In the Windows Clients, commands and executable programs (DOS or Windows) can be started from the command line by prefixing an exclamation mark to them.
Examples:
====> !test.bat executes the MS-DOS batch file test.bat.
====> !comp a b compares the files a and b.
====> !cpc -b -c hbl > cpc.msg
starts the ADABAS C precompiler in batch
mode and writes its messages into the file
cpc.msg.
====> !print out prints the file 'out'.
====> !appl starts the program appl.
====> !command starts an MS-DOS command interpreter.
A new MS-DOS or Windows session is always opened; i.e., command processing is done in a separate Windows task.
Of course, you can also start only a command interpreter (command), execute several commands, and then return to the end user tool using 'exit'.
Commands such as 'cd' have no effect any more when returning to the tool.
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