Hello i was just wondering if anyone know any good web sites or even books to find out information about DOS and Batch files. I am at work using them and do not understand about what it all means. For example what does REM stand for? I understand its like a comment line and is one of many thinks i would like to learn more.. but really i would like to know about a little better. Many thanks for peoples help in advance.

I learned alot of information a computerhope.com also "rem" or "::" is used to add a comment without it showing up when executed also a huge help can just be running dos (start>run>cmd) and typeing "help (the command)" that should show you everything you need to know. http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm

REM is short for REMEMBER

I thought REM was for REMARK (as in a "comment") I could be wrong though, haven't played with it in a while. Infinite Recursion

I have never read about it anywhere, but I would also bet on 'REMARK', not on 'REMEMBER'. By the way, the comments made with REM will be displayed if ECHO is on. That will not happen with the comments made with double colons (::), those will not be displayed, regardless of the ECHO status. The lines begginning with a double colon are actually ignored by the command processor, while the REM lines are read (on DOS/Win9x), which makes the double colon method faster. But you would need a very slow computer or several loops to see any real speed difference. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

Hey, many thanks for everyones help... (",)

man why is leo always so technical i new that but i figured it was unnecessary. i also know that i spelt "new" wrong. :)