batch file

operating system (Or script) A text file containing

operating system commands which are executed automatically

by the command-line interpreter. In Unix, this is called

a "shell script" since it is the Unix shell which includes

the command-line interpreter. Batch files can be used as a

simple way to combine existing commands into new commands.

autoexec.bat is the best known example of an MS-DOS batch

file.

(1996-01-07)