Set the descript.ion for a folder to a comma-delimited list of its subfolders?
I have a small collection of monthly folders where the subfolders are topics discussed during that month. I'd like to set the initial description of each parent folder to a comma-delimited list of all...
View ArticleTilde would be even nicer if {tab,F8,F9}-triggered expansion knew its...
The title says it all. I find the semi-recent addition of leading ~ in a pathname to mean "home directory" to be very handy. (Especially so since that has long been true in *Nix shells.) I also find...
View ArticleHow do I get cd to change the current directory?
When I run the debugger: cd D: cd D:\Projects echo %cd% output C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD28 ????
View ArticleWINDOW DETACH
Code: _x64: 1 _admin: 1 _elevated: 1 TCC 28.02.18 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19043.1466] BuildNumber Caption CSDVersion OSArchitecture Version 19043 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 10.0.19043 I have...
View ArticleWINDOW /SIZE=25,80
Code: _x64: 1 _admin: 1 _elevated: 1 TCC 28.02.18 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19043.1466] In a detached TCC Window, I get an error when attempting to set the WINDOW size. Code: e:\utils>echo...
View ArticleTake Command on Windows 11
I have an older TC & I'm happy with it.. I installed it on my new Windows 11 system and i't sort of works.. One annoyance, Win 11 always asks if I want to allow it to run. Is there a way to stop...
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More status messages with COPY /U
It would be nice if COPY /U had more status messages. Especially if there are a lot of files/folders being checked. Please see the folloowng thread for more.... COPY /U with a FTP site.... copy /a: /e...
View ArticleCOPY /U with a FTP site....
Code: copy /a: /e /f /g /md /nr /s /u /v /w "ftp://vefatica.net/*" %sRootFldr%\vefatica.net\ Any way to provide a progress status? The whole BTM could look like it's hung .....
View ArticleRetrieving XML attributes with XMLXPATH in v28
Hello I have an XML file with the following structure XML: <Connect version='1.0'> <!-- ... --> </Connect> Prior to v28, I was using the following to retrieve the value of the...
View ArticleCopy /o to two directories?
Hi. Using TC/TCC 19.10.54 x64 on Windows 10. In my Windows startup .btm file, I have this line: Code: copy /o C:\path1\* \\%NAS\path2\*.jpg to copy any new files in path1 (they are .jpg files, but have...
View ArticleComspec resets
For years I have set COMSPEC to CMD.exe in 4start.bat, because there are many sub-processes in our environment that are incompatible with TCC when they spawn. After upgrading from v20 to v28 there is a...
View ArticleRECORDER - TCC: (Sys) A resource required for this operation is disabled.
Code: _x64: 1 _admin: 1 _elevated: 1 TCC 28.02.18 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19043.1526] Code: e:\utils>which recorder recorder is an internal command Code: e:\utils>recorder /k/m TCC: (Sys) A...
View ArticleIncorrect Unicode detection in "type" and "head" commands
TCC 26.02.43 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19044.1503] I have an ASCII file "fred.hex" containing one very long line, mostly repetitions of "|00 00" and terminated by CRLF. When the line is longer than...
View ArticleNew Plugin: Hashmap
Hello all, I've written a plugin that provides a fast in-memory hashmap for TCC. tcc-plugins/hashmap at master · jessepav/tcc-plugins Compared to UnQLite, it Is not transactional Is not thread-safe...
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Syntax help and command suggestion through popups
Take Command is one of the most feature filled program of its kind out there and that it is continuously updated is impressive. PromptPal, compared against Take Command in this blog post quite a while...
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Anoter UNQLITE nit
The help says, of UNQLITE and @UNQOPEN, that when using RO or RW an error will be returned if the database doesn't exist. That doesn't seem to be true. If the named file doesn't exist UNQLITE executes...
View ArticleUNQLITE and :mem:
Code: _x64: 1 _admin: 1 _elevated: 1 TCC 27.00.21 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19042.867] In the help for UNQLITE, it says; If filename is ":mem:", then a private in-memory database is created. The...
View ArticleEnabling local crash dumps
FWIW, you can enable local crash dump files as explained here. They can be useful in tracking down the cause of a crash. In particular, they can be opened in a debugger. My settings are these. Code:...
View ArticleFile Explorer shows properties | details of files. Can TC show them, too?
I would like to display, sort, edit metadata of media files (mp3, mp4, flac, ogg, mkv, avi, exif,...) but don't see a way even to display property details. Not a simple request, I believe, but I would...
View ArticleExtend/External the Desktop to a second display
I have two displays attached to my system. The majority of the time, I just use one display, but several times a week, I require the second display. Thus, I have created the following Aliases to easily...
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