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MSDOS statement 'copy con'

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First post, by UdixDosbox

Posted on 2010-06-17, 12:48

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Hi - I admire how well this program works. I am using it with QuickBasic 4.5 (which is or was as good as Fortran, at least for calculations).
In this context I tried to make a .bat thing using "copy con x.bat" - possible under eg MSDOS. That didn't work. Did I do something the wrong way? Ok- anyway, I used an editor and I got my batch. Anybody any ideas about 'copy con' ?

Reply 1 of 7, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-06-17, 12:49

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doesn't work in dosbox. no game needs it

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Reply 2 of 7, by UdixDosbox

Posted on 2010-06-17, 13:03

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Thanks

Reply 3 of 7, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2010-06-17, 13:08

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Reply 4 of 7, by redblade7

Posted on 2010-06-17, 14:11

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Didn't think anyone used "copy con" anymore. There are plenty of editors, including the QuickBASIC IDE. I use the DOS version of Vim - a bit slow to start up, but it's still Vim 😀

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Reply 5 of 7, by Davros

Posted on 2010-06-18, 20:00

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or you could run edit.exe from dos in dosbox

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Reply 6 of 7, by Anonymous Freak

Posted on 2010-06-18, 20:05

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I still use copy con on a very regular basis when I just need to make a 1-3 line batch file from a command prompt.

Copy con: The only text entry method crazier than edlin.

Reply 7 of 7, by redblade7

Posted on 2010-06-19, 00:17

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Davros:

or you could run edit.exe from dos in dosbox

That's what I meant, forgot about that. EDIT was based on QBASIC, wasn't it? Or was that HELP?

Anonymous Freak:

I still use copy con on a very regular basis when I just need to make a 1-3 line batch file from a command prompt. Copy con: The only text entry method crazier than edlin.

🤣 @ Edlin - terrible

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