This one in particular (the /K) is exactly what I need to debug an issue I'm having.
A real world issue, in an actual program I'm actually writing at this very moment. (That large remark is for Tony, who I'm sure will eventually jump in here and call me a "troll".) -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hiscock <[email protected]> To: 'U2 Users List' <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 11:05 am Subject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command Ummm ... it's not a UniVerse thing, it's a command prompt thing. Open up a ommand prompt window, and type cmd /? And you'll see all the options. /c means run the following command, then close the window k means run the following command, and keep the window open There's a whole list of command options ... Larry Hiscock estern Computer Services ----Original Message----- rom: [email protected] mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wjhonson ent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:00 AM o: [email protected] ubject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command h... My... God mazing try DOS /C DIR hen try DOS /K DIR how come they don't document this and we have to make guesses? -----Original Message----- rom: Bob Rasmussen <[email protected]> o: U2 Users List <[email protected]> ent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:38 am ubject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command n educated guess would be that the DOS command invokes the command rocessor command.com in long-ago Windows, cmd.exe now) and passes the \c" (or is it /c"?) to it. f in Windows you open a CMD prompt, and type cmd /? u can see what options it accepts. My output includes: /C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates urther down the help display, it gives more information. n Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Wjhonson wrote: The DOS command in Universe takes a "/c" argument and then you can specify at file like DOS \c test.bat What does \c mean? Are there other arguments like \z or \x that it can ake? _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users egards, ..Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. ersonal e-mail: [email protected] ompany e-mail: [email protected] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com treet address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA _____________________________________________ -Users mailing list [email protected] tp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list [email protected] ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list [email protected] ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
