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Article #2965Wanted: information on how to pipe stuff into command.com
From: Arthur David Olson
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 22:08
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 22:08
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If, on a true-blue IBM PC-AT running DOS 3.3, I type in the commands echo dir > input more < input | command the system produces the requested directory listing, but then locks up. If you know a way of avoiding the lockup, I'd appreciate hearing from you by electronic mail. (In real life, the goal is run a program that generates DOS commands on the fly, then execute the commands. While generate > $$$$$$$$.bat command /c $$$$$$$$ del $$$$$$$$.bat does the job, I'd like to be able to generate | command -- Arthur David Olson ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov ADO and Elsie are Ampex and Borden trademarks
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!ncifcrf!lhc!nih-csl!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Wanted: information on how to pipe stuff into command.com Message-ID: <90374@elsie.nci.nih.gov> Date: 8 Nov 90 22:08:02 GMT Organization: NIH/NCI/LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 17