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In <370E8EE2.31F6F719@ibm.net>, on 04/10/99 
   at 10:36 AM, Inaki Gonzalez <igonzal@ibm.net> said:

>G'day Moris,

>I'm not into the programming  side of OS/2 but an home user fan all the
>same.

>That said, I have no reference to startup.cmd in "Mastering OS/2 Warp" 
>and am guessing it is some kind of Rexx version of a DOS autoexec.bat
>command.

The only on-line help reference (very short and unclear) could be found
in help screen for START command. Type HELP START in OS/2 window to get
it. STARTUP.CMD is a simple batch file (yes, similar to DOS
AUTOEXEC.BAT) which is executed automatically (if found in the root dir
of boot partition) on each system boot up, prior to WPS/Desktop
initialization. This is NOT a REXX script, just a simple batch file. You
can read more about OS/2 bacth programming by typing HELP BATCH in OS/2
window.

>Do you know where I can learn about it?
>Do you have working examples of such a command program file? I think
>it's time I started learning Rexx and this seem like a good way to
>start.

Again, STARTUP.CMD is NOT a REXX script. AFAIK REXX is loaded during WPS
initialization, thus you can't use REXX interface from STARTUP.CMD. You
can however put REXX scripts in your Startup folder, since programs in
Startup folder are executed just AFTER the WPS is up and running. That's
the main difference between STARTUP.CMD and Startup folder. Also, since
Startup folder is a part of WPS, you can also start ANY WPS object
through it, not only plain executable programs.

Cheers,
Ivan

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