Programming Question

[S Houghtelin]

Funny you should ask, I didn't write any but I got my new desktop this morning, and and used a couple to set up some of my complier envirionments. And I used the one to show hidden devices in the device manager to clean the crud out.

It was broke, so I fixed it.

[Simon_Whale]

I used it to run a XLST to PDF conversion application, using the commandline tool it take around 8 milliseconds to create the PDF and with .NET managed code upto 15 seconds decpending on the report. So it was a no brainer moment on which to use.

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[Rage]

Yes, I keep modifying my "Autoexec.bat". And my "Config.sys". :-D

[Rage]

He he - list of files in the current directory ? Nothing quicker than:

dir /b >> list.txt

[Slacker007]

Dalek Dave wrote:

Who (apart from my good self) still writes .bat files?

I do from time to time. Some things, never die.

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[BobJanova]

I generally only use them for trivial things, otherwise I'll write a short command line C# tool. I like the security of using a real language, and the .Net Framework's always in memory on my machine anyway so execution time is trivial.

[krumia]

We do, for automating lots of things. Setting up development environments, client installations/deployments. That old bats will not die for a while.

[EbenY42]

All the time ... started calling them .cmd a couple of year ago :-D

[Lost User]

I usually prefer using .bat files to do repetitive and trivial things. Btw, shouldn't this post be titled "Scripting question"?

[Corporal Agarn]

I write them on occasion. Then again I too am an "old fogy". :)

[leppie]

Dalek Dave wrote:

Who (apart from my good self) still writes .bat files?

I do, but only basic stuff :)

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[Dalek Dave]

You make a good point!

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[Dalek Dave]

DOS stuff, not Basic stuff surely :)

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[Joan M]

I'm BATman! :rolleyes: I still do it DD! and they work nice... truly I've always found it confusing to fiddle with vbs...

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[GuyThiebaut]

I use them for moving a large number of files when working on version control...

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[Pete OHanlon]

I discard the even ones.

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[Pete OHanlon]

Heck, I was writing Unix scripts before you were born.

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[Eytukan]

Though I'm supposed to forget .bats long before, I continue to stay in touch with them, at least to brag I'm a legendary coder. I've observed it many times, people who write .bat files are looked up as smart coders And the one that writes a little command prompt .exe in C++ or .net look dumb :-D Anyway I write the basic scripts, but when it gets complex, I ring up the old dino Gary :)

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[Dalek Dave]

It's a shame Henry isn't here He could tell us of his days poking holes in cards!

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[Jochen Arndt]

I do so occasionally using GNU utilities for Windows (UnxUtils).