Post: Batch Files Updating
08-05-2012, 12:42 AM #1
jrok98
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Definition



In DOS, OS/2, and also Microsoft Windows, batch file is the name given to a type of script file, a text file containing a series of commands to be executed by the command interpreter.
The commands may be built into the command processor (COPY), supplied with the operating system but not built into it (XCOPY invokes the Microsoft DOS program XCOPY.EXE), or may be any program (cp invokes the program cp.exe if present, an .EXE port of the Unix cp command, with essentially the same functionality as XCOPY.EXE).
Similar to job control language and other systems on mainframe and minicomputer systems, batch files were added to ease the work required for certain regular tasks by allowing the user to set up a script to automate them. When a batch file is run, the shell program (usually COMMAND.COM or cmd.exe) reads the file and executes its commands, normally line-by-line.[1] Unix-like operating systems (such as Linux) have a similar type of file called a shell script.[2]
The filename extension .bat was used in DOS, and the Windows 9x family of operating systems. The Microsoft Windows NT-family of operating systems and OS/2 added .cmd. Batch files for other environments may have different extensions, e.g. .btm in 4DOS and 4NT related shells.



How do i make one


Copy this code into a notepad and save it as anything.bat

    @echo off
color 0A
title Conditional Shutdown.

:start
echo Welcome, %USERNAME%
echo What would you like to do?
echo.
echo 1. Shutdown in specified time
echo 2. Shutdown at a specified time
echo 3. Shutdown now
echo 4. Restart now
echo 5. Log off now
echo 6. Hibernate now
echo.
echo 0. Quit
echo.

set /p choice="Enter your choice: "
if "%choice%"=="1" goto shutdown
if "%choice%"=="2" goto shutdown-clock
if "%choice%"=="3" shutdown.exe -s -f
if "%choice%"=="4" shutdown.exe -r -f
if "%choice%"=="5" shutdown.exe -l -f
if "%choice%"=="6" shutdown.exe -h -f
if "%choice%"=="0" exit
echo Invalid choice: %choice%
echo.
pause
cls
goto start

:shutdown
cls
set /p sec="Minutes until shutdown: "
set /a min=60*%sec%
shutdown.exe -s -f -t %min%
echo Shutdown initiated at %time%
echo.
goto cancel

:shutdown-clock
echo.
echo the time format is HH:MM:SS (24 hour time)
echo example: 14:30:00 for 2:30 PM
echo.
set /p tmg=enter the time that you wish the computer to shutdown on:
schtasks.exe /create /sc ONCE /tn shutdown /st %tmg% /tr "shutdown.exe -s -t 00"
echo shutdown initiated at %tmg%
echo.

:cancel
set /p cancel="Type cancel to stop shutdown: "
if not "%cancel%"=="cancel" exit
shutdown.exe -a
cls
schtasks.exe /end /tn shutdown
cls
schtasks.exe /delete /tn shutdown
cls
echo Shutdown is cancelled.
echo.
pause
exit




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