JAYDALOSS Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION DIRECTLY I HAVE 2 FILES ON MY FLOPPY ONE IS A BATCH FILE THE OTHER IS THE FILE THAT I WANT THE BOOTUP SCREEN TO PRINT SO I CAN VIEW IT THE NAME OF THIS FILE IS NAMED CMOS SO I USED THE COMMAND TYPE CMOS.TXTTHAT OPENS UP THE FILE BUT IT SHOOTS DOWN THE SCREEN TO THE END OF THE FILE WHAT COMMAND DO I USE TO VIEW THE WHOLE FILE I MEAN WHY WOULD IT EVEN SHHOT DOWN THE SCREEN IN THE FIRST PLACE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO READ THE WHOLE FILE SOMEBODY TOLD ME TO USE TYPE CMOS.TXT /P AND ALSO TYPE CMOS.TXT /MORE BUT NONE OF THAT WORKED DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR ISTHERE A SOFTWARE I CAN BUY THAT WILL GET THIS THING DONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikgale Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Please don't shout!All capitals is not the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At0mic Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 No the /p command is normally used after the DIR command. It wont work here. As for /more I dont know what the hell thats used for!The reson why the batch finnishes straight away and closes is because its got no reason to stay open. Its main task in life is to display your text file which takes all of 2 micro seconds then it exits. You need to issue a command for it to stay open. For example, the pause command will display the text until the user presses a key to continue.TYPE CMOS.TXTpause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 You must use piping - e.g. type cmos.txt|more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYDALOSS Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 SOULIN MAYBE IAM DOING THIS WRONG WHERE IS THE PIPE SIGN ON THE KEYBOARD I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOVE THE RIGHT SLASH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Btw dont use capital letters, it means angry attitude. It is above \... Usually it is shown as TWO lines on keyboard, on screen it is one line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYDALOSS Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 It doesnt work anyhow. There i have no capitals Who knows the answer. There has to be something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glimmerman Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Soulin has the answer.You must use piping.It's the sign above the ' backward slash ' For the noobs under us. Use " Shift \ "If that doesn't work for u, then there is one last solution.Go play with your PS2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlkohler Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 if I remember correctly "more" is not a built-in function of the OS but a separate program, so the "more" program has to be in the directory too. (correct? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 if I remember correctly "more" is not a built-in function of the OS but a separate programyes "more.com" in system32 (used to be in \dos). doesn't have to be in the directory as long as it's in the path (which it is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAYDALOSS Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 I have a idea. How do i check a windows 98 bootup disk what commands it has in cmd . can i put the files in cmd and read the commands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 You Could Do That You Could Also Add Your Batch File To A FloppyThe File Must End In Bat not cmdUse This Cmd It Works. You Could Also Add More.exeTo The Boot Disknote That The File Must be In The Same Dir type cmos.txt|moreMy Test And It WorkedType D:\UpdateList-DownLoadList.txt | More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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