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Richard
Hi All,
I'm trying to invoke a simple file, F:\Temp\C.bat from within
another file, F:\Temp\S.bat. It fails in two respects:
1. It complains "Specified COMMAND search directory bad"
2. It destroys the prompt setup and loses track of the working
directroy
Anybody got any ideas? Transcript follows.
Regards,
Richard
F:\>
F:\>cd temp
F:\Temp>type s.bat
::: F:\Temp\S.bat
%windir%\system32\command.com F:\Temp\C.bat
@echo Calling C
@echo Bacl from C
F:\Temp>type c.bat
@echo Reached C!!
F:\Temp>dir %windir%\system32\command.com
Volume in drive F is F12-24GB_NT
Volume Serial Number is B4A5-608B
Directory of F:\WINXPPRO\system32
07/30/2005 02:53 PM 50,620 command.com
1 File(s) 50,620 bytes
0 Dir(s) 13,090,250,752 bytes free
F:\Temp>s
F:\Temp>F:\WINXPPRO\system32\command.com F:\Temp\C.bat
Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
F>
I'm trying to invoke a simple file, F:\Temp\C.bat from within
another file, F:\Temp\S.bat. It fails in two respects:
1. It complains "Specified COMMAND search directory bad"
2. It destroys the prompt setup and loses track of the working
directroy
Anybody got any ideas? Transcript follows.
Regards,
Richard
F:\>
F:\>cd temp
F:\Temp>type s.bat
::: F:\Temp\S.bat
%windir%\system32\command.com F:\Temp\C.bat
@echo Calling C
@echo Bacl from C
F:\Temp>type c.bat
@echo Reached C!!
F:\Temp>dir %windir%\system32\command.com
Volume in drive F is F12-24GB_NT
Volume Serial Number is B4A5-608B
Directory of F:\WINXPPRO\system32
07/30/2005 02:53 PM 50,620 command.com
1 File(s) 50,620 bytes
0 Dir(s) 13,090,250,752 bytes free
F:\Temp>s
F:\Temp>F:\WINXPPRO\system32\command.com F:\Temp\C.bat
Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
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