BAT to EXE

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• BATLITE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 16.6 KB
• PEEKCMD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 11.2 KB
• DIFF.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 42.2 KB

No need to put BATLITE.DOC: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 20.8 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy BATLITE.EXE, PEEKCMD.EXE, DIFF.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The manual mentions these files, which are in the archive:

• Derivitive Utility DIFF

installation-type batch  files, which cannot run as actual .BAT
          files anyway  (a batch  file cannot  survive if  you remove the
          diskette it  was sitting  on).   If you want to keep your batch
          files 100% DOS compatible, don't rely on these improvements:

            1. The IF  EXIST command  will work  for subdirectories as
               well as for normal files.  For example:

               if not exist c:\abcdemo mkdir c:\abcdemo

               The classic  IF EXIST  command works  with directories,
               but only if you use the following trick:

               if not exist c:\abcdemo\nul ...  (or prn, aux, etc).

            2. BatLite emulates DOS's action in halting after a second
               batch file  is called from inside the first.  If you do
               not  want   this  to   happen,  run  BatLite  with  the
               `/Nobatch' switch.   Then,  if you start a second batch
               file from  the compiled  batch file, the compiled batch
               file  does  not  halt,  but  continues  with  the  next
               statement.   BatLite checks  for the  existence of  the
               second batch file when it creates the .COM file.  Thus,
               creating or  removing a .BAT file _after_ the .COM file
               has been created changes nothing.

            3. The EXIT  command has  the effect  of halting the batch
               file.   This is  a useful  substitute for  using a goto
               statement to jump to the end of a batch file.

            10.  BatLite supports  the  undocumented  '='  in  the  IF
               ERRORLEVEL command.   For  example, 'if  errorlevel==1'
               and 'if errorlevel = 2' are valid if statements.


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Literal excerpt from BATLITE.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.