Summary: Can someone please help me with writing a batch file? I really don't know much about them. Here is what it needs to do if possible. In a dos promt I c...
Summary: Problem - have 2 dirs (c:\old , c:\new) and i need to copy files from new -> old. Have written a batch file that, if exist, copy file with extension ....
Summary: Is it possible to set a folders size using a batch file. ie: S:\people\*.* all folders under people i want to limit the folder size to 300MB, there ...
Summary: I have tried lots of ways to rename files by using a batch file but I can not add prefixes to the my old file names by using wild cards. Is there a wa...
Summary: I have written a batch file which does some stuff on each of the network machines during logon. One of the first things it does is copy an exe to the ...
Summary: Recently, I typed a list of commands and now my instructer wants me to create a batch file using notepad;the commands are COPY, CD, REN, MD, REM, DEL,...
Summary: Does anyone know how to write a batch file to send an email using Blat.exe? I can send no problem from an msdos window, using the syntax: blat [filepa...
Summary: Using CVS just to add (copy) new files to the server seems to me to be an odd use of CVS. Using scp, rsync or ftp would be more appropriate. Key poin...
Summary: Hi guys. Do you know of a way to open an MS application from a batch file? (i.e. without giving direct path to .exe since this varies) Obviously ju...
Summary: I need a little help with a batch file that I will run from my Windows XP computer. I plan to use this simple PSKill line: pskill -t \\CS1 -u admini...
Summary: Hello: Need help with a DOS batch file. I am trying to write a very simple batch process, that checks if a DIR by the name MyFiles exists if it does n...
Summary: The IF command compares values in a logical expression to determine a TRUE or FALSE result. If the result is TRUE, the command to the right of the IF...
Summary: Greetings, I am a newbie and I have been struggling with a batch file that I have been requested to create. This batch file simply needs to read...
Summary: To Delete a dir and all contents ... deltree [drive:/path/dirtobedeleted] So you woulden't want to type something like c:>deltree c:\windows ;-) -----...
Summary: I am using windows 98SE and i am trying to set wallpaper in a batch file. I came here because the dos folks seem to be a little more knowledgeable ab...
Summary: Hope someone can help with this ... I'm trying to write a batch file that will search a text file and store a number from a set place in the text file...
Summary: All you need to do is set the partition as active, i think its just one byte that needs to be set, i had a program once that would do it for me. I kn...
Summary: hello friends, i need help writing a batch file that will open pkzip - and create a zip file of an entire network drive and store it in a folder with ...
Summary: Can anyone help? I'm writing a DOS (in Winnt) batch file that makes another batch file. However, on one line I need to call ftp with a script file (i...
Summary: Maybe someone on this site can help me. I need a batch file to rename files. The way it needs to work is: you open the batch file and it asks you to p...
Summary: I am totally new to writing batch files. I will like a batch file that does the following: The file which will be called runProc will be called with t...
Summary: I am looking for a way to have a batch file create a file name using the system date. For example if I want to use a batch file to retrieve backup inf...
Summary: I know this isn't exactly a DOS question but this seemed like the best place to post. I currently send files to my printer with a batch file. copy /b ...
Summary: Hello All -- I'm somewhat a novice when working with the DOS command-line and I wanted to reach out to see if I could get an answer to my problem or b...