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      We used NOTEPAD to make a file that could be used to keep a log of
your activity when you are working or playing on the computer.

      .LOG is the first line of the file you want to keep the log in.

      It has to be the very first four characters of the file, and on
      that first line by itself.

      Notepad is the name of a file, well, actually, it is named 
      notepad.exe.  It is stored somewhere on your Windows hard drive,
      and if you want to narrow down where it might be stored, just
      type:

           PATH 

       at the Windows Command prompt (still often called the DOS prompt,
                                      in honor of older versions of
                                      Windows which ran on top of DOS).

       Type
            HELP PATH at the command prompt to read more about 
                      the PATH command.

       Have you noticed how I start up the Command Prompt program?

       Start menu, Run, cmd

       (On older versions of Windows it was Start menu, Run, command)

       So the name of the program you are using when you are working
       from the Command prompt is:

               cmd.exe  (or command.exe for Windows ME or Windows 2000,
                         if I remember right).

      We have many times done:
                                 arp -a
                                 arp -a | find /C "."
                                 ipconfig
                                 ipconfig /all
                                 ping www.uni.edu
                                 tracert www.google.com
                                 assoc | find /C "="
                                 help find
                                 help assoc
                                 arp /?

          and similar commands at the DOS prompt.  We were using the
              cmd.exe program when we did.

      I did not have a handout FRIDAY, but will try to review BATCH 
files and some of what we did for the entire class.  Also about Notepad 
used to keep a log file using .LOG and the Date/Time command.  We learned 
about PUSHD and POPD and internal and external Windows and command prompt 
commands and the PATH variable, so Windows knows where to search for 
Notepad.exe or cmd.exe or CHKDSK and TREE and so on.  It does NOT have to 
search for ASSOC or DIR and CD cause those are internal commands and always in 
memory.

      ECHO and PAUSE were two other commands inside of .BAT batch files.

      Also, here is an example of using the FIND command:

C:\023>path ;   <---------- the path is null after this....

C:\023>find "." *
'find' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.            --------

     FIND is an external operating system command.  It is part of the PATH
          and thus in one of the folders where Windows and DOS command
          prompt normally looks.  Operable program.

     DIR and CD are internal commands, they would still work here.

     Notepad.exe and CMD.exe are executable programs stored in a place
        that Windows always knows the PATH to get to, except after we
        wipe out that PATH.

     Batch files are what we did on Friday and we will review tommmorrow 
and more in the future.  Hopefully, you are all becoming more familiar 
with command prompts and the Windows system as well as network related 
commands such as ipconfig and tracert and ping that are available easily
from the command prompt cmd.exe program.

C:\023>find "." *

'find' is not recognized as an internal  
                               --------

                            or external command,
                               --------

                               operable program  or  batch file.            
                               ----------------      ----------

See Notepad Help and find the topic:

       Append a log to a document

       It is the Edit menu in Notepad that has the Date/Time command.

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*   Review of the Friday, February 8th, 2008 Wright 112 lab class     *
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