Very nice tutorial, I tried it and I've a lot of use from it. I now use it for some routines that always annoyed me to do manually. Anyway just very nice.
-=jeroen=-

nice tutorial, I really needed it for launching Java applications on Windows (). However, I prefer the BASH Shell Scripts.

For example, I can do system service startup and shutdowns with shell scripts without typing the long command lines over and over again.



*This code only works on SuSE Linux.

xboxrulz

Wow! Another programming language! Really, batch files could act as a DOS programming language. Good simple tutorial as well. I might write my own batch file. I think I know how it works now. But what does the command 'rem' do?

~souradipm

I remember making a batch file to start a service and a few programs when windows started because one program would only run when the other was started and it made it easier, it's also a great way to learn windows shell commands and practise windows scripting.
In my experiences the dos prompt will actually hold more power than the simple explorer.exe which makes it a very handy tool if you know how to use it

-HellFire

I like batch since it can save my time for start/shutdown my server like Apache, MySQL and hMailServer. I use this batch because I have limited RAM so if all of these service run when Windows start-up it can slow down the start-up time.

Here's the batch that I've user, I name it myserver.bat



myserver.bat have 2 argument, the first one is for start/stop the server and the second argument (optional) wheter user want to quit the command prompt or not.

This post has been edited by masterio: Nov 30 2006, 01:46 PM

I wouldn't call batch files a programming language, but just command files working in console.. why not a programming language? because of mathematics it is able to do, it only recognizes simple numbers like 1,2,3,4.. [-9999999999;+999999999]; And the tools which can compile your bat file to exe is quite ridiculous, usually the compiled version takes 10 times more space than source but thats kind of quite normal.

Say REXX is a more advanced command file scripting, which is capable of much more.. so I could call it (REXX) a scripting language..

This post has been edited by Quatrux: Nov 30 2006, 08:27 PM

I love this, I often need to end about 5 processes, delete one or two folders, and start three programs.

1. In one folder I want to delete, one of the files is now obsolete, but Windows still loves it. Can I avoid it or delete it through batch files?

2. How do I end a process in these?

Batch files were great. I remember when I was younger I used to try and teach myself how they worked by editing them/making my own. Typically they are now used for installers, etc. Most virus scanners DO however pick up non-system batch files, as they can be programmed for malicious purposes.

I remember my friend didn't want his younger brother on his computer, so he made a batch file that shut down the computer when executed. Lets just say he put it in his brother's startup folder and his brother was pretty pissed.

They can, however, be used to complete simple everyday tasks without extensive programming knowledge.

This post has been edited by Kardus: Dec 2 2006, 07:19 PM

Ha good one

Problem
Batch Files

Trying to add this into a batch file I am working on, but it is not really working for me, it just closes out the second it comes in..Any help?

@echo off
Echo test
Pause >nul
Echo

===============================================================================
Echo � �============================================�
� � /\ /\ �
Echo � � | | | | �
� � | | | | �
Echo � � | | | | �
� � | | | | �
Echo � � / \ �
� � | O O | �
Echo � � | | �
� � | <__> | �
Echo � � | | �
� � \_______/________________ �
Echo � � | \ �
� � \ \ �
Echo � � \________ \ �
� � / | �
Echo � � / ________|******* �
� � ___ __/ / |******** �
Echo � � | / |********* �
� � | / |******** �
Echo � � |______________/___________|******* �
�
Echo � �=========================================�


============================================================================�

Pause >nul



-Scott