Making a DOS based batch program run faster on Windows XP

[ctspsr]

Hi All,

We have a batch script running on a windows XP PC. This PC is
exculsively used to run DOS based batch progams. Are there any tips
and tricks to optimize the batch program run faster?

Regards,
Reddy

 

[Ghostrider]

Hi All,

We have a batch script running on a windows XP PC. This PC is
exculsively used to run DOS based batch progams. Are there any tips
and tricks to optimize the batch program run faster?

Regards,
Reddy

Other than running the DOS programs on a machine that is optimized
for DOS operations, about the only tricks would be to optimize the
batch file that is running in the DOS emulation box. Got an example
to show for critiquing?

 

[Bob Adkins]

Hi All,

We have a batch script running on a windows XP PC. This PC is
exculsively used to run DOS based batch progams. Are there any tips
and tricks to optimize the batch program run faster?

Gosh, I can't think of anything that runs faster than a batch file.
They run instantly, even on very old machines. If the batch file is
calling the copy command, it's probably the HDD or RAM that are slow,
not the batch file.
-

Bob

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Gosh, I can't think of anything that runs faster than a batch file.
They run instantly, even on very old machines. If the batch file is
calling the copy command, it's probably the HDD or RAM that are slow,
not the batch file.
-

Bob

I beg to disagree. Batch files are easy to write but are
notoriously slow to run. A properly written compiled
executable will run circles around a batch file, especially
when the batch file must execute a number of loops.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi All,

We have a batch script running on a windows XP PC. This PC is
exculsively used to run DOS based batch progams. Are there any tips
and tricks to optimize the batch program run faster?

Regards,
Reddy

It'd be a lot faster to rewrite the DOS batch file as a Visual Basic
script.


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Bruce Chambers

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