jonathan de boyne pollard

SB> Actually, if I could do it in batch (cmd) mode that would be best.

MD> Ah... COMP.COM is interactive.

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jonathan de boyne pollard

SB> 3) I don't get why the redirection of comp.in on the
SB> comp command line?

JS> COMP normally requires user interaction. It asks up
JS> to two Y/N questions. Redirecting stdin for COMP to
JS> the file has the effect of "answering" the two
JS> questions with 'N'. So no user interaction is necessary.

.... which is why the 32-bit replacement for it is better if one
is writing command scripts. By using it, you could have halved
the size of your script, and eliminated all of the redirection
(including that of standard output, since the 32-bit COMP command
also supports /U and /Q options).

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stewart buckingham

Hi Jonathan,


Thanks also for this

Stu/2

stewart buckingham

Hi Graham,


I bought myself "Down To Earth REXX", without the quotes So, I'll
have something to read in my more sober moments over the holidays

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