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Article #1012Re: A batch programming contest for you
From: Todd J Derr
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:11
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:11
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In article <1992Aug18.213600.27969@cs.ubc.ca> yogi@cs.ubc.ca (Yossi Gil) writes: > >Don't know about useful, but interesting... Well, how about the self >printing batch program that I posted to alt.hackers some time ago: > >SELFPRNT.BAT: > Bad command or file name > >And yet another teaser: The above batch file doesn't self print >on 4DOS! well, it doesn't self-print with COMMAND.COM either... when you "List" it: C:>type selfprnt.bat Bad command or file name Bad command or file name ... and when you execute it: C:>selfprnt C:>Bad command or file name Bad command or file name C:>Bad command or file name Bad commmand or file name close... but you are supposed to get *The Same* output if you "List" it or Execute it- and you don't. later, todd. -- todd j. derr - the c.o.m.a. moderator! "i've got nothing to say but infidel+@pitt.edu (412) 363-9027 it's ok." infidel@pittunix (BIT) work: 648-1247 if your mail bounces, send it to infidel@unix.cis.pitt.edu. thanks!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!mips!darwin.sura.net!wupost!sdd.hp.com!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pitt.edu!infidel From: infidel+@pitt.edu (Todd J Derr) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: A batch programming contest for you Message-ID: <4941@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 92 16:11:13 GMT References: <1992Aug18.052017.3758@uwasa.fi> <1992Aug18.213600.27969@cs.ubc.ca> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 42