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From: defaria@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Andy DeFaria)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Redirecting I/O for .BAT files?
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Date: 19 Jun 91 01:01:17 GMT
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>/ hpcupt3:comp.lang.pascal / s2525090@techst02.technion.ac.il (Eran Davidov) /  4:04 pm  Jun 16, 1991 /
>If you want to Redirect the IO from a batch file, there must first of
>all be an output to redirect.
>when you used the "@echo off", you made sure nothing was to be printed to the
>screen. therefore, nothing was redirected. try the following batch file:
>--- start of batch
>DIR
>--- end of batch
>
>now, when you use it this way: FOO > OUT.DAT
>the output will be redirected to a file, instead of appearing on your screen.
>
>			Hope it helps, Eran

This is totally untested and blantly false.  "@echo off" does no such thing
and the example .BAT file just does a DIR to the screen (and creates a zero
length OUT.DAT file) when FOO > OUT.DAT is executed.

I guess I'll just have  to re-implement the wheel, open  the  .BAT file and
execute the commands myself, redirecting output as I go.  This is  gonna be
a pain, unless someone knows a better answer....