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- FLY
-
- Creates and executes a batch file on the fly. If you have a dozen
- things to do, and you don't want to use an editor to make a batch
- file, just use fly, and enter your batch commands "on the fly".
-
- When your'e done, just hit carriage return, and fly will execute
- the batch file its created. The batch file name is $TMP.BAT, and
- fly will delete it when its done.
-
- This tiny programming effort has saved me the agony of watching
- long processes wait for me to provide the next command.
-
- The following example provides relief of a certain amount of agony,
- oh, the little ">" is fly's input prompt;
-
- C>fly
- >arc x archive1
- >arc x archive2
- >arc x archive3
- >arc x archive4
- >
- Other batch files can be executed by;
-
- >command /c filename.bat
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- Any comments, suggestions or criticisms;
-
- direct criticisms to :
- Chairman of the Board
- IBM Corp.
- Armonk, NY
-
- anything else to:
- Bob Halsall
- c/o Eastern 'C' Board
- Suffern, NY
- (914)-368-0658
-
- If you find yourself using this program, please send
- a few dollars to :
- The American Cancer Society
- 90 Park Avenue
- New York, New York 10016
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