Hi Eric: Thanks! Great support. Wrong shell for the if (...) else (...) thing. Oh, well...
Thanks again. Will try "vol d:>test" without the space. Thanks, Eric! Mark > > Hi, > > > 1. The "VOL" command built into command.com appears to > > output to stderr instead of stdout. > > No, but you have to do e.g. > VOL d:>somefile.txt > because > VOL d: >somefile.txt > is rejected. Looks like FreeCOM command.com is 1. too picky > and 2. does not strip spaces before the < > | signs. Should be FIXED. > > > 2. The MS-DOS syntax > > if condition ( > > ... > > ) > > gives a syntax error. Where is the behavior of "if" in command.com > > documented? > > You cannot do IF with () in MS-DOS. Maybe you can in WinNT, with the > cmd.* shell, but you cannot do it with command.com of MS DOS. > To get more information, do: > IF /? > at the prompt. To get a list of all commands in FreeCOM, by the way, do > ? > at the prompt. Further help is available by starting help (htmlhelp) > and reading the "batch file commands" section. > > There is some homepage, too: > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/FreeCOM.html > If you want to download a new version as suggested by > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/FreeCOM.html#-download-http > then you should NOT use the files directly in the > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/packages/ directory - those are OLD. > Instead, use e.g.: http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/packages/082pl3/ > or alternatively: > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/packages/TESTING/com082pl3ak/ > > Somebody should really move the old versions to subdirectories on that > server :-(. > > Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
