Dos Batch help please!

[metalgear1419]

Sorry if this was double posted...

I have an assignment in which I have to do the following and I am having quite a bit of trouble with it, would anyone be kind enough to do it for me I promise I will not forget that or any help would be greatly appreciated. The assignment is as follows

Design a batch file, called UTIL.BAT that contains these elements combined together:

Create a menu with no less than five options, each option going to a different section within the same batch file. The menu options and their respective actions are as follows.
•      1. One section asks the user “What is your name?” , stores the result, and prints it to the screen (use the Input utility)

•      2. One section asks the user “Give me the name and path of a file” (Use the INPUT utility. The filename may include an extension). The same section then prompts the user: “Enter an extension” and captures that.  It will check for a file with the same path and filename but with the separately input extension (use the JUSTNAME utility to strip the extension from the initial file). It will state whether the file exists or not (use the IF EXIST batch command).

•      3. This section prompts the user to input  the name of a directory .
Then use the FOR command and  pass the directory name and  each filename in this directory that ends in *.TXT to a subroutine (Batch File ) called DISPBAK.BAT .
DISPAK.BAT will do the following:
1.      Copy each file to the current directory
2.      Copy each file to a backup directory on the floppy drive called BACKUP with  the extension  changed to .BAK
3.      Display the contents of each file on the screen with its text in alphabetic order.
  
•      4. One section displays the main batch file (assume that you do not know the name util.bat ) in the EDIT window.

•      5. The last section tells the user, by his name, that the batch file has reached the end.

The user should be able to check each section before the batch file ends – create a loop that brings the user back to the main menu, before exiting.

Yout batch files must have remarks for each section  - clearly identifying that section and the purpose for that section. Note – The more remarks the better.

Make sure that you create a boot diskette with the following files are on the same diskette as the UTIL.BAT  and SEARCH.BAT batch files:
•      JUSTNAME.EXE
•      INPUT.EXE
•      CHOICE.COM
•      EDIT.COM
•      COMMAND.COM
All files should be stored in the root directory. (Or you can use other directories and the PATH command in you autoexec.bat).


I've included the Justname.exe,input.exe,choice.exe,edit.com,command.com all in the attached rar.

This is do tomorrow so any help would be greatly appreaciated thanks very much.

[HCS]

Have you ever created a batch file? If not it Is pretty simple. Do you want me to give you the program (.bat)? or just the code? If you want I can just help you through creating it.

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[2k_dummy]

Homework is best left to the student. They won't learn if we do the work for them.

[metalgear1419]

Have you ever created a batch file? If not it Is pretty simple. Do you want me to give you the program (.bat)? or just the code? If you want I can just help you through creating it.

-Hale's Computer Service
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www.halescomputerservice.vze.com

If you don't mind could u please help me with it I have never created a batch file till now.

Thanks!

[metalgear1419]

I don't really have time to go through it today so if u don't mind the code or the bat will do please... btw I do have it partially done but i don't feel very confident in my code but heres what i got so far anyways.

PATH=C:\DOS;A:/input.exe;%PATH%
@echo off
REM Menu
CLS
:start
echo .
echo File Menu
echo ==============
echo.
echo 1 Enter Your Name.
A:
input.exe
INPUT name "What is your name:
echo %name%
choice Your choice: /c:2345
echo 2 Enter the name and path of a file.    
A:
input.exe
input file "Give me the name and path of a file."


input extension
input extension "Enter an extension"  

A:
justname.exe
justname extension input.exe
echo %extension%

echo 3 Input a directory of your choice.
echo 4 Display main batch file.
echo 5 Exit Program

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END
beep


Thanks very much.

[QBasicMac]

This might be a start. I did #4 for you.

Mac

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@echo off
:MainHere
@echo.
@pause
cls
echo Menu:
echo 1 Enter Your Name
echo 2 Get name and path of a file
echo 3 Get directory name
echo 4 Edit this BAT file
echo 5 Terminate Bat File
echo.
choice /c12345 /n "Choice: "
if errorlevel 5 goto L5
if errorlevel 4 goto L4
if errorlevel 3 goto L3
if errorlevel 2 goto L2
if errorlevel 1 goto L1
:L0
echo L0
goto MainHere
:L1
echo L1
goto MainHere
:L2
echo L2
goto MainHere
:L3
echo L3
goto MainHere
:L4
notepad %0.bat
goto MainHere
:L5
echo L5


[GuruGary]

... but heres what i got so far anyways.

PATH=C:\DOS;A:/input.exe;%PATH%

Your path statement should not contain a front slash, and should not contain a file.  It is OK to point to the path / directory where a file resides.  So it should look like this:

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set PATH=C:\DOS;A:\;%PATH%It is also probably not a good idea to include the drive letter of a removable drive in the path ... but I left that part in there.

Also ... what version of DOS are you working in?

[HCS]

Well, if you dont get the report in by the due date. if you still are interested in learning batch Computer Hope has a pretty impressive tutorial...
http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm

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[GX1_Man]

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