OS/2 Batch Files to Go
Published on 1. February 1994
Book
Mixed media product
364 pages
978-0-07-052369-2 (ISBN)
Description
"OS/2 Batch Files to Go" shows you how to use batch files to expand the power and functionality of OS/2 2.1. This guide for using OS/2's version of DBL and the REXX language should help automate virtually every OS/2 task. The text shows you how to design, write, debug and use OS/2 batch files that incorporate many programming techniques, including replaceable parameters, looping, logic testing, error levels, help functions, strings and repeat commands.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
200 illustrations
Dimensions
Width: 188 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-07-052369-2 (9780070523692)
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Content
Part 1: Basic DOS batch language or DBL: batch files are just OS/2 commands; some simple ways to create a batch file; document you batch file with the REM command; disable showing extra information; talking to the reader; hold that batch file!; applying what we have learned so far; replacable parameters; using more than nine replaceable parameters; looping and program flow; more looping; logical testing; using the environment; using Errorlevel; what to do when your batch file does not work; applying what we have learned so far; structuring your batch files; helping the user; an automated batch file help system; simple batch file menus; applying what we have learned so far. Part 2: EXX batch files; the difference between DBL and REXX files; using variables; getting command line variables into REXX batch files; mathing; getting information from the user with the parse pull command; working with string variables; applying what we have learned so far; grouping commands; looping; File I/O; applying what we have learned so far; debugging REXX programs. Appendices: Answers; batch file documentation; OS/2 batch file command summary; REXX batch file command summary.