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- BATCH COMMANDS
-
- Any file with an extension of .BAT can contain multiple commands, which can be
- executed just by entering a filename and pressing the Enter, Return, or <──┘
- key. The commands are then executed just as if they had been entered from the
- keyboard. A BATCH file is created by an editor.
-
- [d:][pathname]filename [value1 [value2 ... [valueN]]]
-
- Commands useful in BATCH processing are: CALL, ECHO, EXIT, FOR, GOTO, IF,
- PAUSE, REM, SET, SHIFT. Any command that can be entered from the keyboard
- can also be present in a BATCH file. OS/2 BATCH commands are listed in the
- EXAMPLES topic.