tim_s Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hi Everyone, It has been quite some time since I have written a batch file, In-fact, since my departments switch over to Linux for administration terminals ? I have personally have been using BASH within OSX or Red Hat. I have created many simple / useful tools to get me through the day-to-day grind but someone asked me to solve an issue on their windows machines by automating a few tasks. It was basic and probably many other applications could have replaced the script with a stronger and more visual feature set but it works. The user loves it ... My question is, Does anyone find DOS or creating batch files productive in their day-to-day work? What tasks did the batch files accomplish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted January 18, 2013 Veteran Share Posted January 18, 2013 i used to use them for copying files and folders to other drives as a back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Does anyone find DOS or creating batch files productive in their day-to-day work? What tasks did the batch files accomplish? Use scripts all the time.. DOS not so much, maybe not since like the late 80's, unless you're meaning a console. But yea, some are the more traditional batch files, a couple VBS, but mostly they're PowerShell scripts now, just blows batch files out of the water and (for me, just an opinion) is just a bit better than Bash at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 hmmm i dont find dos that productive anymore... i use shell scripts for linux and for windows automation i use autoit mostly... batch files are good for ultra simple tasks only (if this is the case, go ahead, its easy and works) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rose Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I gave up on batch files back in the mid 90s as VB was much more powerful. While I agree that there can be some uses for batch files, I find that even for quick things using a full language gives me the control that I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_s Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 I gave up on batch files back in the mid 90s as VB was much more powerful. While I agree that there can be some uses for batch files, I find that even for quick things using a full language gives me the control that I like. Understandable - the system is a little outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well it's not really DOS anymore, it's more of a command prompt/shell. But yes, I still use xcopy c:\ d:\ /c/h/e/f/r/s/v/k/y often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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