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- The enclosed program takes the place of simple batch files.
- It loads and runs faster than a batch file, and, under DESQVIEW, does
- not require the extra memory for COMMAND.COM to interpret the batch
- file.
-
- This program can ONLY set up an environment and run a set of
- 1 . . . N EXTERNAL commands. It will not do internal commands.
- It may not work with some programs: I was lazy, and didn't set up
- any default FCBs; so programs that look for their command line
- arguments in the FCB fields of the PSP will fail.
-
- I have not included a COM file because the source must be
- modified for each incarnation.
-
- To modify:
-
- 1. Set up the environment you want (as in lines 62 - 74 of the
- supplied .ASM file)
-
- 2. Add the pathnames and command lines for the programs you want to
- run (as in lines 78 - 103 of the supplide .ASM file). Note that the
- PATH will not be searched; you must either include the program
- pathname relative to a known default directory, or the entire
- pathname. The entire pathname is safest. Also note that the program
- MUST have a .COM or .EXE extension.
-
- For programs that don't take a command line, you can use the same
- null_cmd_tail for each one.
-
- 3. Fill in the address table (as in lines 107 - 120 of the supplied
- .ASM file). Note that the "program:" portion is necessary. The
- program table must consist of the address of the name of the first
- program to be run, the address of the command line for the first
- program to be run, the address of the anme of the second program to
- be run, etc.
-
- 4. Assemble, link, and EXE2BIN the program.
-
-
-
- Jon Fleming (BIX: jfleming)
- 1/29/89