The 1980's called and want me back...
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I use them a lot Dave, they are old and simple and they work ( just like me )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
You may be old and you may work, however, the evidence here on CP suggests that you are not simple. Your signature suggests that you would never use a bat file. Still, with appropriate chemical aids, you are probably capable of anything you desire. ....and yeah I use them to. It's a KISS thing I guess.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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The 1980's called and want me back
If you are asking for permission, then yes, I will allow it. :)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
1980's? You mean building basic programmes on Commodore Pets, women and flying? And more flying? Because it was a requirement to learn FLYING at Cranfield in those days? Count me in. Maybe more big-haired women this time though. Do You Want To Be A Hero? :)
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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file! I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
I would use a stone axe if it fits the purpose! Nothing wrong with .BAT (we all love BATman)! :)
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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file! I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
That's nuttin' Last year, I installed an old 5 1/4" disk drive, so that I could read a file off a 25 year old floppy.
Truth, James
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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file! I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Don't deprecate your work. I use more or less daily a .dat file to copy .dll files after compiling my programs in VB.Net 2003. I'm proud that I could make the file because it avoids a lot of manual copy file work and frustrations when I forgot copying the files before start testing my changes.
Kind regards, Dirk
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That's nuttin' Last year, I installed an old 5 1/4" disk drive, so that I could read a file off a 25 year old floppy.
Truth, James
Not quite as old as a 5 1/4, but I did dig out a zip drive to see if there was anything useful on a collection of old backups that I found lurking in the depths of the garage. Very painful process trying to get it to work with a win 7 machine so I ended up grabbing an old win 2k machine that was also lurking in the garage - all just to check on old data.
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Nothing wrong with that; I write BAT files all the time. "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work."
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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file! I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
ActiveState Perl is what I use for that sort of thing. At least a perl script can do more stuff. If it gets long enough move it to php or java. If it still doesn't perform, c++. But use whatever language ya know that'll work. The language is less important than having something that's DONE.
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What I did, works.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
What I did, works.
And that is all that matters...:thumbsup: Too many folks these days think they "have to" use all the latest toys/tools from Buzz&Hype, without actually gaining anything beyond what was available and still gets the job done for the last 30+ years... Ralf
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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file! I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Nothing wrong or embarrassing about it, as long as it's the right hammer for the right nail.
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