Blame that on IBM, not MSFT. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 6:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to me
And what a different world it would be if MSFT had pursued Xenix as its major platform... Kurt On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Worthwhile remembering that many of the original DOS guys were also Xenix > guys... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 5:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: New to me > > Been using that for years. Most *nix shells use that exact same syntax. > > Pick up a copy of "Windows NT Shell Scripting", by Tim Hill. > http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Shell-Scripting-Timothy-Hill/dp/15787004 > 77/ > > It's from 1998, but still a worthwhile reference. For instance, I can > never remember the syntax for redirecting stderr and stdout at the > command line, and have that page bookmarked (it's on page 55: C:\>dir >>c:\temp\out.txt 2>&1) > > Kurt > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >> Restarting the time service with this one line of code: net stop >> w32time && net start w32time >> >> >> >> I never knew about the && trick on the command like being able to run >> multiple lines of code on one “line” in a command prompt. This even works >> for ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew. Previously if I have to >> release/renew on a machine I was remoted in to I’d create a batch >> file and then run the batch file – this little trick saves me a step! >> >> David Lum >> Systems Engineer // NWEATM >> Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
