Summary: I need a way to check if a file has completed a windows “Save As” process before my batch file uses the saved file. If the file has not completely fi...
Summary: If you are copying and you are in real mode (DOS), there can be no files being used. The file sharing conflict occurs when multitasking is in pr...
Summary: Basically I have several batch files on different machines running a command and appending the output to a text file on a remote server. However, thes...
Summary: I am trying to create batch program that checks for a couple of files before running though. For example, My batch program is dependent on certain fi...
Summary: I have seen multiple postings about how to use IF EXIST statements, but none of them seem to work in my particular situation. I have a server that wi...
Summary: Also - find the freeware program GET - it lets you do MANY such things to set environment variables or enhance .BATch files. I use it for EXACTLY this...
Summary: If you can change the TXT file to anything you want, you could change it to a BATCH file. Then CALL the text.bat file. In the file, start with an @ECH...
Summary: The simplest way to indiscriminately add a couple of lines to autoexec.bat, or any text file, is to use: echo (text to be added)>>c:\autoexec.bat ech...
Summary: I need a simple batch file that will call another batch file on a server every hour in a loop until stopped. The call feature is not the problem. It i...
Summary: HI, I am new to batch files etc, but not to much to dos and "fake dos". I was woundering is anyone knows anywhere for a good tutorial on batch files i...
Summary: This forum has been extremely helpful to me and I wanted to share this batch file. It was created by Leonardo (aka Secret_Doom) and I want to thank hi...
Summary: I need to have the following batch file run the OSQL statement against every .SQL file in the current directory osql -U %USER_NAME% -P %PASSWORD% -S l...
Summary: Hey thanks for answering and I did not send this comment about old fart for response #3. So sorry about that, I would never insult someone like that ...
Summary: I am writing a batch process to move files from one directory to another. However, if a file is in use (being written) I either want to wait (retry) ...
Summary: I have a batch file which takes a copy of some files from a user's PC (running Win98) to the network. However, it will only copy when the files are no...
Summary: Hey all thanks for taking a look at this... I am creating a batch file that copies 4 files (1 Executable) and 1 folder to individual drives. One of th...
Summary: Don't you think "in several directories" is too much vague? Anyway, the following batch file will delete all files named "filename.ext" which are on o...
Summary: I have a faulty hard drive. I mean faulty because Windows failed to recognize the drive, which means it's impossible for me to do backup under Windows...
Summary: I want to rename all files in a directory. All of the files are in the form of Axxx.gif and I want to rename them to xxxB.gif. Can you help me to writ...
Summary: Hi.. can anyone help me how to create a log file(in csv format) in one line of different information.. for example: 02/23/2003 14:00:00 DOS.txt 02/23/...
Summary: Presuming that you are generating the file from within a BATch file of your own, I would use a simple test and set as below: 1) C:\ORIGINAL\FILE. is...
Summary: Batch method that would work in both 9x and NT beyond my skills for sure. Problem of course is that you have no file list of only the files that are ...
Summary: Hi I went to my Kazaa.com files share tool. and searched the Dos 6.22, download the 3 disks and a bootup disk on my PC. When I try to copy the 4 disk...
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