Could we talk about Powershell scripts here?

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

Out of curiosity: could we talk about Powershell scripts here? :)

[Herbert Kleebauer]

Post by Mr. Man-wai Chang
Out of curiosity: could we talk about Powershell scripts here? :)

That depends on the meaning of "talk". I suppose, there is only
a very small chance to get help concerning PowerShell from a
dead newsgroup. But if you can show some simple PowerShell
scripts which can do what can't be done by batch scripts,
then I'm interested.

[JJ]

Post by Mr. Man-wai Chang
Out of curiosity: could we talk about Powershell scripts here? :)

If it has nothing to do with batch file, then it shouldn't be here.

[R.Wieser]

Mr. Man-wai Chang,

Post by Mr. Man-wai Chang
Out of curiosity: could we talk about Powershell scripts here? :)

You could, in a pedantic sense : nobody will be able to stop you. :-)

But ...

This newsgroup is said to be about DOS BATCH scripting (even though the DOS
part seems, for some strange reason, to have been dropped), meaning that it
won't attract many visitors looking for PowerShell scripting.

Also, as Herbert mentioned it, there are few visitors left here to begin
with.

Bottom line, you might have a better chance finding people who know about
PowerShell scripting in the newsgroups related to the OS-es that actually
use it (W10/11 ?)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

[Grant Taylor]

Post by R.Wieser
This newsgroup is said to be about DOS BATCH scripting (even though the
DOS part seems, for some strange reason, to have been dropped),

I see the newsgroup as alt.msdos.batch.nt.

So that seems like it's the NT evolution of batch files or batch files
on Windows NT (family).

I can see how the lineage might extend to PowerShell.

Post by R.Wieser
meaning that it won't attract many visitors looking for PowerShell
scripting.

But as others have aptly said I don't know how much help you'll find.

[JJ]

Post by Grant Taylor
I see the newsgroup as alt.msdos.batch.nt.
So that seems like it's the NT evolution of batch files or batch files
on Windows NT (family).
I can see how the lineage might extend to PowerShell.

`alt.msdos.batch.nt` usenet group description clearly states:
"The NT variant of MS-DOS batch files"

It refers to only one thing.

[R.Wieser]

Grant,

So that seems like it's the NT evolution of batch files or batch files on
Windows NT (family).

Shucks.... It looks like got stuck on the "dos", and somehow overlooked the
"nt" part. :-|

...Aren't NT and DOS mutually exclusive ?

I can see how the lineage might extend to PowerShell.

Thats what I tried to indicate too, especially as this newsgroup seems to be
near to its death.

Having said that, I still would rather see a PowerShell get its own
newsgroup.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser



I tried to indicate that this newsgroup has already been used for something
else than its origional purpose, but I should have added ... /something/ to
make that more clear.

Currently this newsgroup is more "

Post by R.Wieser
This newsgroup is said to be about DOS BATCH scripting (even though the
DOS part seems, for some strange reason, to have been dropped),

I see the newsgroup as alt.msdos.batch.nt.
So that seems like it's the NT evolution of batch files or batch files on
Windows NT (family).
I can see how the lineage might extend to PowerShell.

Post by R.Wieser
meaning that it won't attract many visitors looking for PowerShell
scripting.

But as others have aptly said I don't know how much help you'll find.
--
Grant. . . .