[Bug-XBoard] Fw: [BATCH WORLD] This batch file runs on win2000 but not on win98

[srivastava]

Hi Tim,
I have already discussed this matter and you pointed the problem to
command.com. It is not the problem with command.com but winboard.exe.

If you so desire, I can provide you all the details.

Regards
Kailash Srivastava

On Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:05 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Michael Marquart
<address@hidden> wrote:

> On stardate Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:36:29 +0100, while visiting Deep
> Space 9, the changeling Founder address@hidden
> spake thusly:
>
>> On Saturday, February 28, 2004 1:17 AM [GMT+1=CET],
>> Michael Marquart
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> "start /wait d:\progra~1\winboard\winboard.exe  /xponder /cp /mg 1
>> [snip] /autoflag end"
>>
>> I did exactly the way you asked me and I got the above.
>
> Ok.  You can see that it finishes with end" and so the entire 700+
> character line is being parsed by the batch file correctly and echoed
> to the screen.  It is not cutting off the line at 255 characters,
> which I had thought might be the problem.
>
> This seems to indicate that the problem is not with command.com but
> with winboard.exe under Win9x, and that aspect might be unfixable,
> except by the winboard author.
>
> What exactly happens/appears on the screen when WB Tourney Manager
> creates the batch file and tries to run it?