Good resources and books for scripting

[happytoday]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison way between all operating systems . If not possible please
specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only.

Thanks

 

[db.·.. >]

you can find all lots
of scripting information
and tools at microsoft.com

 

[Todd Vargo]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison way between all operating systems . If not possible please
specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only.

Even if you read every book written on batch files, you still would not
learn as much as hands on trial and error will teach you. Begin with the OS
you will actually be using and go from there.

 

[foxidrive]

Even if you read every book written on batch files, you still would not
learn as much as hands on trial and error will teach you. Begin with the OS
you will actually be using and go from there.

I think that's a good way of learning too, particularly because there are
so many techniques that are not documented by MS.

Timo Salmi's FAQ gives many examples and answers many questions - then
stick around in alt.msdos.batch.nt which covers NT/W2K/XP/Vista etc and
lots of knowledgeable people lurk there.

 

[Klaus Meinhard]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison way between all operating systems . If not possible please
specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only.

There are many links on my site in the DOS Links section - it's a bit
dated, but probably quite a few links are still functioning.

 

[mik3l3374]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison way between all operating systems  . If not possible please
specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only.

Thanks

If you want to learn cross platform languages, you can start with
Python or Perl.

 

[Richard Bonner]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos, Windows, Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison between all operating systems. If not possible, please
specify the good ones for (Dos, Windows) only.

*** Although over a decade old, an excellent book for batch files is
"The Ultimate Batch File Book" by Ronny Richarson. It discusses a number
of platform variations. Also, look for magazine articles by Hardin
Brothers.

Focusing more on DOS, other books I would recommend are "Running
MS-DOS" by Van Wolverton and "Power DOS" by Alfred Glossbrenner.
________

As for the Internet, there are many, many batch file tutorials. My
one on the basics is at:

http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/BatBasic.html

Links from there take one to a good number of examples. Note that I
advocate incorportaing after-market utilities as needed, so purists may
object to my methods.


For other tutorials, see "BATCH FILE TIPS, TUTORIALS and UTILITIES"
at:
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/Websites.html


Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/

 

[Franc Zabkar]

I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for
learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating
systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and
comparison way between all operating systems . If not possible please
specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only.

Thanks

Interactive (MS-DOS) Batch Course:
http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Richard Bonner]

Interactive (MS-DOS) Batch Course:
http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm
- Franc Zabkar

*** An excellent site. Its sitemaster used to be a regular here.

Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/