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Old 10-20-2004, 10:05 AM   #1
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Question .bat files on Linux?

I have some bat (batch) files from windows, is there any way to run them in linux without doing anything too difficult?

thanks.
 
Old 10-20-2004, 10:52 AM   #2
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I guess it depends on what the batch file does. AFAIK there is no automatic utility that will convert a DOS batch file to a bash shell script.

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.linux.com/guides/abs-guide/dosbatch.shtml
 
Old 10-20-2004, 11:17 AM   #3
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Most commands in those batch files are probably Windows commands. I don't think they'll work.
 
Old 10-20-2004, 11:23 AM   #4
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In Linux you would write a shell script to run repetitive tasks. The shell commands are much more powerful than those available under windows. Take a look a manual on shell programming.
 
Old 10-20-2004, 11:32 AM   #5
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Thanks, ill try the links.
 
Old 10-21-2004, 07:15 PM   #6
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Try a DOS emulator

Commercial:

Crossover
Wine
Win4Lin
etc.

Free:

dosbox
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

dosemu-freedos
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/...u-freedos.html

There're others.

Sheng-Chieh
 
  


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