Can you use a command line to keep a dos window open

Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?

Metspitzer wrote:

> Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
> ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?

Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog

Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
into the "dos" window once it opens ...

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:03:14 +0000, Andy Burns
<> wrote:

>Metspitzer wrote:
>
>> Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
>> ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?
>
>Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog
>
>Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
>into the "dos" window once it opens ...

Thanks

Andy Burns wrote:
> Metspitzer wrote:
>
>> Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
>> ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?
>
> Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog
>
> Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
> into the "dos" window once it opens ...

You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
in the Run box.

For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
the Run box.
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:44:13 -0500, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Andy Burns wrote:
>> Metspitzer wrote:
>>
>>> Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
>>> ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?
>>
>> Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog
>>
>> Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
>> into the "dos" window once it opens ...
>
>You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
>"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
>in the Run box.
>
>For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
>the Run box.

The old Run box would save old command lines. Win7 doesn't seem to. I
may have switched it off.

Hi, Metspitzer.

In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

RC
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:44:13 -0500, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Andy Burns wrote:
>> Metspitzer wrote:
>>
>>> Can I use the XP version of the run command to say........
>>> ping news.eternal-september.org and then have the window stay open?
>>
>> Yes, don't type the ping command into the run dialog
>>
>> Instead type cmd.exe into the run dialog, then type the ping command
>> into the "dos" window once it opens ...
>
>You can also use the "k" switch to keep the command box open. Enter
>"cmd.exe /k ping news.eternal-september.org"
>in the Run box.
>
>For a detailed list of command switches and options, enter "cmd /?" in
>the Run box.

The old Run box would save old command lines. Win7 doesn't seem to. I
may have switched it off.

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:11:43 -0600, "R. C. White" <>
wrote:

>Hi, Metspitzer.
>
>In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
>Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
>a Buffer Size we want for Command History.
>
>RC

Thanks

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:11:43 -0600, R. C. White wrote:

> Hi, Metspitzer.
>
> In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
> Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
> a Buffer Size we want for Command History.
>
> RC

In my Windows 7 Command Window, I cannot choose a zero size command
history buffer. Also there is the "Number of Buffers" parameter; I can't
make that zero either.

*But* - I can make them both 1, which is a very short history :-)

I did set them back to the defaults, Buffer Size = 50 and Number of
Buffers = 4 :-)

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:21:36 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:11:43 -0600, R. C. White wrote:
>
>> Hi, Metspitzer.
>>
>> In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
>> Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things, how large
>> a Buffer Size we want for Command History.
>>
>> RC
>
> In my Windows 7 Command Window, I cannot choose a zero size command
> history buffer. Also there is the "Number of Buffers" parameter; I can't
> make that zero either.
>
> *But* - I can make them both 1, which is a very short history :-)
>
> I did set them back to the defaults, Buffer Size = 50 and Number of
> Buffers = 4 :-)

BTW, I have no idea what the "Number of Buffers" thing is all about...

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R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, Metspitzer.
>
> In the cmd.exe window, just right-click on the Title Bar and choose
> Properties. On the Options tab we can choose, among other things,
> how large a Buffer Size we want for Command History.

That is for command line history, accessed with up and down arrows, not
Run box commands.
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