Keeping DOS windows open after the program closes?

[NuclearFusi0n]

Say i have a shortcut to "crap.exe" which is a command line program. How can I keep the command line window from closing after the program executes? Hopefully a global setting which will take effect for every command line program....

 

[DaFinn]

Easy, just install dos 6.2... it will delete everything else on your hdd, and the dos window is quaranteed to stay open

... or, at command prompt just type del win.com...

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Make a crap.bat file instead containing this:

@echo off
call C:\crap.exe
cmd

 

[Eli]

heh, just run the program from a cmd window you opened yourself.

That's what I do.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I doubt he can follow any of this good advice as he is currently having trouble finding the 'technical support' forum on here.

Must be the confusing name......

 

[Xionide]

In the "run" thinger type in "cmd" then type the stuff you need in the window that pops up. It will not disapear.

Just a more thurow way of explaining Eli's response.

-Xionide

 

[Sunner]

If you wanna have a batchfile you can just doubleclick, put "more" after crap.exe"

---
crap.exe /blah
more
---

 

[Nothinman]

C:\>cmd /?
Starts a new instance of the Windows 2000 command interpreter

CMD [/A | /U] [/quote] [/D] [/EN | /EFF] [/FN | /FFF] [/VN | /VFF]
[[/S] [/C | /K] string]

/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains
/S Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below)
/Q Turns echo off
/D Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below)
/A Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI
/U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
Unicode
/T:fg Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /? for more info)
/EN Enable command extensions (see below)
/EFF Disable command extensions (see below)
/FN Enable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/FFF Disable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/VN Enable delayed environment variable expansion using c as the
delimiter. For example, /VN would allow !var! to expand the
variable var at execution time. The var syntax expands variables
at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
loop.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

OK, but the main reason I asked is that in Dev-C++ (compiler/IDE) everytime I compile, then run, the program just closes immediately. it's not exactly convinient to pull up a command window every time I want to compile a program for testing.

 

[DaChicken]

The best way I know of is to add a pause command at the end of your source code. I used to know how to do it, but not any more.

I don't know of any way to affect the default settings for DOS boxes.