Re: [Freedos-user] Writing date and time into log file

2022-12-26 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 2:12 AM M. Osman Talayman wrote: > > Thank you all for your suggestions. > > I will definitely look into 4dos. I will not use its specific date and > time functions as that will tie me to it. However, it is interesting > in itself. Is it used a lot amongst FreeDos users? >

Re: [Freedos-user] Questions about link files

2022-12-26 Thread Jim Hall
> > The link files in C:\FreeDos\Links set an environment variable. For > > example I found this in the file blkdrop.bat > > > > set _LINK.BLKDROP=%DOSDRV%\GAMES\BLKDROP\BLKDROP.EXE > > > > If I run this, I expect the environment variable _LINK.BLKDROP to be > > added to the system, but when I do a

Re: [Freedos-user] Questions about link files

2022-12-26 Thread Bret Johnson
> The link files in C:\FreeDos\Links set an environment variable. For > example I found this in the file blkdrop.bat > > set _LINK.BLKDROP=%DOSDRV%\GAMES\BLKDROP\BLKDROP.EXE > > If I run this, I expect the environment variable _LINK.BLKDROP to be > added to the system, but when I do a "set" I don't

Re: [Freedos-user] Questions about link files

2022-12-26 Thread Travis Siegel
On 12/26/2022 3:26 AM, M. Osman Talayman wrote: Hello, All .bat link files run the programs with 9 parameters (%1 - %9) I'm guessing this is because a dos program can take a maximum of 9 parameters and by doing it this way, all program parameters should be covered. Is that correct? No, this i

[Freedos-user] Questions about link files

2022-12-26 Thread M. Osman Talayman
Hello, I hope you have all had a merry christmas. The link files in C:\FreeDos\Links set an environment variable. For example I found this in the file blkdrop.bat set _LINK.BLKDROP=%DOSDRV%\GAMES\BLKDROP\BLKDROP.EXE If I run this, I expect the environment variable _LINK.BLKDROP to be added to t