What does >nul do in a batch file

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Name: Mike
Date: November 24, 1998 at 05:35:45 Pacific
Subject: What does >nul do in a batch file

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What does >nul do in a batch file?
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Name: Igor M
Date: November 24, 1998 at 12:29:41 Pacific
Subject: What does >nul do in a batch file

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Hi,
When you use ">nul" at the and of a line in batch file you redirect program's output to the NULL device. That way you can prevent program from writing to the screen if you don't want to see any messages on the screen while running batch file.
Good luck, Igor M

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