Great. Thanks!
Kevin R. Kosar, Editor
www.AlcoholReviews.com
Nathan Wilbert wrote:
> A batch file is a way to group together a bunch of executable files, or
> programs. If you want to make one, I'd suggest creating a text file in the
> same directory that analog and qdns are going to be run from. Name it like
> so:
>
> file.bat
>
> The '.bat' extension makes it a batch file. In that file you can place the
> commands to run qdns and analog (i liked aengus' way of doing it better than
> my suggestion actually, but i only have my suggestions in front of me)
>
> @qdns /G analog.cfg
> @analog
>
> That's it. Save the new file.
>
> Then go to the ms-dos prompt, change directory's to the directory that you
> created the batch file in, i created mine in the /analog 4.1 directory on my
> machine, and run the file like so:
>
> @file.bat
>
> It will start executing all the commands in that batch file. So if you
> don't have too complicated of a set up, i.e., one log file, then this
> hopefully will help you out some. Tons of virtual hosts and stuff, i leave
> to aengus and others to comment on. If you have trouble moving around in
> dos, some basic commands are 'cd' to change the directory, and 'dir' to
> figure out which directory you're in and whats in the directory. There are
> variations, but those two will help mostly.
>
> type dir/w or something to see all files spread across the width of the
> screen.
> type 'cd analog 4.1' if you are at the c: prompt and the analog 4.1
> directory is on the root level of your c: drive.
> type 'help' if you need some. e.g. 'help cd' to figure out more about
> commands. I think help will work in win 98. I've got win2k, and i can't
> remember if 'help' worked in win98.
>
> This works if you want to just run the batch file manually each day.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin R. Kosar
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [analog-help] QuickDNS for Dummies/DOS for Dummies
>
> Nate/Angus-
>
> Thanks for the instructions. Unfortunately, unlike others here, I'm just
> not
> experienced in DOS. Html- yep, Desktop applications- no problemo. DOS?
> Forget
> about it.
>
> So, suggestions such as 'run a batch file' mean nothing to me. That's one
> of
> the big problems I face in dealing with Analog. However, it is up and
> running
> and it took just 55 minutes to chase down all the DNS's.
>
> As for QuickDNS- well, I reckon I'll need to acquire a basic primer on DOS
> before I can make sense of steps 2) through 3) below, simple, though they
> seem.
>
> -KK
>
> Nathan Wilbert wrote:
>
> > 1. Set up your analog.cfg file like Aengus suggested below (using DNS
> > WRITE).
> > 2. Then run from the dos command line: @qdns /G analog.cfg --> this gets
> > dns file filled quickly using qDNS
> > 3. Then run analog from the command line: @analog --> this does the
> normal
> > analog ... stuff and reads new dns file
> >
> > you could set up a batch file like analogX suggests in the qdns.txt file
> > (the readme for qdns)
> >
> > I believe that'll work. :) Although I could be wrong. I think it might
> > help if you have qdns in the same directory as analog.
> >
> > nate
>
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