
Programming introduction
revert to the root directory afterwards. All of these actions are carried out by
the batch file. This batch file can be recorded on to the disk (the root
directory of a hard disk) under a name such as WORD. BAT, and the
command WORD will then start the batch file action. Note that the batch
file is still active all the time that the word-processor is in use, and it takes
command again when word-processing is completed. This makes it possible
to run a whole set of programs in sequence, if this is a normal routine.
Using this job control language, the batch file, eliminates the need to type
a set of commands, which migh ...