DOCUMENT:Q97928 21-NOV-1999 [msdos] TITLE :CONVERT.BAT and GETPATH.BAT File Contents PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System PROD/VER:MS-DOS:6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= CONVERT.BAT and GETPATH.BAT are two batch files included with the Stacker Conversion disk. The contents of these files are listed below. MORE INFORMATION ================ CONVER.BAT ---------- @echo off if "%1"=="/?" goto givehelp if "%1"=="?" goto givehelp if "%1"=="-?" goto givehelp if ""=="%1" goto findit if ""=="%2" goto stacdir if not exist %2 goto Invalid_args goto signon REM if Stacker is in default location, handle automatically. :stacdir if exist c:\stacker\check.exe CONVERT %1 c:\stacker\check.exe if exist c:\stacker\scheck.exe CONVERT %1 c:\stacker\scheck.exe REM else search the path... echo Searching for your Stacker directory... call getpath check.exe if "%TARGET%"=="" call getpath scheck.exe if "%TARGET%"=="" goto cantfindstacker CONVERT %1 %TARGET% :findit REM Check to ensure we have enough environment space for a full path (80 chars) set TEST1=---------------------------------------- set TEST2=---------------------------------------- if not "%TEST1%"=="----------------------------------------" goto smallenv if not "%TEST2%"=="----------------------------------------" goto smallenv set TEST1= set TEST2= if "%temp%" == "" set temp=c:\ REM if temp is set to non existent dir, point to root of c. if not exist %temp%\NUL set temp=c:\ REM Confirm that CONVERT is in the working directory. if not exist .\convert.bat goto notroot if not exist .\getpath.bat goto notroot if not exist .\allstack.exe goto notroot if not exist .\dblspace.hlp goto notroot if not exist .\dblspace.exe goto notroot if not exist .\convert.txt goto notroot echo Searching for the directory that contains your MS-DOS files... call getpath dblspace.exe if "%TARGET%"=="" goto nodblspace CONVERT %TARGET% :signon if not exist %1 goto Invalid_args cls echo Welcome to the MS-DOS Stacker conversion program. echo. echo This program copies an updated version of the DBLSPACE.EXE file echo to your hard disk and checks your drive(s) for errors. Then echo it runs the updated DoubleSpace program to convert your Stacker echo drive(s) to DoubleSpace format. echo. echo NOTE: The conversion process can take several hours. echo. :readdocs echo The CONVERT.TXT file contains a detailed procedure for running echo this program. echo. choice /cync /n "Do you want to read the CONVERT.TXT file now [Yes,No,Cancel]?" :displayfile if errorlevel 3 goto cancelexit if errorlevel 2 goto skipdocs more < convert.txt echo. choice /cync /n "Would you like to read CONVERT.TXT again [Yes,No,Cancel]?" goto displayfile :skipdocs CLS echo. echo Updating the DBLSPACE.EXE and DBLSPACE.HLP files... attrib -r -h -s %1 > nul call getpath dblspace.hlp if not "%target%" == "" copy dblspace.hlp %target% > nul copy dblspace.exe %1 > nul cls echo. echo Now running the SCHECK or CHECK programs and the CHKDSK program echo to check your drive(s) for errors. echo. echo DoubleSpace Setup will later warn you that you need to run SCHECK echo or CHECK before converting Stacker drives to DoubleSpace. Because echo this program is doing that now, you can ignore the warning. echo. echo Watch carefully and note any errors that are reported. echo. pause allstack %2 /F #c: allstack chkdsk /F #c: allstack -h chkdsk /F #c: choice /n "Were any errors reported [Yes,No]?" if errorlevel 2 goto OK goto fixerrors :OK cls echo. echo DoubleSpace Setup will now convert your Stacker drives to echo DoubleSpace format. This will take several hours. echo. choice /n "Do you want to convert your Stacker drive(s) now [Yes,No]?" if errorlevel 2 goto userabort cls echo. echo Press ENTER at the DoubleSpace Setup Welcome screen to begin echo converting your Stacker drives. echo. echo Loading DoubleSpace Setup... choice /ty,5 /n >nul %1 goto exitprogram :fixerrors echo. Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue echo because your drive(s) still contain disk errors. echo. echo Before converting your drives, you must fix all disk errors. echo For information about fixing disk errors, see the MS-DOS 6 echo User's Guide and your Stacker documentation. After fixing echo the errors, run CONVERT again. echo. goto exitprogram :nodblspace Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue echo because it could not find your copy of the DBLSPACE.EXE file. echo The DBLSPACE.EXE should be located in the directory that echo contains your MS-DOS files. echo. echo Add your MS-DOS directory to your search path, and then run echo CONVERT again. (For information about changing your search echo path, type HELP PATH at the command prompt.) goto exitprogram :Invalid_args Echo. Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue echo because the CONVERT command included an invalid argument. echo. echo To run the Stacker conversion program, type CONVERT at the echo command prompt without any arguments, and then press ENTER. echo. goto exitprogram :cantfindstacker Echo. Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue echo because it cannot find the Stacker CHECK.EXE or SCHECK.EXE echo programs. echo. echo Add the directory that contains your Stacker files to your echo search path, and then run CONVERT again. Either the CHECK.EXE echo or the SCHECK.EXE file must be in your Stacker directory when echo you run CONVERT. (For information about changing your search echo path, type HELP PATH at the command prompt.) echo. goto exitprogram :smallenv set TEST1= set TEST2= Echo. Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue Echo because there is not enough environment space. echo. Echo Use the SET command to examine your environment, and to echo remove any unnecessary environment variables. echo. goto exitprogram :notroot Echo. Echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion program cannot continue Echo because it cannot find one of its component files. echo. Echo Change to the drive and directory that contains the echo CONVERT.BAT file, and then run CONVERT again. For example, echo if the MS-DOS Stacker conversion disk is in drive B, echo you would type the following: echo. echo B: echo CONVERT echo. goto exitprogram :userabort echo. echo The Stacker conversion process has been canceled. echo. echo To convert your Stacker drives, run CONVERT again. When echo CONVERT displays the question "Do you want to convert echo your Stacker drive(s) now?" type Y. echo. goto exitprogram :givehelp echo The CONVERT program converts your Stacker drives to DoubleSpace echo format. When the conversion process is complete, all your echo Stacker drives will be DoubleSpace drives. echo. echo CONVERT replaces the DBLSPACE.EXE file in your MS-DOS directory echo with an updated version of DBLSPACE.EXE. After CONVERT checks echo your drive(s) for errors, it runs the updated DoubleSpace echo program to convert all your Stacker drives. echo. echo To convert your Stacker drives to DoubleSpace drives, type echo CONVERT at the command prompt without any arguments, and then echo press ENTER. goto exitprogram :cancelexit echo. echo The MS-DOS Stacker conversion process has been canceled. echo To convert your Stacker drives to DoubleSpace drives, echo run the CONVERT program again. echo. :exitprogram set TARGET= GETPATH.BAT ----------- @echo off rem rem GETPATH -- Searches for a (wildcarded if you like) file along the rem path rem sets the environment variable "TARGET" to a full rem specification for the file rem rem format: GETPATH filename.ext rem rem return: %TARGET% == full specification, or "" rem if "%1"=="" goto help set TARGET= if exist zz.bat del zz.bat rem if exist %1 goto localdir --don't check for a local copy of the file! echo @ECHO OFF >zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat echo if "%%1"=="" goto loop >>zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat echo if not "%%START%%"=="TRUE" goto end >>zz.bat echo if exist %%1\%1 set TARGET=%%1\%1 >>zz.bat echo if not "%%TARGET%%"=="" set START=FALSE >>zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat echo goto end >>zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat echo :loop >>zz.bat echo set START=TRUE>>zz.bat echo for %%%%f in (%%PATH%%) do call zz %%%%f>>zz.bat echo set START=>>zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat echo :end >>zz.bat echo; >>zz.bat call zz.bat del zz.bat goto end :localdir set TARGET=%1 goto end :two echo PARAM %1 :help echo format: GETPATH filename.ext echo; echo examine the environment variable TARGET= after running getpath. echo; goto end :end Additional query words: 6.00 translate convert getpath ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600 Version : MS-DOS:6.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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