Programming Question

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[Jochen Arndt]

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

[Alberto Bar Noy]

I call them .cmd files but I use them a lot.

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[hairy_hats]

Not for a good long while, anything more than a directory listing and I write a program.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Indubitably. And I still spend most of my day in a DOS box.

[David Crow]

Dalek Dave wrote:

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

I do. In some ways, they can't be beat.

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[Mike Hankey]

The IDE uses gcc for compiling and linking but the makefile is really a generic file used to build the code. The problem I have is understanding the commands. For some reason haven't been able to wrap my little brain around it.

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[wizardzz]

Working on one right now actually. They use em at my new job, but in all fairness, there is a lot of batch processing being done.

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[R Giskard Reventlov]

If I have a small repetative task I'll whip up a cmd file. Why not? Simple is best.

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[Lost User]

It's really just a batch job, compiling each source file with the options you want. The results (usually .obj files) are then bound to gether by the linker, again using the linking options you specify. The result should be some kind of executable. The rest of the makefile just deals with finding the required libraries, cleaning up or deplaying your compiled executable to whereever you want to have it. It's really just a simple script to describe the build process. Don't let all those options or fancy (but not really important) features like including other makefiles confuse you. Just take a look at the gcc documentation and try it step by step with a very simple test project with, let's say, two source file. Once you have that working, you can go on and try out all kinds of options to see what effect they have.

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[gavindon]

I have been known to write one or two. and I have not been in the IT business all that long..they just have their uses and if it aint broke, don't fix it.

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[richard_k]

Heh.. first job at a large computer firm I had was writing job decks and algol programs at Unisys. With punch cards! Cards were on their way out when I did this.. but you could still find folks with large card decks on their desks.

[richard_k]

I do, but I'm from fogey land just like you. To date I've written in bash, Korn shell, sh, .bat for windows, perl, etc.. just so much.. and that is just the scripting I've done (less than 1% of my total time at my job). At one time I knew all the intricacies.. but that is going on 15 years ago now.. my current most used would be bash... but I still find cause to occasionally write a short .bat script for automation of compilations, etc. (just last year actually).

[richard_k]

.bat files + the scheduler in later versions of windows is perfect for a lot of tasks..

[CPallini]

That means you liked more Unix scripts than the feeder bib.

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[clientSurfer]

At my current job I'm having to alot of "bridging" work between .NET and a couple of Linux servers running MySQL, PHP and java. Believe you me in order to accomplish this I have to pull out all sorts of old tricks from up my sleeve: .bat files, PowerShell, bash scripts, baling wire and spit - everything short of polling some mounted volume on a mainframe at regular intervals to pickup some "flag file" that gets left there! WCF? P'shaw :laugh:

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[GenJerDan]

All the time. Well, a lot of the time. And .cmd files (which are close enough, right?)

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[Chris Losinger]

i do. shell scripts, and VBS scripts and .JS scripts, too. whatever it takes.

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[Steve Mayfield]

I wrote and used one just yesterday - to compare the differences between two different project source file directories :thumbsup: I almost always have one or more cmd windows open on my desktop.

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[Brisingr Aerowing]

I use .bat files sometimes. Usually when I am writing a java program over the course of several shutdowns and startups and unexpected crashes (not too often), and don't want to type the compile and run commands over and over and over and over and over and ... well, you get the idea.

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