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| Batch file examples | |||||
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Name | Description | OS (1) | Last modified (DD/MM/YYYY) |
Remarks |
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Wait | Wait for a specified number of seconds | All | 04/06/2000 | Use the Resource Kit's SLEEP.EXE in NT, and RexxUtil's SysSleep function in OS/2 |
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Wallpapr | Randomly change bitmaps for background screen | W2K | 21/08/2004 | Read the comments in the script before using it. Also available as OS/2 Rexx, Windows Rexx and VBScript scripts. Use SetWallp.bat or Wallpaper.vbs if you want to specify the bitmap yourself. |
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WANIP.bat | Display your WAN connection's IP address and host name | NT | 16/05/2005 | Idea: Gregg Dotoli. Uses WGET. |
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Week.bat | Display week number. | DOS | 07/10/2001 | Requires Solid Oak Software's
WEEKOFYR.COM. Also available as Kix, Rexx, Perl or VBScript script. |
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Week.bat | Display week number. | NT | 07/10/2001 | Also available as Kix, Rexx, Perl or VBScript script. |
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Which | A Unix-like WHICH utility | All | 29/01/2004 | Available for DOS, NT and OS/2 (Rexx) and as KiXtart and Perl scripts |
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WhoAmI.bat | Show info on workstation and current user | NT OS2 | 12/06/2000 | Also available for OS/2 as WhoAmI.cmd |
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WhoHasIt.bat | Show info on remote workstation and current user | W2K | 21/10/2004 | Requires Windows Server 2003's DS Tools |
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WhoIs.bat | Display WHOIS database entry for the specified domain. | All | 12/10/2002 | Also available as VBScript script |
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WhoIsIt.bat | Show specified domain user's display name. Uses DSQUERY & DSGET from Windows Server 2003. |
W2K | 21/10/2004 | Requires Windows Server 2003's DS Tools |
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WhoRU.bat | Remote WhoAmI (Who Are You) | NT+RK | 15/10/2000 | |
| Notes: | (1) | Operating System version these batch files were meant for | |
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| All | No version specific commands are used, though it is (obviously) not tested with every DOS version available | ||
| 95 | Windows 95 (and probably Windows 98 as well) | ||
| 98 | Windows 98 | ||
| DOS3 | MS-DOS 3 and 4 | ||
| DOS6+ | MS-DOS 6 and later | ||
| Kix | Windows (most functions also in plain DOS) with KiXtart | ||
| NT4 | Windows NT 4 (Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition too) | ||
| NT | Windows NT (Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition too) | ||
| NT+RK | Windows NT with Resource Kit (Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition with Resource Kit too) | ||
| W2K | Windows 2000, and probably XP and Server 2003 as well | ||
| W2K+RK | Windows 2000 with (Server) Resource Kit, and (probably) XP and Server 2003 as well | ||
| W2K3 | Windows Server 2003 | ||
| XP | Windows XP | ||
| OS2 | OS/2 Warp | ||
| TS | Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition, or Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 with Terminal Services | ||