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   Ed Vance to All   
   Batch File Output.   
   04 Oct 14 15:39:00   
   
   A Batch File I use runs a FTP Script to send and receive .REP & .QWK   
   packets in a XP CMD Prompt to get my BBS Fix.   
      
   Some times it hangs up and I will use the Print Scr Key to put what I   
   see on the screen into the Clipboard and then into Irfanview so I can   
   save what I saw on the screen in a .JPG so I can look at it later.   
      
   I have been reading XP Help&Support (H&S) lately to find out if what I   
   see happening on the screen during the packet transfer can at the same   
   time ALSO go into a Text File Log, using STDIN, STDOUT and Handles to   
   add what's on the screen into the Log.   
      
   Using Redirection >> in my .BAT would Append the Log file, but I don't   
   think I would see what was happening on the screen to know if the BBS   
   was Creating a LARGE .QWK packet or an Error happened to cause a hang   
   up while the .BAT is running.   
      
   I'd like both to happen during the FTP file transfer.   
   Any Ideas how to do that with a .BAT File (or in the FTP Script?)?   
      
   In XP H&S I've read that the /t Switch for DATE and TIME could be used   
   to display the Date and Time, and I've been thinking of adding them at   
   the top and bottom of the .BAT to show how long the .BAT file ran, and   
   if there was a Delay with it completing, or when the BBS Disconnected   
   the packet transfer because of an Error.   
      
   Does anyone have suggestions of other topics for me to read in H&S to   
   get what I want the computer to do what "I" want it to do?   
      
   All help is appreciated. Thanks!   
      
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