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Article #464Re: Command-line operable FDISK substitute
From: Don Jones
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 23:04
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 23:04
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In article <4a4v4j$1n8p@tako.info.ucla.edu>, Steve Andres <steven@ucla.edu> wrote: >Does anyone have a command line FDISK substitue? I'm trying to write a >workstation rebuild utility for a computer lab and it needs to run a batch file >that will delete and recreate the partition, format it, and unzip a file. Just a thought. Create a file with all of the necessary keystrokes, for example, to view information under DOS 5.0 fdisk you need to hit 4 and then the enter key. When you are done viewing the information, you need to hit ESC twice. Create a file KEYS and put '4<CR><ESC><ESC>' without the quotes into it. Then redirect the file to FDISK like: fdisk <keys good luck, don -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don and Sue Jones | If debugging is the process of removing errors, djones@max.tiac.net | Then programming is the process of putting them in.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sundog.tiac.net!djones From: djones@tiac.net (Don Jones) Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic,comp.lang.basic.misc,alt.lang.asm,comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.asm370,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Command-line operable FDISK substitute Date: 6 Dec 1995 23:04:52 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4a57ik$ho5@sundog.tiac.net> References: <4a4v4j$1n8p@tako.info.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.tiac.net