> I did find where it's hanging in MetaDOS. (0.84-pre4, TURBOC, Feb. 22)
whatever this METADOS is. it would be cool if you posted a METADOS.VHD somewhere so people can easier reproduce these reports. > It's a nested batch file, called from within FDAUTO.BAT, using "for" > and "if" (%BOOT%:\FIX\MISCEXE.BAT). I know that's not an exact > diagnosis, so I can't say for sure that I understand why it's hanging. > But that's what I'm seeing. I understand that you are not a developer, but even you should be able to singlestep FDAUTO.BAT, skip MISCEXE.BAT, and later execute it manually; so this nested or not nested issue would be decided. > Actually, it's short (five lines), so I'll just quote it here: > **************************************************** > @echo off even a non-developer should be able to remove the @ECHO OFF line. > if "%RAMDRIVE%"=="" goto end > if not exist %RAMDRIVE%:\utils\nul goto end > for %%a in (%BOOT%:\fix\*.exe %BOOT%:\fix\*.com) do if /i not > "%%a"=="wget.exe" copy /b %%a %RAMDRIVE%:\utils > :end > **************************************************** > IIRC, you can nest .BAT up to eight levels, right? I don't think I'm > hitting that limit, and it all seems to mostly work fine in old (2006) > FreeCOM. not knowing your secret METADOS, my first guess would be that you have LFNDOS or similar installed and command nukes in for %%a in (%BOOT%:\fix\*.exe %BOOT%:\fix\*.com) do ... due to long filename issues. old FreeCOM (2006) had no long filenames in FOR ... Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
