Neil, By having a \BAT directory (or a \BATCH directory) in the path, you can access any .BAT (or .COM or.EXE) file in that directory just by typing the name of the file (even without extension) no matter where you are on your computer. Normally, to execute a program, you either have to state (type) the complete path or be in the directory in which that file is located. I have my hard drive partitioned into "drives" C: thru K: and organized logically (in my mind, anyway) as such: C: DOS D: AutoCad (drafting) E: WordPerfect (word processing) F: Database (FoxPro) G: Graphics H: Utilities I: Communications (Arachne, Tapcis, etc.) J: Personal K: Engineering & Programming So, for instance, if I am anywhere in this structure, and I want to use my word processing program, I type, "wp" and the BATch file does everything that is needed to start WordPerfect, thusly: REM PROGRAM WP.BAT @echo off e: cd e:\sx ssxwp.exe if !%1!==!5! cd e:\wp51 if !%1!==!6! cd e:\wp61 if !%1!==!! cd e:\wp51 wp.exe %2 %3 %4 %5 e:\sx\ssxwp.exe /unload c: cd\ c:\mspeed\keymap.com dos cls Some are simpler, others are more complicated. Similarly for Arachne: @echo off REM c:\qemm\xpanboss.com l: /D2048 /e10 /w >nul REM md l:\temp REM md l:\cache REM set xSwap=swap_xms I: if !@%1@!==!@@! cd \ara160b2 if not !@%1@!==!@@! cd \ara%1 c:\razdaz\dazetune off REM vvesa call arachne.bat %2 set myip= set remip= set netmask= set peermru= set xSwap= REM vvesa off REM c:\qemm\xpanboss.com l: /m /w >nul REM md l:\temp c:\razdaz\dazetune on keymap dos cls (The lines REMed out are because I do not have QEMM or a RAM drive set up on this machine, but I do have them set up on another machine. RAZDAZ is a screensaver that gives a kaleidescope type display.) Hope this helps. Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona USA Neil T. wrote: . > Hey Roger and Glenn- . > Thanks for the tips and I am happy to say...got it working! On my main . > pc, I use a boot disk to take me directly to Dosstart. From there I . > usually go to Arachne (sometimes Nettamer). When I left either one of . > those, I end up at Dosstart. Now when I exit Dosstart, I end up at the . > a:\> prompt and I can shut the machine down! So it worked fine, and now . > I know what to do for my laptop which is what this topic has been about. . > Roger, you mentioned including \batch in the path and Glen, I saw you . > had that in your Autoexec.bat....and my library book mentions it, but I . > am not sure why? I don't have it in mine so I am not sure what is NOT . > happening. If I created a dir. \batch which contained all my .bat . > files, and added it to the path in the autoexec.bat, what would I be . > able to do? . > Thanks and Cheers! . > Neil T.
