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A Few Batch Files to Speed Up Your Development




These are a few Batch files I use in my DOS development:
To create a .COM file from a applicable .ASM file:
REM start of MA.BAT file ***************
@ECHO OFF
MASM %1;
LINK %1;
EXE2COM %1
DEL %1.obj
DEL %1.exe
REM end of MA.BAT file ****************

How about a menu using the CHOICE command:
@echo off
:LOOP
cls
echo       main menu
echo.
echo    A - Run Quick Basic
echo    B - Run Quick C
echo    C - Run Quick Pascal
echo    Q - Quit to DOS
echo.
CHOICE /c:ABCQ Enter Choice:
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO DONE
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2 QB
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 3 QC
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 4 TURBO
IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO DONE
PAUSE
GOTO LOOP
:DONE


How about an easy way to create a batch file with out using an editor of any kind other than DOS itself?
Try:
COPY CON filename.bat
echo off
cls
echo This is a line
echo This is another line
REM this could be any line
^Z {enter}
Note the ^Z is the actual Ctrl-Z key combination and the {enter} is the actual enter key.
You should have a bat file named 'filename.bat' with the contents of:
echo off
cls
echo This is a line
echo This is another line
REM this could be any line



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