Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Appendix E. Batch Script Syntax

This book relies on batch scripts to automate many repetitive tasks. Batch scripts are not outdated. For example, simple two-line batch scripts can complete many tasks that require dozens of lines of Microsoft VBScript. Thus, I’ve included this appendix as a reference that you can use to better understand this book and write your own batch scripts to automate desktop deployment and management tasks. The description of each command comes directly from the command’s help, which you can display by typing the name of the command followed by /?. I also used Microsoft Windows XP Professional Help and Support Center as a reference for documenting some of these commands.

A batch script is a plaintext file that contains one ...