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Date:	Tue, 6 May 2003 21:57:18 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: CMD files I don't have

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jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>

Hiya, Jack!

> Peter Skye and Steven Levine have referred to including
> startup.cmd and setup.cmd in their backups. I don't
> find either one on my C: (OS2 system) drive.

There isn't a STARTUP.CMD file unless you create it. OS/2 looks for it
on bootup, but there isn't one supplied with OS/2 -- it's a custom .cmd
that you create to do whatever you want.

> What are their purposes?

STARTUP.CMD is sort of like a command line version of the Startup
Folder. It does whatever you want it to do when your system boots. The
Startup Folder holds objects (typically folders you want opened and
programs you want started). STARTUP.CMD is a program and does whatever
you tell it to do -- run some programs, open some objects. Sometimes a
program like this is more convenient than putting a new folder or
program in the Startup Folder. Note that you can have both of these
simultaneously.

> I assume startup.cmd overrides the setting
> which starts apps that were open at the
> previous shutdown and the line in my config.sys
> which starts only what is in the startup folder.

No no no. STARTUP.CMD does not override the SET RESTARTOBJECTS= line in
your CONFIG.SYS.

> But I don't have a clue about setup.cmd.
> Are they scripts that are called for in config.sys.

SETUP.CMD is in \MPTN\BIN\ and is called by CONFIG.SYS through
MPTSTART.CMD.

>From my CONFIG.SYS:

CALL=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C G:\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD CONFIG.SYS

(LURKERS PLEASE NOTE: I've modified my MPTSTART.CMD file -- ignore the
"CONFIG.SYS" parameter, it does something special on my system.)

>From my MPTSTART.CMD:

CALL G:\MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD

That's how SETUP.CMD gets run. :)

> Peter backs up scenter.cfg.
> What info does it contain?

The Warp Center (the stuff across the very top of your screen) was
originally called the Smart Center. scenter.cfg holds info about the
stuff across the very top of your screen.

> Why does he think it needs backing up.

Paranoia! :)))

- Peter

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