xp and batch files

[Food Groupy]

hello,

i occasionally write a batch file to automate occasional backup of certain
files.

i know windows programs have a "start" folder that you can drag batch files
to, to execute on startup.

Is there such thing as having a batch file executing automatically on
shutdown as well, or would i have to do it manually?


question2 - i'm just learning batch file syntax, when writing a batch file,
do you need to use the 8.3 abbreviation for all files and pathways or does
XP recognize long folder names?

thank you.

[David Candy]

Windows commands recognise long file names. As space is a command =
delimiter, file names that use spaces must be enclosed in quotes. There =
are also Dos commands in XP. These do not use long file names (but they =
tend not to use files at all so it's a moot point - see mem command).

Internal commands use long file names unless you are sneaky. This is =
because anything typed into the Dos 5 command.com (or bat/cmd file) gets =
passed to the XP command processor cmd.exe for execution. To force Dos 5 =
to execute you need to specify as a parameter to command.com

Type
command /k dir /?
and
cmd /k dir /?

Remember the long file name is the standard. You can't know for sure =
what the short file name might be (which is why some MS programs fail on =
install when it assumes it is creating the filename. But if the user =
already created a file with that short file name then it's a big =
problem) and if you copy or move the file it might change short names.

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> hello,
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> i occasionally write a batch file to automate occasional backup of =
certain
> files.
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> i know windows programs have a "start" folder that you can drag batch =
files
> to, to execute on startup.
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> Is there such thing as having a batch file executing automatically on
> shutdown as well, or would i have to do it manually?
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> question2 - i'm just learning batch file syntax, when writing a batch =
file,
> do you need to use the 8.3 abbreviation for all files and pathways or =
does
> XP recognize long folder names?
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> thank you.
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