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From: migdol@emx.utexas.edu (Michael A. Migdol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: More on my batch file problem
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Date: 23 May 91 01:49:58 GMT
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     Ok, maybe I'm an idiot for trying to do this, but here's a summary of
my efforts: I'm trying to run several applications in a row from a batch
file. For various reasons, I've concluded that the machine needs to reboot
between applications. So, here's what I've got:

batch1
copy \autoexec.bat \autoexec.tmp
appl1
copy batch2 \autoexec.bat
reboot { a small program I wrote to cold boot the machine }

batch2
appl 2    
copy batch3 \autoexec.bat
reboot

batch3
appl3
copy \autoexec.tmp \autoexec.bat
reboot

Make sense? The problem is that the batch file is writing over itself...does
anyone have any suggestions? 

Thanks in advance!


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