Windows/DOS Commands Syntax

Hi there.

I'm trying to open WinZip file and extract some files from
within another application (SAS) ie I want my SAS program
to tell Windows to open a particular WinZip file and
extract it somewhere.

There is a command in SAS to do this, but I need to know
the comparable Windows syntax to pass to it.

Conceptually, I want to tell SAS to Run-WinZip-Open etc.

Are there comparable "Windows Commands" like DOS?

Thanks.

The book "Microsoft Windows Command-Line" by William R. Stanek ISBN
0-7356-2038-5 will tell you more than you may want to know about the Command
Line.

"Linc" wrote in message
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Hi there.

I'm trying to open WinZip file and extract some files from
within another application (SAS) ie I want my SAS program
to tell Windows to open a particular WinZip file and
extract it somewhere.

There is a command in SAS to do this, but I need to know
the comparable Windows syntax to pass to it.

Conceptually, I want to tell SAS to Run-WinZip-Open etc.

Are there comparable "Windows Commands" like DOS?

Thanks.

Command-line reference
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d.../ntcmds_o.mspx

Command-line reference A-Z
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d.../ntcmds_o.mspx

Or

Start | Run and copy and paste the following line:

%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

Click OK

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Linc hunted and pecked:
Hi there.

I'm trying to open WinZip file and extract some files from
within another application (SAS) ie I want my SAS program
to tell Windows to open a particular WinZip file and
extract it somewhere.

There is a command in SAS to do this, but I need to know
the comparable Windows syntax to pass to it.

Conceptually, I want to tell SAS to Run-WinZip-Open etc.

Are there comparable "Windows Commands" like DOS?

Thanks.

Wes/Jerry,

Thanks guys.

Due to a quirk with the way the files were compressed, I
eventually solved this with a Windows Script.

Apologies for the delay in responding. I've been off-line
for a while.


Linc


-----Original Message-----
Command-line reference
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...tion/windows/x
p/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_o.mspx

Command-line reference A-Z
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...tion/windows/x
p/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_o.mspx

Or

Start | Run and copy and paste the following line:

%windir%\hh.exe ms-
its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

Click OK

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Linc hunted and pecked:
Hi there.

I'm trying to open WinZip file and extract some files
from
within another application (SAS) ie I want my SAS
program
to tell Windows to open a particular WinZip file and
extract it somewhere.

There is a command in SAS to do this, but I need to know
the comparable Windows syntax to pass to it.

Conceptually, I want to tell SAS to Run-WinZip-Open etc.

Are there comparable "Windows Commands" like DOS?

Thanks.

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