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Why does a DOS command executed using ESC STX > fail when including redirection or pipes in the command?

April 26, 2017Command dos ESC executed fail pipes redirection STX

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Why does a DOS command executed using ESC STX > fail when including redirection or pipes in the command?

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The Windows NT CreateProcess call does not understand redirection, and passes the redirection parameters to the command line of the DOS process. To get around the problem, add COMMAND.COM /C to the command being executed. e.g. ESC:STX:>COMMAND.COM /C NET VER > X.

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The Windows NT CreateProcess call does not understand redirection, and passes the redirection parameters to the command line of the DOS process. To get around the problem, add COMMAND.COM /C to the command being executed. e.g.