batch file won't run normally

mrainey · Post by **mrainey** » 2004 Oct 10, 21:35

Hi,

Registered the Pro version a few weeks ago, just love it!

Having a problem running the following batch file. It works fine in Windows Explorer, but in xplorer2 the DOS console window appears normally and goes away normally, but the files are not erased.

I checked the registry keys you described in another thread. They show the correct values for batch files.

Running XP Home.

The file:

erase *.o
erase *.a
erase *.opts
erase *.map
erase *.fil
erase *.opti

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Oct 11, 00:53

The batch file may not be operating on the folder/directory you think it is.

Use:
CD <pathspec>
in the .bat file to change to the directory where the files you want to operate on exist; then, erase away ...

mrainey · Post by **mrainey** » 2004 Oct 11, 01:00

Thanks, but adding the cd \path line didn't help.

That batch file has worked for months on three different computers, when double-clicked inside Windows Explorer.

Not a big deal right now, but I would like to figure out if there's a workaround.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Oct 11, 01:52

I cannot reproduce your problem (on XP sp2).
I placed a .bat file containing the following code in the directory where I wanted to delete all .bak files, as a test.

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erase *.bak

When I d-clicked the bat file in a xplorer² pane, it erased all .bak files as expected.
I also placed this .bat file elsewhere [ in c:\utils ], and ran it.

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cd \fg\analysis
erase *.bak

Again, this worked as expected, deleting all .bak files in the target directory.

mrainey · Post by **mrainey** » 2004 Oct 11, 09:46

I appreciate your making the effort, and will operate on the premise that the problem is related somehow to my machine configuration. As I said, it's a minor problem for me right now.