Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cwlim!david From: david@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (David Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Backup to tape and priveleges Message-ID: <1990Dec7.205049.10872@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 20:50:49 GMT References: <842@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Reply-To: david@po.CWRU.Edu Organization: Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, Ohio, (USA) Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: cwlim.ins.cwru.edu In article abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) writes: >In article <842@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> dbielik@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Danny >Bielik) writes: > > [...Stuff deleted...] > > Now, onto other matters, how can one run a batch file from a login script > without using EXIT "batchfile"? > >Easy. > >#COMMAND /C "batchfile" > >This lets you run the batchfile within the login script. When the >batch file exits, it returns you to the login script, no EXIT >required. > >~~~Steve Another popular way to run a batch file from a login script is to compile the batch file with bat2exec wich is now a standard DOS utility available from many FTP sites. Witb bat2exec, you compile the batch file to a com file and can run it using the '#'. Dave -- david@po.cwru.edu * Eagle * David Nerenberg 73107,177 Compuserve * Computers * Information Network Services NY: H-516-751-6344 * Electronics * Case Western Reserve University W-516-751-8111 * Sound & Stage * W-216-368-2982 H-216-754-2063