Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 22:53:36 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] speeding up command.com 
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
> >> demon-batch-coder-from-hell and do all your work in COMMAND.COM. 
> >Hmmm, ya almos de'scribe me!  I have 44 batch files on my machine
> >totaling 77,585 bytes, guess how many of them is _under_ 4k?
> 
> Yeah. Batch files are cool. With a few little utilities, like awk, you can do 

Here's another kicker, most of my batch's which are under 200 lines or so
tend to be transitory.  I just never get around to housecleaning them out
because:

'I might need that someday!'.  ;)

> [Note: please do *not* cc: replies to me if you're also sending to the list! I 
> get enough mail as it is without getting things twice]

Hmmm, never thought about all that.