• Author: William Allen and Linda Allen
• Format: online HTML
• Price: free

This is a fully interactive Batch course with built in reference, that requires no prior knowledge or experience. You are guided step-by-step in your web browser. It comes complete with a batch troubleshooting tips and a library of sample batch files.

It is a full course of 21 interactive lessons in which you will learn a wide range of batch file skills as you create a menu-driven Batch file project for backup. You can try the full course, or just a single lesson.

Chapters include:

• Introduction
• Batch File Command Reference
• ECHO and Environment variables
• Using Child Shells
• Using choice and ERRORLEVELs
• Finding the current ERRORLEVEL
• Scripts as Useful Intermediate Tools
• Designing Menus in Batch scripts
• Redirection and File Management
• Managing Workfiles and Debugging Batch scripts
• Copying and concatenating files
• Testing for existence of files or folders
• Finish Coding the Setup Batch script
• Command-line Parameters and String Comparison
• Plan and Menu Logic of Backup script
• Understanding File Backup methods
• Coding Backup option and a Drive-Ready test
• Using the Pipe operator
• Synchronizing a Backup, and more Pipe work
• Coding the Check and Restore options
• Finishing the Backup script project
• Further Batch skills and Practice

http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm