jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) (09/01/90)
In article <1990Aug31.184944.22989@athena.mit.edu> acook@athena.mit.edu (Andrew R Cook) writes: >Has anyone tried to run a dos program under windows and supply any input for >it by using indirection ? Ie: > progm < cmds >where cmds is a file that contains the resonses to inputs asked for by progm ? >I have tried doing it by using the run command, and by putting stuff in a PIF >file, but neither technique seems to work. Any Windows hackers know a way to >do this? Is it even possible ? Redirection is handled by command.com, which is not normally called from the run menu. You might be able to do something like this (which I haven't tried, but it sounds good): command /c progm < cmds which will force windows to load command.com which can then handle the redirection for you. (The /c means that command.com should go away as soon as progm is done, and not stick around waiting for another command.) Hope this helps. -- Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer. UUCP: ames!vsi1!headland!jls ARPA: jls%headland.UUCP@ames.nasa.arc.gov