[Wine] Re: Questions about BAT

[jeffz]

James McKenzie wrote:
> GamezR2EZ wrote:
> 
> > Alright, i have been trying for a while now to do the following, i have googled up and down, searched this forum and the like.
> > I have a .bat file that i created to help me convert my music. The problem i have is the .bat file calls an .exe and sends it several parameters. Here is an exerpt of it:
> > 
> > ~~~~
> > If ~%1 == ~ GOTO end
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > C:\Music\Lame_Encoder\lame.exe -b 320 -F -h %1 "%~d1%~p1%~n1 - 320.mp3"
> > 
> > 
> > ~~~~
> > 
> > 
> 1.  Is lame.exe a Windows executible?
> 
> 2.  If the answer to 1 is NO use DOSBOX.
> 
> 3.  If the answer to 2 is YES use:
> code:
> wine `C:\Music\Lame_Encoder\lame.exe -b 320 -F -h %1 "%~d1%~p1%~n1 -
> 320.mp3"`
> 
> This will invoke wine to run the Windows Lame executable.  This should
> be done for each conversion.
> 
> The problem with running a .bat file is that this is DOS speak.  Using a
> bash shell script is what Linux is looking for and it does work.
> 
> James McKenzie


hi James

batch files may have their history rooted in DOS, but they are very much a part of modern windows, supported by cmd.exe

Those parameters %1 %~1d11% etc... are part of the batch programming language, you can't just pass them to lame.