Re: DOS / XP bat file programming question


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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.

In Help 7 Support, search for Command-line reference A-Z, to learn all about
"changes to the functionality of MS-DOS commands, new command-line tools,
command shell functionality, configuring the command prompt, and automating
commmand-line tasks". It may not be DOS, but Microsoft still refers to the
commands as MS-DOS commands, so it is not totally unreasonable to refer to
the window in which one uses the MS-DOS commands as a DOS window.

The Cmd.exe window, displays something like this when you open it:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

The Command.com window displays something like this when you open it:
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
I kinda think that this really is running a version of DOS under Windows,
but I could be wrong.

Both windows can run batch files, but the CMD window is much more versatile.
It has many more commands and more powerful batch capabilities than the
Command.com window.

WXP can format a disk creating an MS-DOS startup disk. I believe on bootup
it would actually be DOS and have capabilities similar to the Command.com
window.

-Paul Randall


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