David Candy
October 25th 05, 03:38 AM
For /r c:\somefolder %A in (.) do tconvert *.txr *.tga
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"Harry" > wrote in message ...
> In W98, I often needed to run a command in a directory and all of its
> subdirectories; I just entered that subdirectory and ran a
> multi-subdirectory executing utility with the program that I wanted to
> use as its parameter (for instance, sweep tconvert *.txr *.tga)
>
> Those utilities did their job every time. I uploaded them here if anyone
> wants a look - these are tiny console applications or DOS programs, they
> take up a measly 20 KB together:
> http://rapidshare.de/files/6571550/subdirs.zip.html
>
> Anyway, the point is that none of them appears to work in XP. I tried
> various ways - with or without quotes, placing the programs in various
> directories set in PATH, or in the working directory... NOTHING WORKS!
> Eeach of these programs does run in the selected subdirectory but there
> I see only "Bad command or filename" being displayed there by the
> OS. What to do to force this OS to act properly???
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Read David defending the concept of violence.
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/10/entering_the_ga.html#more
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"Harry" > wrote in message ...
> In W98, I often needed to run a command in a directory and all of its
> subdirectories; I just entered that subdirectory and ran a
> multi-subdirectory executing utility with the program that I wanted to
> use as its parameter (for instance, sweep tconvert *.txr *.tga)
>
> Those utilities did their job every time. I uploaded them here if anyone
> wants a look - these are tiny console applications or DOS programs, they
> take up a measly 20 KB together:
> http://rapidshare.de/files/6571550/subdirs.zip.html
>
> Anyway, the point is that none of them appears to work in XP. I tried
> various ways - with or without quotes, placing the programs in various
> directories set in PATH, or in the working directory... NOTHING WORKS!
> Eeach of these programs does run in the selected subdirectory but there
> I see only "Bad command or filename" being displayed there by the
> OS. What to do to force this OS to act properly???