On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:22:41 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
wrote:
<snip>
> try to add a @ as the first char of your bat.
OK, I did that.
> it will not echo the name of the program, but the error message will
> remain.
> Simply because the @ means that command.com should not echo back the
> command.
Now the screen capture of the output looks like this:
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D:\TEST>dr
Command or filename not recognized
D:\TEST>DIRMAGIC (C) Copr. 1988 ZD Co
Command or filename not recognized
D:\TEST>Michael J. Mefford
Command or filename not recognized
D:\TEST>
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It appears that command.com tried three times to execute
the program. Each time an error message was returned by
command.com. The first two lines of DR.BAT were output to
the screen, not just the first line. So, it appears to me
that some parts of the program actually ran. They did run,
although with some problems and difficulty.
When the file is renamed to DR.COM, and the "@" in the first
character is removed, the program output looks like this:
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Directory of D:\TEST ��������������������������������ͻ
� PC COMPUTING �� DIRMAGIC �
.. <DIR> 9-14-01 4:11p �(C) 1988 ZD � Michael J. Mefford�
DR COM 8564 12-03-90 6:49a A ��������������������������������
TEST TXT 2054 9-14-01 4:21p A � F1 Copy F2 Delete �
� F3 Rename F4 Move �
� F5 Clear marks F6 Mark all �
� F7 Sort Name F8 Sort Ext. �
� F9 Sort Size F10 Sort daTe �
��������������������������������Ķ
� �
� �
��������������������������������Ķ
� ��When combined with Alt key�� �
� F1 Copy/V ON F2 Confirm ON �
� F3 Protect ON F4 Sort (A) �
� F5 Highbit OFF F6 Attributes �
� F7 File search F8 New path �
��������������������������������Ķ
� �� View file, or CHDIR + exit �
� String commands: F=Find L=Next �
� Ctrl �� Run file, or Load Dir �
� Shift Ctrl �� Run then pause �
� +/- Mark/Unmark Esc to Exit �
2 File(s) 28236800 bytes free ��������������������������������ͼ
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Sam Heywood
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