Be really nasty - or fun for all the users Create a file containing just the letter 'y' and called y in the root directory of C: and run a bat file containing
format c: <c:\y >null --------------- Instant formatting of partition c, no output to the screen, and the are you sure message got the 'y' fed to it ----------------- Only problem with more complex bat files is to make sure the y goes as a response to the correct message JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McQueeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:50 PM Subject: Re: Batch file anomaly? > Carl Houseman wrote: > > > "Terminate batch file (y/n)" is usually the result of pressing Ctrl-C or > > Ctrl-Break during the batch file. > > > > If it happens while your fingers are across the room from the keyboard, I'd > > call that a real mystery. > > > > I don't invoke Ctrl-C within the batch file, or press it while it's running, > but I suppose that one of the 'commands' within the .exe file, that is > called, does. I may have to determine which command does that and stop using > it. ;-) > > -- > * Jim McQueeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** > *** Jim McQueeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** > ******PGP/GPG ** DH: 0x22768E06 ****** > ********Keys *** DH: 0x41B6F689 ****** > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
