Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 14:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
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On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Lawerence L Nelson wrote:

> 	I have Win95 installed over DOS6.22.  I use "95" when software
> demands but spend most of my time in 6.22 where I putz around with Batch
> files.  For the moment I am booting ODOS from a floppy just to get some
> idea of what it's about. Form a Batch file prospective ODOS looks to have
> a lot going for it and at some future date I'd like to make it a more
> perminate part of  my setup. Two ideas come to mind. Replace DOS6.22 as
> the previous O/S, with ODOS, or get me a good Boot Manager that will
> allow me to boot as I chose.  Any Ideas on the subject?

The OS/2 boot manager works quite well.  It comes bundled with Partition
Magic.  I've posted instructions on how to setup Win95 and OpenDOS to the
list before, you can read them in the archives at www.delorie.com/opendos.

> 	While scrounging through DOSbook I came across the Filelist
> function which would seem to allow one to do things to a number of files
> named in a text.file list. A handy tool for Batch filers and one that I
> can only match in DOS6.22 with the aid of a most grievous Kludge.  One
> problem, I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Any ODOS BatRats out
> there had a chance to use this Filelist function?

The only mention of filelist I found in dosbook works like this:

1) Create a text file containing all the files you want to work with.  It
should look like this:

somefile.txt
woo.hoo
blah\something.new

2) Commands that support the file lists work like this (assuming you
named the file files.del)

xdel @files.del 

this runs xdel on all the files listed in files.del

Of course, if you want powerful batch files, go to www.jpsoft.com and get
4dos.  4dos' batch file features are much more powerful than MS-DOS and
OpenDOS.

> 	Well that's it for openers and thanks again to all for flagging
> me in.
> :L8r
> 	Larry
> 	.....In a pinch a stone ax still works.....
> 


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