[Sam_G]

What can batch files do ?

Can you use them in a harmful way, or can you have fun with them ???

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Sorry, just realised i added this topic in wrong subject.

Please move to "Programming"

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[Sam_G]

Sorry, just realised i added this topic in wrong subject.

Please move to "Programming"

Thanks

[Thef0rce]

just to answer your question here.

batch files can be used to automate tasks that you do very often (copying files from one location to another, listing open connections, etc). It's a small program that you write to make your life easier when it comes to performing simple tasks in a sequence. As with all programs, they can be used maliciously. Therefore it is advisable to open all unknown batch files in notepad before running them to verify that the code will not do things that you don't want it to do: deleting files, etc.

due to the fact that there aren't really many commands that can be used in the command prompt, batch files aren't nearly as useful as unix shell scripts on unix or linux based systems.

[Sam_G]

Thank you very much for your reply.
Do you know of any examples of batch files that i can experiment with or any programs that relates to help with batch files or making batch files.

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[greatmightypoo]

You can just use notepad and write your dos commands in there, then save it as all files such as "test.bat". Here is an example of what a .bat file could look like:

mkdir C:\123
mkdir C:\123\TEST 1
mkdir C:\123\TEST 2
del c:\123

Once you save that as test.bat, all you must do to execute it is find it and double click it. A command prompt window will pop up for a split second and create a folder named "123" on the C drive, and then create 2 more subfolders inside that and then end by deleting C:\123 and any subfolders.