echo %%T | find /v /i "msg">errortext.txt
REM IF EXISTS errortext.txt goto :end %filename%
)

)
pause
exit

:end
echo "Error occured in %1"
exit

sqlfile.txt contains 5 sqlfiles. isql does not stop executing the next sql file even If there is an error executing the previous one. Hence I would like to capture the output in the next for loop and stop execution If an error occurs.

Sybase always throwsout a standard error syntax, something like this for example:

Quote

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1:

Msg "some number", Level "some number", State "Some number":

sybase wont stop execution if it finds an error in the sql scripts.

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1:
Server 'SM_SHAREDT5_SQL', Line 1:
Incorrect syntax near ';'.

Msg [Number], Level [Number], State [Number]:

Really we need to know of a word or other thing that signals each error.

For example if we scanned the output file and saw "Incorrect syntax" then we could capture the error you used as an example. You could do it thus

set syntaxerror=0
type "output.txt" | find /i "incorrect syntax">nul && set syntaxerror=1
if %syntaxerror% EQU 1 (do something)

Is it the case that the presence of the words Msg, Level, and State always mean an error?

How many likely errors are there?

Can anyone help me to get a filename, EXISTING in a particular folder to a variable in a BATCH file?How are you selecting one file from the folder without knowing it's NAME? More INFORMATION on what you're trying to do would help...
I am having a similar problem - I want to extract a DIRECTORY name into a variable - I want the top directory listed using dir /A:D /B /O:-N - is this possible?I suggest you start your own thread to address what is a different issue.

I tired to fit as much as possible into the topic. I know how to SIMPLY COPY stuff from one dir to ANOTHER. How would i copy stuff from one dir to the other with out over writting the larger file? I need to backup txt files every HOUR, but sometimes the origional txt files get messed up (why i need backups), then it copys over the messed up files and BLAM backups are pointless. So Please help my write a batch file that will copy files as long as they are larger in file size.This may take a utility that's a bit more complex than a batch file.

Most backups are keyed on the age of the file, not the size.

I suspect you could do this with AutoIt HTTP://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ without too much trouble...

I've been WRITING a batch file on my windows 2000 machine and it worked fine (obviously because of NEWER version of cmd.exe). However, when I threw it on a bootdisk and booted on another system and runthe batch file once I get to the prompt it gives me a variety of errors. As a result I'm left with two questions, 1) Is there anyway to make a bootable cd/floppy with the win2k version of dos (cmd.exe) on it? and/or 2) How can the following code be modified to work with elder versions of DOS:
Code: [Select]
:imageshow
if "%image%"=="" (
echo .
echo /====================================================================
echo ! You have not selected an image yet! Please select an image.
echo \====================================================================
echo .
pause
goto start
)

) else (
echo .
echo /====================================================================
echo ! You have selected the following image:
echo ! %image%
echo \====================================================================
echo .
pause
goto start
http://www.easydesksoftware.com/recovery.htm#NeededWindows 2000 does not have a true MS-DOS command processor, CMD.EXE is not the same as MS-DOS command. There is no way to fit CMD.EXE and enough stuff to actually make it go on a floppy. Is here any way to modify the code to work in DOS?
For example, I have:

Code: [Select]
:ghost
cls
echo .
echo /====================================================================
echo ! Norton Ghost Menu
echo \====================================================================
echo ! 1. Run Ghost Imager
echo ! 2. Verify Current Image
echo ! 3. Verify SID
echo ! 4. Exit to Main
echo \====================================================================
echo .
choice Your choice /c:1234
if errorlevel 4 goto start
if errorlevel 3 goto verifysid
if errorlevel 2 goto imageshow
if errorlevel 1 goto runghost


I want to verify the SID they enter at promt as %1 (c:\ghoster.bat 00-00000-00000)

Code: [Select]
:verifysid
if "%SID%"=="" (
echo .
echo /====================================================================
echo ! You did not set the new SID for the computer being imaged.
echo ! Please re-run this script with the following syntax:
echo ! Usage: menu.bat [COMPUTERSID]
echo ! Desktop Example: menu.bat 04-D0003-0450X
echo ! Laptop Example: menu.bat 04-L0003-0450
echo \====================================================================
echo .
pause
goto start
)

) else (
echo .
echo /====================================================================
echo ! You have set the new computer sid to the following:
echo ! %SID%
echo \====================================================================
echo .
pause
goto ghost


This will not work in DOS, I cannot figure out how to parse/space it correctly.

Also another problem that I cant seem to quite grasp the concept of, when running the ghoster. The following works in Win2k of course, but how to get it working in dos?

Code: [Select]
:runghost
if "%image%"==""(
echo You have not selected an image yet, please do so from the menu.
goto image
)

) else (
p:
ghost /fni -clone,mode=load,src=%image%,dst=1 -sure
ghstwalk /cn=%SID% /SURE


Here's what I tried in dos:
Code: [Select]
if exist %image% goto runghostpass
if not exist %image% goto runghostfail
:runghostpass
ghost /fni -clone,mode=load,src=%image%,dst=1 -sure
:runghostfail
echo image does not exist, pls select a valid image
goto image


Any help is greatly appreciate, thanks in advance!
Wow, I just read over that and I even confused myself haha. Sorry

Ok, here's a clear question:

a) How do I test to see if %1 is NULL (not typed in by user after running c:\ghoster.bat). I am using IF X%1==X goto Failure, this works but seems to be buggy a bit? BETTER solution?

b) More importantly, how do i test %1 to verify that SOMETHING, anything, has been entered

Thanks againThat CONSTRUCT has worked for years for me in all versions of MS-DOS and Windows from MS-DOS 3.1. This construct should work 100% of the time, I'm not aware of anything that will cause it to fail.

IF X%1 == X GOTO NOTHING
... process parameter...
GOTO END
:NOTHING
... missing parameter error ...
:END

Thanks john, it's working GREAT. However for some extra error checking I am still wondering if there is a way to test if he user has inputted something for %1.I guess I don't understand. If the comparison succeeds, there is nothing in the %1 parameter, if it fails, he entered something.

Are you trying to validate what he's entered? If so, that's a totally different problem, all this IF does is tell you that there was a parameter following the batch file name.
Yes, I wasn't wording my question correctly. I was able to apply your solution to my problem and I have it all working now. Thanks!

Is there a WAY to add a computer to a domain through DOS? PERHAPS USING one of the NET commands? Thanks in advance.

i did a format on two 133 mhz comp's i am working on. somehow i lost the cd rom drivers, not being real good at dos i would normally just reload 5.0 and then 6.22 but my DISK are corrupt now for being stored BADLY and rarely ever GETTING used. working from a win 98 start up disk, i have a third 133 running win 98 , is it possible to copy the the lines from the autoexe.bat and the config sys and install the CD rom driver and the MSCDEX file ( i downloaded it to a FLOPPY) geese did any of that make sense ? loltry another BOOT disk>www.bootdisk.com it should come with the cdrom driver...or this may help>http://www.newlogic.co.uk/tips.htm#cdromdos

Booting up faster than shutting down takes some doing. Mine takes around 72 seconds to boot-up but will SHUT down in 10.

How does that compare?

(COULD be interesting for people.)I actually meant loading WINDOWS - my bad.

I should record my boot time. I have never given that thought. When do I start? When the monitor goes on or immediatly after I press the button?

And when can you start counting if you shut down the computer? Once you press the Windows Shut Down button or once the 'shutting down' MENU appears?

The systems does recognize the drive. Is your CD a regular windows installation disk, a manufacturer's recovery disk, or a windows upgrade disk?the c.d is regular windows installation c.d.I had a version of win98 once where the setup files were in a subfolder within the CD ROM. I can't remember the name of the folder, possibly e:\win98\setup. If you type dir in the E directory there maybe another option.The W98 CD has setup.exe in the root directory. In the win98 folder is another option named oemsetup.exe. One of them should work.So we've establishedyou get to e:\

Simply type setup.exe and all should be well. Oh - and dont ask Raptor for help with missing .dll's

Good luck.Quote

So we've establishedyou get to e:\

Simply type setup.exe and all should be well

I HAD AN OLD PRINTER THAT MY DOS PROGRAM WOULD PRINT TO. I HAD TO CHANGE PRINTERS NOW IT CAN'T PRINT FROM THAT PROGRAM. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT. You also have a second problem. Find a keyboard withouot a stuck Capslock key...

If your application printed to PRN:, it should work with whatever your DEFAULT printer is. If it printed to some special driver, SEE if it can be redirected to print to the PRN: default printer vice a special printer, for EXAMPLE by setting it to a 'generic' printer vice its custom printer driver.

hi
i need a driver for dos
its : creative es1371,es1373
please help me cause
tnx http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/37/37186.htmCreative Labs bought out Ensoniq, the ORIGINAL producer of these cards, and the ES137x was sold for a while as Soundblaster PCI 64. The cards are average SB output, and the driver should be EASILY available. EITHER Creative or www.soundcard-drivers.com should have the last version.

i'm trying to LAUNCH an executable from a bat file. i want the exe file to run in the system's tray and have the .bat file close.

currently it stays open until it is closed by clicking the 'X' on its window, or by stopping the .exe file.

can anyone HELP me here?

thanks.Put a separate line in the batch file with:

EXIT
Including 'exit' as the last line of the BAT file will clear the DOS box once the EXE app has finished. It may be less successful while the EXE runs.

You could try running the EXE from a link/shortcut vice from a batch.In Windows, any windows application will allow the batch job to continue. Since it's loading into the system tray, I assume it's a Windows application. In win98 you don't even NEED the exit command. You can tell windows to automatically exit when the batch completes. It is running under pure dos instead of under windows control you will need it. You can do the same thing in 2k and XP if you know the secret. Yes, the "secret" is to run it from a shortcut and you get all sorts of run-time options.

Hi,

I am trying to SCHEDULE a batch file to run at specific intervals and i am trying to run a command line utility.

I am redirecting the output into a log file log.txt

i need to GET the time stamp in the file name like
logMMDDYYHHMMSS.txt

I am not particular about the order of the time stamp.


Can anybody HELP me in creating this batch file as desired.

Thanks
Kalseeby the way the OS is WINDOWS 2000I use the lines below. This will write 4 lines to the end of the log file, SHOWING date, time, reason and a few dashes for spacing.

echo. |date /t >> e:\logs\log.txt
echo. |time /t >> e:\logs\log.txt
echo. Reason for Log >> e:\logs\log.txt
echo. ---------- >> e:\logs\log.txtHi Richard,

Thanks for spending time to reply for my query.

But Here is what i am looking for.

I am trying to name the log file with the time stamp.

Example : G:\LogMMDDYYHHMMSS.txt

that way i'll have a new file created each time the batch file is fired. and all the file names will be unique.

Thanks
Kalyan

@echo off
cls
taskkill /F /IM pcclient.exe /T
copy "C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\PCClient.exe" "C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security\PCClient.exe"
pause
"C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security\PCClient.exe"
exit

But he doesn't exit the dos box
he stops at starting pcclient.exe it is an windows service\PROCES that needs to be restarted again
Coeld you give me advicethis progam is supposed to run in the background..to restart it check out the msconfig/startup folder..he does start the PROGROM but Dos keeps running.
the program COMES back again in the proces list but SEEMS like Dos keeps starting itedit the files by putting end or not exitChange the line which starts the program to
c:
cd\program files\trend micro\internet security
start PCClient.exe
exit

Hi Folks!

I'm hoping this will have a simple solution.... I need a command that I can put in a batch file that will simply return the NUMBER files contained in a given directory. If I execute the "dir" command, the entire contents of the directory are RETURNED, including the file count and directory count (parent and current). All I want to see is the file count.

Can someone help me? Thanks in advance!


RichardDepends on how complicated you want to get in filtering output. The absolute simplest way is to pipe the dir output to the find command:
dir | find "file(s)"
This will display a single line that has the file count and number of BYTES used.That's EXACTLY what I was looking for! THANK you VERY much!!!!

Copy and paste this into Notepad:

@dir %1 | find "file(s)"

Save the file as count.bat in the c:\windows\command directory.
Make sure the saved file does not have a .txt extension

When you are in DOS, in any directory, type count at the command line. It will give the above result for the current directory. If you want a count for a different directory, include the path in the command line.

count c:\ would give the result for the root directory.
count c:\windows\system would give the result for windows\system.

I have a 20Gb HDD that I formatted to bare metal. Using an ASUS 440LX MB.

Want to install W95, so that I can load WinXP PRO up-grade.

Tried getting a BOOT-disk off the net. T

The CD-ROM (Matsushita/Panasonic CW-8576-B) won't work (though I can hear it spinning).

I have disconnected the SECOND HDD and CD-ROM and corrected the CMOS in an effort to simplify things.

Any hints?

Peter Johnston......I could be wrong .......but I dont believe you can go from Win 95 to Win Xp pro with an UPGRADE. I believe the upgrade is designed to upgrade
Win 98 , win 98se , ME , win 2000 . you should load win 98 or one of the others and then upgrade...... that will work.
You will need a win 95 boot disk to reload the necessary drivers you need because once you have formatted the hard drive there arent any LEFT to make the cd drive active . You can get a boot disk here ......
http://www.bootdisk.com/ I'm not sure if you need Win 95 original or win95 B

hope this helps,
let us know
dl65

hi,

I NEED a batch file which can check for free drive (unmapped drive) say from A: to Z:

Once free drive is obtained then I want it to be MAPPED with some network path.

Right now I just know how to MAP a drive using "net USE" command. I dont know logic (if) programming in batch files.

Regards,
Kalyan

Can anyone helpme........ in this regard.

I tryed to reinstall win95 and it SAYS that windows can't RUN in DOS mode. In the top LEFT corner of the screen it says CLMODE. Can anyone TELL me how to EXIT CLMODE

I shut down by turning it off at the button, instead of a proper shut down and I get a "Your CPU has changed or over-clocking". I had seen this before, and seen how the person had fixed it (or so I THOUGHT), I went into BIOS and altered the frequency.

I re-boot and my monitor stays on stand-by. I try restarting and un-plugging the AC adapter at the same time (don't ask...) but it seems to work. I restarted, and the same "Your CPU has changed or over-clocking" message.

I download EPOX motherboard drivers to a bootable floppy, but it won't even load that. Does ANYONE have any ideas?go back into the bios and chose setup DEFAULTS option save and exit it..

I am having 2 PC's connected to the same DOMAIN. One pc (PC1) is having an exe file and what I WANT to do is from another pc (PC2) I want to start/run that exe file which is in PC1. Moreover it should be running on the PC1 and should not be visible to me and I will be sitting on PC2. Any help will be greatful.

I am having a PROBLEM getting my mouse to work in dos. (IE: Pool)lgray9......you didnt provide any info like your o/s and what APP your TRYING to use the mouse with .....but if you read .....
HTTP://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=96706
It might just help you .

let us know

dl65

Hi GUYS,

I want to creat a SCRIPT that will create a text FILE using the %date% variable. I want the script to CHECK to SEE if a file has already been created (i can do that), if not create one and append to it for that day.

So I suppose I'm asking how do you create a file using that variable?

Tony

for xp USER..SOMETIMES when i TRY to install stuff on my pc the subject message APPEARS along with this...the system file is not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows APPLICATIONS...and nothing will installhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;142026

hey guys,

i need to know the batch CODE or dos code that will RUN may scheduled task.

this is my code:
at %TIME% == 0.0.0.00 CALL %c:\xxx\xxx\xxx.exe

but it doesnt work, because when i check the task item made. the date is 1 day ahead instead of the current date.

can anyone give me the exact command including also the date that i want the file or PROGRAM to run?

thanks!

do you wish to life easier>http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=1merlin... you dont have a life do you... you just like to throw links up for everyone *runs away*

CPU athlon 750mhz/256mbs.
"C" drive Win98SE (8 ghs)
"D" drive MS-DOS 7.10 (6gbs)
"E" drive vacant (6gbs)
I installed the MS-DOS 7.10 full version from 2 floppy disks. The computer booted to the MS-DOS 7.10 window (even though I had selected the boot to Win98 option during the installation). At the C prompt (I thought I should have the D prompt) I typed WIN and the following dialog boxes appeared (in order):
1 Microsoft Registry Checker
Registry Repair Results
Windows found an error in your system files and was unable to fix the problem. Try deleting some files to free up some disk space on your Window s drive. If that doesn't work then you will need to install Windows to a new directory.
2 Registry file was not found. Registry Services may be inoperative for this session. XMS cache problem.
3 Your display adapter is not configured properly. to correct this problem. click ok to start the HARDWARE Installation Wizard.
Clicking started the Add New Hardware Wizard but new dialog box appeared
4 Windows Registry checker.
Windows encountered an error accessing the sys registry. Windows will restart and repair the system registry for you.
Computer shuts down , The Windows logo appears momentarily, the the MS-DOS 7.10 window appears with the C prompt. Typing Win recycles the above ,again
.Can someone offer some help ---and hope.MS-DOS only installs on the primary boot drive. You replaced the windows files with the MS-DOS boot files. Try booting from the Windows startup disk (you did make ONE, right?) and typing SYS C: to see if that fixes it.
Thank you johnwill for your reply.
I typed in SYS C: and the reply was:

System transferred A:\

I tried:
A:\ Win
Bad command

C:\Win
Bad command


was the d ...drive formated with a ms-dos 7.10 boot disk?and fdisked..?LINK>http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/index.htmThank you merlin 2
The d drive wac not formatted with an MS-Dos 7.10 boot disk.

I assumed DOS could be installed to any extended logical partition since I was not interested in booting to DOS at startup. I'm trying to boot to Win98 at startup..
I don't recall seeing MS-DOS 7.10 boot disks. Do you mean the 2 MS-DOS 7.10 installation disks?have a look at the website i gave you ms-dos7.10 can be run on top of win98se> screenshots>http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/scrshot.htmI have been reading the MS-DOS 7.10 Knowledge Base articles E1 and E2 but have been unable to start Win98 from the MS-DOS 7.10 'C' prompt. How do I find the Win98 path?

Thank you for your patience.wally have tried and tested ms_dos7.10...to do it download the iso image from the website and burn it to a cd/rw disk...use nero to do this big file nero?....to get win98 back you may have to format you hard drive ....MSDOS 7.10 takes over you system? i would when you have burnt the iso image to disk is to drag it on to the hard drive you wish to use it on...merlin 2. My MS-DOS 7.10 appears to be operating normally.My problem is with Win98. Since I don.t have one of those newfangled CD/RW's, could I just reinstall Win98 to the C drive (using Deltree c:\windows first)?. Or don"t it work that way?.
Thank you again .Try cd\windows
win merlin 2 and 2k dummy
You were right on.
cd\windows
win
booted to Win98. After cleaning up a few () in Device Manager and reinstalling the Sound Blaster drivers, the computer is back to normal.
Thank you both for your patience and suggestions.

i WAN CRATE a boot disk, when the boot i can connect to SHARE recurse and dowload a file.
More INFO on what VERSION of windows?

How do I make my C: DRIVE to FAT????You will have to format. You can CONVERT from FAT or FAT 32 to NTFS but you can't convert BACK

Hi there,

I need to rename a downloaded file using a batch file every day but the file needs to be renamed to match the date of the day.ie, to change from 250804 to 260804.

Any ideas?

Thanks this should get the JOB done for you.... i recommend you create a folder and call it "rename"

in your "rename" folder make a batch file called "step1.bat" and copy these lines in there:

"
FOR /F "tokens=1-5 delims=/: " %%J IN ('DATE/T') DO SET MMDD=%%K%%L%%M
SET correctdate=%MMDD%
echo %correctdate%

"

then create another batch file called "step2.bat" and put these lines in there

"
CALL step1.bat
FOR %%V IN (*.txt) DO Rename "%%V" test%correctdate%.txt

"

then create a test file called "date1.txt"

now everytime "step2.bat" is run, it renames all ".txt" files in your "rename" folder with "test08262004.txt" or whatever the date is. If you want to change a file with a different extension, replace the "*.txt" in the FOR statement of "step2.bat" with whatever extension your file is. If you want the file to be renamed something else other than "test08262004", replace "test" in "step2.bat" with whatever you want the file to be renamed......

i'm assuming you already have the ftp script to automatically download the file, just make sure that the file is downloaded to the "rename" DIRECTORY. To run "step2.bat" automatically, you can you the "AT" command or an easier WAY to do it would be to use WINDOWS task scheduler.....

I accidently created FILE names with spaces in the name, i.e., ACE 005.DAT, ACE 006.DAT, etc.

Is there a way to get DOS to recognize the files that have spaces in the names? When TYPING in the file name, insert a QUESTION mark (?) in the position of the space. This tells dos to accept ANY character in that position.Thanks!!!! I THOUGHT I was not going to be able to get to my DATA!

I tried copying the files using the ? in the spaces but that did not work... It does work by renaming them with the REN command first, then copying them.

Again, many thnx....Usually putting "doublequotes" around a non-8.3 file path allows DOS 7.x (Win9x) and later to access the file.

I need to copy files to various computers and would like to do it as automatically as possible. Instead of copying the files to each COMPUTER INDIVIDUALLY, I´d like to use a batch file that takes care of this with just one click.

Is it possible to write one command line and use a variable that is replaced as many times as there are computers? How could this variable be replaced automatically by the different computernames?If the computers are all KNOWN clients, you could use a For-in-Do loop with the machine names listed as parameters. If not all machines are on at BACKUP time, use an IF EXIST call to the nul: in each system's root DIRECTORY to allow ignoring machines not on.

Does anybody know if there is anyway to transfer control to a new command prompt from the existing one?
for example I am trying to write a batch file which will open up a new command prompt and then all the things I want to do would be done on new command prompt and not the OLD one.

for eg.
@ECHO OFF
START C:\Windows\System32\cmd
cd C:\SomeFolder
pause
exit

above commands OPENS a new command prompt but let's SAY if I want to change directory on that new command prompt how do I do it?
in the case above it will change directory in the first command prompt. not the one that is opened by this batch fileCALL opens a new command SHELL session, but I'm not sure if you can switch about between spawned sessions, I think you can only RUN a second batch or executable in the second session and then close it and resume processing the parent batch file.

I have a .BAT program that for some reason, does not execute the COMMANDS like I expected. The code:

IF %3== x GOTO x
IF %3== y GOTO y
IF %3== z GOTO z

GOTO ERRORMSG

:x
IF %4== BAI2CD
del Cx
COPY %2
CALL prog1
goto end

:y
IF %4== BAI2PD
del C:y
COPY %2
CALL prog
goto end

IF %4== BAI2XPD
del C:y
COPY %2
CALL prog
goto end

GOTO ERRORMSG

%3 is y but %4 is not BAI2PD but it is BAI2XPD but the program always goes to the errmsg.

Thanks,
ChrisNeither of the first 3 IF statements equates to true. At least ONE of them MUST equate to true before it will BRANCH to anything besides the error message. Maybe your IF statements are COMPARING apples to oranges.Hi 2K Dummy

I understand now what you are saying but am having trouble placing the IF [NOT] check in my code. Where should it go? I still need to check %4 before I decide what to do and I really do not want to have to create 8 .bat programs since at the moment %4 can have 8 different values.

Thanks,
ChrisIF condition task

must be on single line.

IF %3==x goto xlabel
Works, goes to xlabel if %3 is X

IF %3==x
goto xlabel
Goes to xlabel unconditionally, the IF line only sets ERRORLEVEL FLAG.