mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) (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 ? |> |> Thanks - Andy Cook |> Two suggestions off the top of my head: 1) Try executing the statement via COMMAND.COM, that is, select File|Run, then type COMMAND.COM /C progm < cmds (It would be nice if this works.) 2) Creat a batch file with the line progm < cmds in it, and File|Run WHATEVER.BAT. (This should surely work.) ______________________________________________________________________ Michael B. Williams | /| /| ) /| / Room 527 | / | / |--<| / | / Laboratory for Computer Science | / |/ |___)/ |/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Internet: mikew@athena.mit.edu 545 Technology Square | CompuServe: 73667,3264 Cambridge, MA 02139 | AT&T: (617) 253-6015