Problem with batch files

DISCUSSION Rick Knight 1 participant 3 messages Sep 9, 2005 1 message not in the archive

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Rick Knight

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2005-09-09 03:05 UTC #0 lore raw

I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been able to use it in the past.

The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called with "xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"

@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe
exit

All of the commands work at the command prompt, the batch file runs OK from the command prompt and the application runs fine, but I cannot get xdosemu to execute "cd \pcplus" in the batch file. Can anyone tell me how to get this to work?

Thanks,
Rick Knight

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Richard W. Knight

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2005-09-09 15:47 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 28 lines · Claudia Neumann

Hi Rick!
Am Freitag, 9. September 2005 05:05 schrieben Sie:
Quoted 4 lines
I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been able to use it in the past.
Quoted 10 lines
The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called with "xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"
@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe
exit
Try
@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
call pcplus.exe
exitemu

Quoted 5 lines

cu
Claudia

Claudia,

Thanks for the reply.

Adding "call" to the batch file doesn't make any difference. I forgot to mention my previous post, I do get an error message,

"ERROR: could not change directory"

and then the dosemu command line. The problem seems to be that the change directory command "cd" doesn't work in a batch file when called by xdosemu with -E. Does this make sense?

Thanks again,
Rick Knight

Richard W. Knight

author

2005-09-09 16:19 UTC #3 lore raw

Quoted 43 lines · Richard W. Knight

Quoted 28 lines · Claudia Neumann
Hi Rick!
Am Freitag, 9. September 2005 05:05 schrieben Sie:
Quoted 4 lines
I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been able to use it in the past.
Quoted 9 lines
The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called with "xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"
@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe
exit
Try
@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
call pcplus.exe
exitemu
Quoted 5 lines
cu
Claudia
Claudia,
Thanks for the reply.
Adding "call" to the batch file doesn't make any difference. I forgot to mention my previous post, I do get an error message,
"ERROR: could not change directory"

Quoted 8 lines

and then the dosemu command line. The problem seems to be that the change directory command "cd" doesn't work in a batch file when called by xdosemu with -E. Does this make sense?
Thanks again,
Rick Knight
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Solved the problem,

Using 2 batch files. The first batch file, "startpcp.bat", just calls the second batch file,

@echo off
call pcplus.bat
exitemu

All of the commands to start pcplus are in the second batch file, "pcplus.bat"

@echo off
d:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe

In this way, cd works correctly. Is this normal?

Thanks again,
Rick Knight