Does anyone know a good education site? (googled for it but can't find it)

[Jonas Wauters]

Does anyone know a good education site where you can learn batch file commands.
If someone knows a dutch site that would be wonderful but English is not bad either.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Well i guess you can look here
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02

[Jonas Wauters]

Yes I've tried this but here you don't get any examples of codes.
But still thanks for the advice.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

well first, what OS are you using and do you know how to save a batch file?

[Jonas Wauters]

My OS is given at the bottom of every reply and is Windows XP SP2.
And I do know how to save a batch file.
Sorry if I sound a bit rude but its because my English isn't so good.
My apologies.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

My OS is given at the bottom of every reply

Lol, i didn't see that 

Ok so basically if you want to say something with a batch file this is the code

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@echo off
echo Hello
pauseSave that as a .bat file.

@echo off = This hides the code and 'c:\documents and settings\username\'
                    If you don't get what I mean, try the code without it.
echo         = This basically says something. To insert a blank space, you type a '.' at
                    the end of 'echo'
pause       = Does what it says. It makes the user have to press any key to continue

[Jonas Wauters]

OK but can you create a pause for some seconds sow you don't have to press a button?
I'll can create some programs like:

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Title Defragmenteren
@echo off
cls
echo Dit programma is gemaakt door Jonas Wauters.
echo Dit programma defragmenteerd C: en D: schijf.
echo Defragmentatie zorgt voor een optimaal gebruik van uw harde schijven.
Vol C:
defrag C:
If not exist d: GOTO e
vol d:
defrag d:
:e
if not exist e: GOTO f
vol e:
defrag e:
:f
shutdown -s -f -t 01This is my best program its written in dutch.
Sow this is just to show you how much I can do with batch files.
Still thanks for being this helpful I really appreciate this.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Then all you have to do is replace pause with PING Insert 7=(8-1) second delay

[Jonas Wauters]

Thanks
But if I try it I get the error message: Ping request could not find host instert. Please check name and try again.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

It has to be PING Insert 7=(8-1) second delay followed by cls

There is also the wait command but you have to download the tool and i'm not familiar with it...

[Jonas Wauters]

If I do that ist mutch faster than 7 seconds.
Can't I get a count down message ?
Sorry for all those questions.
But I just like programming.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

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@echo off
echo.
echo. 5
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
cls
echo.
echo. 4
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
cls
echo.
echo. 3
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
cls
echo.
echo. 2
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
cls
echo.
echo. 1
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1 >nul
cls
echo.
echo. 0!!!
PING Insert 7=(8-1) second delay
exit


[Jonas Wauters]

Yes thanks but how can you count down white seconds those are no seconds are they?
By the way are you really 14?
If that's true than your a real expert four your age aren't you?

[Jonas Wauters]

Why did you stop answering I saw that you looked at the page.
I didn't mean to insult you if I did sorry for that!
I'm also just 15 sow why should I wanna say something bad about that.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Sorry, i guess i didn't see your post. I view CH using the 'show unread posts since last visit' at the top of the page.
Yes I am 14 and well i more or less self taught myself 'batch'.
I am not sure about the seconds thing though......

[WillyW]

Does anyone know a good education site where you can learn batch file commands.
If someone knows a dutch site that would be wonderful but English is not bad either.

http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/overview.htm
http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/

You might like to bookmark these, as they are very handy.

[WillyW]

OK but can you create a pause for some seconds sow you don't have to press a button?
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It looks like you are enjoying experimenting and learning,  to figure out how to do this.

Another way to get the job done though,  is to use a free program, all ready to go.



Download and check out:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/batchutl/wait.zip

It is free.

Examples are in the included  readme.





edit:   attached a copy of wait.zip to this post
I believe you have to be logged in to see it and download it.   Guests reading this won't even see it.

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[Sidewinder]

This may do what you want. In any case it sure is cute to watch.

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@echo off
for /l %%i in (20,-1,1) do (
  <nul set/p z= %%i
  >nul ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 
  )

Currently set to 20 seconds, but you can change it easily.

Allenware offers an easy batch learning guide but is more of a tutorial rather than a reference.

 

[Jonas Wauters]

How did you learn it by just trying it and use the help in cmd?