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From: ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Wanted: information on how to pipe stuff into command.com
Message-ID: <90374@elsie.nci.nih.gov>
Date: 8 Nov 90 22:08:02 GMT
Organization: NIH/NCI/LEC, Bethesda, MD
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If, on a true-blue IBM PC-AT running DOS 3.3, I type in the commands
	echo dir > input
	more < input | command
the system produces the requested directory listing, but then locks up.
If you know a way of avoiding the lockup, I'd appreciate hearing from you
by electronic mail.

(In real life, the goal is run a program that generates DOS commands on
the fly, then execute the commands.  While
	generate > $$$$$$$$.bat
	command /c $$$$$$$$
	del $$$$$$$$.bat
does the job, I'd like to be able to
	generate | command
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		Arthur David Olson	ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov
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