The name for Microsft's implementation of the Disk Operating System.
The name for Microsft's implementation of the Disk Operating System. Often referred to as just "DOS," which is also an acronym for Denial of Service.
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wsname logfile to a filename using mac address or hostname
I am using wsname to rename workstations as they are deployed.
i have a \logfile switch which changes the default location of the wsname logfile to a folder on the C drive.
I want to change this to a network location however i need to be able to…
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Is there a program that will monitor a txt file and print it when ever it is updated automaticly?
Client is using a very old DOS program that I can not get to directly print. I can get it to write out to a txt file though. I know about PrintFile but it will only print the file once and won't print again if the txt file gets updated.
This is a…
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Windows 7 Custom Environment Variable Disappears
I am trying to set a custom environment variable in Windows 7, which needs to be done programmatically as it must be set on multiple computers.
I have been testing one a single machine, but When I create it programmatically, it exists for that…
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Windows XP running as OpenSSH server through cygwin. Can I remotely execute MS-DOS commands?
I tried typing cmd or cmd.exe at the bash line which then takes to the DOS shell. But from there I tried executing something like trial.bat which contains some lines to access a series of executable commands, but to no avail. Is this the correct way…
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getting the last two tokens in batch script for command
I have a file name with fullpath and want to get the filename and the parent directory of the file.How can I parse this in batchscript?
e.g
for /f "tokens=4,5 delims=\" %%a in ("F:\mydata\WebLogs\MyServerName001\u_ex100206.log")
in the above line…
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Delete all folders on all drives with "foo" OR "bar" in the folder name with batchfile
I am trying to delete all folders on all drives with the above naming pattern, however only on the first folder level, i.e directly below the drive letter, like for example:
F:\this folder's name contains FOO and should be deleted
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How to transfer file(s) from a Unix system to a DOS system?
What is the simplest way to transfer files from a Unix system to a DOS system? Preferably without any "extra" tools on the DOS side.
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What does timeout /T > null mean in batch programming
What does timeout /T > null mean in batch programming. I mean I can't seem to figure out what > null means here.
Sometimes it is also used for COPY [source file] [Destination file] > null
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Can there be created a different firmware for mother boards different than DOS
Maybe this is a dumb question but is something I need to know.
All laptops, computers, etc that i've used until today runs DOS as bios firmware... So I was wondering if there is motherboards running firmware that it is not DOS...?
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