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From: Robert Riebisch on 25 Oct 2006 08:22
Andy schrieb:

> ----------------------- START MESSAGE ----------------------
> C:\>cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
> "D: \user data\@My Downloads\*.*"
> Invalid parameter - ;
> ----------------------- END MESSAGE ------------------------
>
> When I remove some spaces in the batch file commands I then get other
> errors. I keep getting different errors.

What's your problem to understand "Invalid parameter - ;"?!

Why do you think ";" is a valid character to concat multiple commands?
That's for 'bash', but not for 'cmd.exe'. Try "&&" instead.

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From: Pegasus (MVP) on 25 Oct 2006 09:08

"Andy" <nomail(a)nomail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98677EE21AB0374C1H4(a)127.0.0.1...
> > "Andy" <nomail(a)nomail.com> wrote in message
> >>
> >> ISTR there is a way to change the line length in XP's "DOS box"
> >> (or more correctly the line command interface in XP got from
> >> running "CMD".
> >>
> >> How do I change the line length and/or get lines to wrap?
> >>
>
>
> On 24 Oct 2006, Pegasus (MVP) <I.can(a)fly.com> wrote:
> >
> > mode con lines=50 cols=100
> >
>
>
>
> That works well when I key it to an open command line box but it fails
> when I use it in a batch command.
> MODE CON LINES=50 COLS=100
>
> Here is the full batch file text (which has no line breaks in the
> version I am testing):
>
> --------------------- START TEST COMMAND -------------------------
>
> cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
> "D:\user data\@My Docs - XP\@My Opera downloads\*.*"
>
> where:
>
> (1) cmd /k;
> = OPEN LINE COMMAND BOX AND KEEP OPEN
>
> (2) mode con lines=50 cols=100 ;
> = COMMAND FROM PREVIOUS POSTING
>
> (3) C:\Contig.exe
> = COMMAND FROM "SYSTEM INTERNALS" UTILITY
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Contig.html
>
> (4) -A
> = PARAMETER FOR CONTIG.EXE
>
> (5) "D:\user data\@My Docs - XP\@My Opera downloads\*.*"
> = TARGET FILES
> --------------------- END TEST COMMAND -------------------------
>
> When i run that batch file I get the following message as if there is a
> problem with the separators and special characters I am using in my long
> file name:
>
> ----------------------- START MESSAGE ----------------------
> C:\>cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
> "D: \user data\@My Downloads\*.*"
> Invalid parameter - ;
> ----------------------- END MESSAGE ------------------------
>
> When I remove some spaces in the batch file commands I then get other
> errors. I keep getting different errors.
>
> Can anyone get this to work? (It works well if |I do not use the MODE
> CON command!)
>
> Thank you.
> Andy

It seems you're trying to run before you can walk. Try this
for starters:

mode con lines=50 cols=100

Get rid of the semicolons. If you must concatenate commands, use
a single ampersand (not a double ampersand, as some respondent
suggests). Depending on the environment you're in, you may have
to escape it: ^&.


From: Andy on 27 Oct 2006 13:22
On 25 Oct 2006, Robert Riebisch <Robert.Riebisch(a)arcor.de> wrote:

> Andy schrieb:
>
>> ----------------------- START MESSAGE ----------------------
>> C:\>cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
>> "D: \user data\@My Downloads\*.*"
>> Invalid parameter - ;
>> ----------------------- END MESSAGE ------------------------
>>
>> When I remove some spaces in the batch file commands I then get
>> other errors. I keep getting different errors.
>
> What's your problem to understand "Invalid parameter - ;"?!


No, I understand "invalid parameter" perfectly well. The problem I
have is to determine why that message was made to appear and how to
code thelines such that it does not appear.

>
> Why do you think ";" is a valid character to concat multiple
> commands? That's for 'bash', but not for 'cmd.exe'. Try "&&"
> instead.
>

The semi-colon seems to work after "cmd /k" followed by a simple
command. Why is semi-colon working in that sort of arrangement?
From: Andy on 28 Oct 2006 05:12
> "Andy" <nomail(a)nomail.com> wrote in message
>
>> > "Andy" <nomail(a)nomail.com> wrote in message
>> >>
>> >> ISTR there is a way to change the line length in XP's "DOS
>> >> box" (or more correctly the line command interface in XP got
>> >> from running "CMD".
>> >>
>> >> How do I change the line length and/or get lines to wrap?
>> >>
>>
>>
>> On 24 Oct 2006, Pegasus (MVP) <I.can(a)fly.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > mode con lines=50 cols=100
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> That works well when I key it to an open command line box but it
>> fails when I use it in a batch command.
>> MODE CON LINES=50 COLS=100
>>
>> Here is the full batch file text (which has no line breaks in the
>> version I am testing):
>>
>> --------------------- START TEST COMMAND -------------------------
>>
>> cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
>> "D:\user data\@My Docs - XP\@My Opera downloads\*.*"
>>
>> where:
>>
>> (1) cmd /k;
>> = OPEN LINE COMMAND BOX AND KEEP OPEN
>>
>> (2) mode con lines=50 cols=100 ;
>> = COMMAND FROM PREVIOUS POSTING
>>
>> (3) C:\Contig.exe
>> = COMMAND FROM "SYSTEM INTERNALS" UTILITY
>> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Contig.html
>>
>> (4) -A
>> = PARAMETER FOR CONTIG.EXE
>>
>> (5) "D:\user data\@My Docs - XP\@My Opera downloads\*.*"
>> = TARGET FILES
>> --------------------- END TEST COMMAND -------------------------
>>
>> When i run that batch file I get the following message as if there
>> is a problem with the separators and special characters I am using
>> in my long file name:
>>
>> ----------------------- START MESSAGE ----------------------
>> C:\>cmd /k;mode con lines=50 cols=100 ; C:\Contig.exe -A
>> "D: \user data\@My Downloads\*.*"
>> Invalid parameter - ;
>> ----------------------- END MESSAGE ------------------------
>>
>> When I remove some spaces in the batch file commands I then get
>> other errors. I keep getting different errors.
>>
>> Can anyone get this to work? (It works well if |I do not use the
>> MODE CON command!)
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Andy


On 25 Oct 2006, Pegasus (MVP) <I.can(a)fly.com> wrote:
>
>
> It seems you're trying to run before you can walk. Try this
> for starters:
>
> mode con lines=50 cols=100
>
> Get rid of the semicolons. If you must concatenate commands, use
> a single ampersand (not a double ampersand, as some respondent
> suggests). Depending on the environment you're in, you may have
> to escape it: ^&.
>
>

When I replace the first semi-colon (after "/k") with an ampersand (or
two ampersands) then the MODE command does not work.

And conversely when I restore the semi-colon (after "/k") then the MODE
command works again.

So it seems that the semi-colon is needed there?

---

Whether I use semi-colon or ampersandafter the "/k" command, the
CONTIG.EXE command does not work with an anpersand or double ampersands.

Should I have line breaks in here somewhere now that ampersand is being
used?

Do I need to use two sets of double quotes to group the parts of the
CONTIG.EXE command together?
From: Robert Riebisch on 30 Oct 2006 07:22
Andy schrieb:

> When I replace the first semi-colon (after "/k") with an ampersand (or
> two ampersands) then the MODE command does not work.

Because you didn't understand. Please read the Windows help about what
"cmd /k" does.

> And conversely when I restore the semi-colon (after "/k") then the MODE
> command works again.

It's not. It's probably just ignored by cmd.exe.

> So it seems that the semi-colon is needed there?

No.

> Whether I use semi-colon or ampersandafter the "/k" command, the
> CONTIG.EXE command does not work with an anpersand or double ampersands.

Then a write a batch file.

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