[toe]

how would u modify these. (only started learning batch bout 10 mins ago so go easy on me)

A.) i just want it to open telnet for an example at the moment it jst spams shit in cmd and doesnt open anything loop it repeatedly

C:
cd windows
telnet

B.) at the moment it just flashes on the screen and doesnt stay there so u can read the ECHO commands

@ECHO OFF
ECHO This deletes temp shit
ECHO setting sights for windows/temp compensating for wind speed
cd windows\temp
ECHO takes aim and fires
del *.tmp
ECHO killed those dirty temp files.............

basically i dont want to have to run it through cmd i just want to be able to double click the file and it will do what its ment to.

-thx toe

[bonarez]

your batch file did what it's supposed to do:

it deletes all *.tmp files from temp dir

if you want to see the echo's just put a pause on the bottom >

@ECHO OFF
ECHO This deletes temp shit
ECHO setting sights for windows/temp compensating for wind speed
cd windows\temp
ECHO takes aim and fires
del *.tmp
ECHO killed those dirty temp files.............

pause

pause will wait until you hit enter (or any other key)

you could play around a bit with the del command >

"del /?" will show you more options

[Terminal]

U can also use environment variables like %windir% for windows directory ..
bcoz if u run bat from some folder than the "cd windows" command will look for windows directroy in that folder . So use
del %windir%\temp\*.tmp /f /q


some more environment variables here http://www.wilsonmar.com/1envvars.htm

[belgther]

1)Windows directory is already added to your path listing. It means, when you just type telnet in command line, or instruct a batch file to do so, it opens, no matter wherever you are... To prove this, you can go to Start-Run then type telnet, and you are in...
But be careful... Because if you name your batch file as telnet.bat, you get an infinite loop because the bat file has a higher running priority than telnet.exe. Since .exe, .bat and .com files are directly executable, you will get an infinite loop by naming your batch file as telnet.bat
BTW, there's no need to make a batch file for running telnet... Because you can simply add a shortcut with the command "telnet".
2)i would suggest "\windows\temp" instead of "windows\temp". But the solution with environment variables is also good... The backslash at the starting makes you go to the root directory at first. And with pause, here's a hint: if you write "pause >nul" instead of "pause", you won't see the message "press any key to continue..." if it annoys you...
Hope this helps...

[toe]

Terminal, on May 2 2005, 07:51 AM, said:

U can also use environment variables like %windir% for windows directory ..
bcoz if u run bat from some folder than the "cd windows" command will look for windows directroy in that folder . So use
del %windir%\temp\*.tmp /f /q


some more environment variables here http://www.wilsonmar.com/1envvars.htm

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

wot do the /f /q commands do?
Thnx for the replies they have helped alot.

-toe

[SkitZZ]

toe, on May 3 2005, 01:07 AM, said:

wot do the /f /q commands do?
Thnx for the replies they have helped alot.

-toe

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

as bonarez sead go to cmd and type "del /?"

C:\>del /?
Deletes one or more files.

DEL [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names
ERASE [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names

  names         Specifies a list of one or more files or directories.
                Wildcards may be used to delete multiple files. If a
                directory is specified, all files within the directory
                will be deleted.

  /P            Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file.
  /F            Force deleting of read-only files.
  /S            Delete specified files from all subdirectories.
  /Q            Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard
  /A            Selects files to delete based on attributes
  attributes    R  Read-only files            S  System files
                H  Hidden files               A  Files ready for archiving
                -  Prefix meaning not

If Command Extensions are enabled DEL and ERASE change as follows:

The display semantics of the /S switch are reversed in that it shows
you only the files that are deleted, not the ones it could not find.

SkitZZ

[toe]

yeah just did that and couldnt delete my post :)

-toe

[toe]

Also say i want to make a batch script to for example to run netcat with the commands:
netcat.exe -lvvp 432 -d -e cmd.exe (assuming netcat is in C:)

can in it be done in batch? and what are some other usefull things that you have used batch scripts for?

-toe

[tuxi]

Quote

Also say i want to make a batch script to for example to run netcat with the commands:
netcat.exe -lvvp 432 -d -e cmd.exe (assuming netcat is in C:)

can in it be done in batch? and what are some other usefull things that you have used batch scripts for?

-toe

Sure no problem
just do this

c:
cd /
netcat.exe -lvvp 432 -d -e cmd.exe

Other usefull things let me think a bit you could automate nearly all windows processes.

[lesaew]

Nice!

Is it possible to create a batch file to delete all temp files and temp internet files on a WinXP machine? (XP creates a folder for each profile/user with identical subfolders which are hidden under %user%\local settings\* where tmp files and temp internet files are stored)
I think I figured it out.

@ECHO OFF
ECHO This empties Temp and Temp Internet Folders

del C:\Documents and Settings\%userdir%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.*
del C:\Documents and Settings\%userdir%\Local Settings\Temp\*.*

ECHO Temporary Internet Files and Temp folders for each user have been emptied.............

pause

Can someone verify this for me before I run it and toast something I didn't intend to toast?

/r

[toe]

looks good to me, but i only started with batch coz i found c++ a bit hard to learn at the moment, school fags my codeing life over. Oh with the del command sometimes you have to force the delete on read only files. So it wood be something like this:

del C:\Documents and Settings\%userdir%\Local Settings\Temp\*.* /f

as above says type del /? for some more info.

-toe

[lesaew]

Just tried to run it, error said it could not find the specified file. I'm guesing the %userdir% isn't an appropriate wildcard.

Suggestions?

[bonarez]

try %username%

you can find the variables with the 'set' command

ps: cool batch tricks at robvanderwoude.com

[spook]

lesaew, on May 6 2005, 12:47 PM, said:

Just tried to run it, error said it could not find the specified file. I'm guesing the %userdir% isn't an appropriate wildcard.

Suggestions?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

del %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Temp\*.* /f

Tried it, but without the del and /f... But it probably does its job