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Article #6293Re: Undocumented commands for MSDOS
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:24
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:24
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bailey_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes: >I have found two undocumented commands for MS-DOS: "truename" which seems >to give the same output as "cd" on its own, and a /f switch for command.com >which seems to do something unspecified. Can anyone tell me what these two >do ? Oops! I almost forgot. The /f parameter is *normally* used in the SHELL line of CONFIG.SYS. It tells COMMAND.COM to automatically do a "Fail" on any critical errors (and thus avoid the Abort, Retry, Fail prompt). Mostly useful for unattended systems. -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com FIDO: 1:105/51 Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org (The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psgrain!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Subject: Re: Undocumented commands for MSDOS Message-ID: <1992Nov16.082429.3733@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. References: <1duhj3INNa9c@golem.wcc.govt.nz> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:24:29 GMT Lines: 17