Writing Batch files on PDA palmtops

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I have a Jornada 720 and see that it can execute Batch files. Back in computer
college 1998-1999 I was trained how to write batch files and have a half dozen
on my floppies,and even have a huge MsDOS 6.22 textbook from those days (hard
to find good DOS books today).

I am looking into creating some batch files to execute on my Jornada but need
ideas. What do you guys do with batch files? Tell me how they make your
computing life easier. Yes I know that if I were still running a DOS only
machine (HP 200LX) I would need to create batch files, but frankly I am running
a machine where batch files is an option. This seems to be the case with all
PC's starting with Windows 95. Batch files are still nice, and can be as
powerful as they were in the Windows 3.11/DOS 6.22 days.

Thank you..

Here are the commands available to me on the HPC2000 os. PPC users I believe
you also can use the command line like is available for HPC palmtops.

Pocket CMD v3.0>

The following commands are available:
ATTRIB Set/display file attributes.
CALL Call batch script.
CD Change directory.
CHDIR Same as CD.
CLS Clear the screen.
COPY Copy files.
DATE Display/set system date.
DEL Delete a file.
DIR Print contents of a directory.
ECHO Echo output on the screen or change echoing parameters.
ERASE Same as DEL.
EXIT Exit command interpreter.
HELP Print help for command interpreter or individual commands.
GOTO Transfer control to a label in batch processing.
IF Conditionally execute a command.
MD Create a directory.
MKDIR Same as MD.
MOVE Move/rename files.
PATH Alias for SET PATH.
PAUSE Suspend execution of a batch file.
PROMPT Reconfigure system prompt.
PWD Print current working directory.
RD Remove directory.
REM Record comments in batch file.
REN Change file name.
RENAME Same as REN.
RMDIR Same as RD.
SET Set or list environment variables.
SHIFT Shift arguments of a batch file.
START Start detached process.
TIME Display/change system time.
TITLE Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TYPE Output contents of a file or files to the screen.
Use HELP [command name] to display extended help for given command, or
HELP CMD to display help on general topics such as
command input options, I/O redirection or CMD parameters.