Problem with batch files

Problem with batch files

[Rick Knight]

I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application 
from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been 
able to use it in the past.

The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called with
"xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"

@echo off
D:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe
exit

All of the commands work at the command prompt, the batch file runs OK 
from the command prompt and the application runs fine, but I cannot get 
xdosemu to execute "cd \pcplus" in the batch file. Can anyone tell me 
how to get this to work?

Thanks,
Rick Knight

Re: Problem with batch files

[Richard W. Knight]

Claudia Neumann wrote:

>Hi Rick!
>
>Am Freitag, 9. September 2005 05:05 schrieben Sie:
>  
>
>>I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application
>>from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been
>>able to use it in the past.
>>
>>The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called with
>>"xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"
>>
>>@echo off
>>D:
>>cd \pcplus
>>pcplus.exe
>>exit
>>    
>>
>
>Try
>
>@echo off
>D:
>cd \pcplus
>call pcplus.exe
>exitemu
>
>cu
>
>Claudia
>  
>
Claudia,

Thanks for the reply.

Adding "call" to the batch file doesn't make any difference. I forgot to 
mention my previous post, I do get an error message,

"ERROR: could not change directory"

and then the dosemu command line. The problem seems to be that the 
change directory command "cd" doesn't work in a batch file when called 
by xdosemu with -E. Does this make sense?

Thanks again,
Rick Knight

Re: Problem with batch files

[Richard W. Knight]

Richard W. Knight wrote:

> Claudia Neumann wrote:
>
>> Hi Rick!
>>
>> Am Freitag, 9. September 2005 05:05 schrieben Sie:
>>  
>>
>>> I'm trying to get xdosemu to run a batch file to start an application
>>> from my KDE desktop. The batch file is pretty simple, and I have been
>>> able to use it in the past.
>>>
>>> The batch file is located in /usr/lib/freedos and it's being called 
>>> with
>>> "xdosemu -E pcplus.bat"
>>>
>>> @echo off
>>> D:
>>> cd \pcplus
>>> pcplus.exe
>>> exit
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Try
>>
>> @echo off
>> D:
>> cd \pcplus
>> call pcplus.exe
>> exitemu
>>
>> cu
>>
>> Claudia
>>  
>>
> Claudia,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Adding "call" to the batch file doesn't make any difference. I forgot 
> to mention my previous post, I do get an error message,
>
> "ERROR: could not change directory"
>
> and then the dosemu command line. The problem seems to be that the 
> change directory command "cd" doesn't work in a batch file when called 
> by xdosemu with -E. Does this make sense?
>
> Thanks again,
> Rick Knight
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Solved the problem,

Using 2 batch files. The first batch file, "startpcp.bat", just calls 
the second batch file,

@echo off
call pcplus.bat
exitemu

All of the commands to start pcplus are in the second batch file, 
"pcplus.bat"

@echo off
d:
cd \pcplus
pcplus.exe

In this way, cd works correctly. Is this normal?

Thanks again,
Rick Knight

Re: Problem with batch files

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Richard W. Knight wrote:
> "ERROR: could not change directory"
This bug might have been fixed in 1.3.2
already:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1152829&group_id=49784&atid=457447

Please don't forget to specify your dosemu
version in your further messages.