Re: DOS / XP bat file programming question


"+Bob+" <uctraing@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's been a long time since I've done this and my memory grows foggy

How do I feed a "y" response to a DOS command that wants to prompt me
for a Y/N answer?

How about if it prompts for two in a row?

Thanks,


As Ian suggested, piping Y into a command will do the trick,
e.g. like so:

echo F | xcopy c:\*.* d:\Test

Note that DOS is an operating system, same as Windows XP.
There is no DOS under Windows, only a Command Prompt.


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