As mentioned earlier, a batch file contains a series of DOS commands and are used to automate the frequently performed tasks. Thus, you don’t have to repeatedly write the same commands. Remember the ...

I'm working on a batch file that prompt the user for a username and password then supplies those values to a series of commands. How can I get DOS to mask the password so that it doesn't appear in ...

Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

Okay, so I'm used to .bat files under DOS, but how would you write batch files that run several commands under the Linux shell? is there a specific extension that I have to use or what?<P>Thank you!