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Just had to write a .DAT and a .BAT file!
I will not embarrass myself by explaining why, just say that a lack of programming skill has been made evident by a small report I needed to have uploaded to a website each morning!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Why what is wrong with cmd files or powershell scripts.
If you are going to performing such hacks, and least move forward with the times a few years! 
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What I did, works.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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And that is all that matters 
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Yes, but it is very crude and nasty.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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No, crude and nasty is booting from a DOS6 CD to edit the BAT file...and yes, I do have one in my folder 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Dalek Dave wrote: What I did, works.
And that is all that matters...
Too many folks these days think they "have to" use all the latest toys/tools from Buzz&Hype, without actually gaining anything beyond what was available and still gets the job done for the last 30+ years...
Ralf
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Nothing wrong with that; I write BAT files all the time.
"Do the simplest thing that could possibly work."
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Same here, as:
PIEBALDconsult wrote: "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work."
is what I go by as well for the most part.
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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I couldn't agree more. I've had to write many a batch file in my career. Sometimes, the old simple solutions are the best.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work."
Agreed, although I'd amend it slightly, to say "Do the simplest thing which does work."
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I'm shameless .bat user. In fact I just edited one of my script this morning. I have repetitive mundane work and I write a batch file to do the work for me.
Some of the tasks I do with batch files
- Compare my local source code against source control
- Get/Refresh latest code from source code
- Build projects and solutions
- Compare a number of folders I regularly touch.
- Check who is logged on to which shared servers
The list goes on and on. It saves me a lot of time using .bat files instead of typing commands and/or clicking. 
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You have made me happy!
I am not a proper programmer like most here, I just do what I can to make my life easier.
Fortunately on those occasions when I have run into a brick wall (ie found the circumference of ignorance as far as coding goes) I utilise the gestaltic mind of the CP community to help solve my problems.
I also prefer to use the stuff I do know, such as opening a command shell and calling a BAT file because I am within my comfort zone with such venerable practises! 
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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i spent all day yesterday messing with the .BAT (and .vbs) files that run my build system.
they're hideous, but they work!
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Batch files? I still use them and though it sounds perverse, I rather like them.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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If you use the .cmd extension rather than .bat it makes it look as if you have moved forward a few years at least.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Images is everything.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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An old boss of mine - who was clueless when it came to IT even though he was "Director of IT" - had read how .BAT files were old technology, "a thing of the past", so instructed me to no longer make or support any .BAT files for any of our essential operations. I told him the change away from .BAT files would be a big job, and was about to point out what a waste of time it would be when he interrupted. He was adamant that he knew better than I what was needed and that I should just "get on with it as a top priority". He gave me three weeks to get it all done. This deadline was, of course, completely arbitrary as usual. I hadn't told him how long it would take and he hadn't asked.
I had some sudden inspiration and agreed to the three week deadline but warned him that I would need to concentrate on just this task and nothing else, I was not be disturbed and I might just make it. He readily agreed since I normally fought him on his arbitrary deadlines and went away happy - he issued instructions to the rest of the staff that I was working on a vital change and was not to be disturbed...
I spent a couple of hours going through all the .BAT files (about 100) and renaming them to .CMD files and testing them. Then I had three weeks of undisturbed peace and quiet to get caught up on a couple of other projects to which he had given equally unrealistic deadlines. I wished I had pushed for four or five weeks - he would probably have agreed to it!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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No need to over engineer if you don't have to. I bet it took you two minutes anyways.
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Quote: The 1980's called and want me back
If you are asking for permission, then yes, I will allow it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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1980's? You mean building basic programmes on Commodore Pets, women and flying? And more flying? Because it was a requirement to learn FLYING at Cranfield in those days?
Count me in. Maybe more big-haired women this time though.
Do You Want To Be A Hero?
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I don't see any problem using something that has been tried and tested and we know works!
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I use them a lot Dave, they are old and simple and they work ( just like me )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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You may be old and you may work, however, the evidence here on CP suggests that you are not simple.
Your signature suggests that you would never use a bat file.
Still, with appropriate chemical aids, you are probably capable of anything you desire.
....and yeah I use them to. It's a KISS thing I guess.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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