What are batch files and how do I go about learning how to..

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"Nocturnal" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to learn how to create a batch file. How would I go about
>doing this? Is there a specific site dedicated to batch files? I know
>that there isn't a book as it is not that complex, or is it?
>

Google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en [...] atch+files

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Actually a *.bat file will run on NT OS's to be backward compatible, but
*.cmd files are what is designed to be used on NT OS's, although now *.js
and *.vbs files are just as common, as batch/scripting have become a blur,
one can do the other, the other can do one.

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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> In news:%23lrp0NkLFHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
> Nocturnal <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> > I would like to learn how to create a batch file. How would I
> > go
> > about doing this? Is there a specific site dedicated to batch
> > files?
> > I know that there isn't a book as it is not that complex, or is
> > it?
>
>
> A batch file is a text file that has the extension .bat. It
> contains DOS commands. Other than that it's a file that executes
> those batch commands when you run it, there's really nothing
> special about a batch file. All you probably need to learn is how
> to use DOS commands, and there are many references for that: on
> the internet (do a google search) as well as in books.
>
>
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