What are /c and /k ???

[TheoNeandonly]

In the help file's FAQ, regarding "running a DOS program", the example given uses "/c" as the first parameter after @ComSpec. And in the Macro reference, under @Comspec, there's a "/k" shown in the same place. What the heck are these? I tried looking it up everywhere, but no dice.

Edited December 12, 2014 by TheoNeandonly

[UEZ]

Have a look here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/cmd.mspx?mfr=true

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[computergroove]

Have a look here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/cmd.mspx?mfr=true

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UEZ

Page cannot be found.

I found this: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/macros.htm#@SW_SHOW

[Exit]

/c   ontinue          exit cmd window

/k   eep                remain in cmd window

Edited December 12, 2014 by Exit

[UEZ]

That's odd:
 

Here an extract from that site:

Cmd
Starts a new instance of the command interpreter, Cmd.exe. Used without parameters, cmd displays Windows XP version and copyright information.
Syntax
cmd [[{/c|/k}] [/s] [/q] [/d] [{/a|/u}] [/t:fg] [/e:{on|off}] [/f:{on|off}] [/v:{on|off}] string]
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Parameters
/c : Carries out the command specified by string and then stops.
/k : Carries out the command specified by string and continues.
/s : Modifies the treatment of string after /c or /k.
/q : Turns the echo off.
/d : Disables execution of AutoRun commands.
/a : Creates American National Standards Institute (ANSI) output.
/u : Creates Unicode output.
/t:fg : Sets the foreground f and background g colors. The following tables lists valid hexadecimal digits that you can use as the values for f and g.

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[TheoNeandonly]

Thank you, never say never. And company, lol. I didn't go looking for cmd.exe switches because when I tried it in my own command prompt, Windows told me it didn't recognize it. But I see now it's a parameter that has to be given to cmd.exe itself.

Edited December 13, 2014 by TheoNeandonly

[TheSaint]

Yes, it is a Windows DOS thing, not an AutoIt one.

Exit has the right of it, where essentially, if you use /k instead of c/, processing is paused waiting for a response from you.

This is very useful when troubleshooting from without the DOS environment (i.e. running from a batch command within Windows in a bat file). If you don't use it, you usually miss out on seeing reported errors from dos executables.