Re: vim and .bat files with Windows Server 2008

On 19/07/12 17:19, Hyde Miller wrote:
> I'm using vim in a .bat file to search for and remove quotation marks
> from a series of .txt files. This .bat file works fine with XP but
> not with Windows Server 2008. The issue appears to be that the :q in
> the source file not only quits the vim session but also quits the
> batch file. Is this a bug or is there something in the configuration
> of vim on Windows Server 2008 that will prevent this. specifically,
> the .bat file is
> dir
> vim -c "source control.txt" "file1.txt"
> dir
>
> and the control file is
> :g/\"/s/\"//g
> :w
> :q
>
> The second dir never executes.
>

Strange. Does it make any difference if you replace "vim" by "vim.exe"
in the .bat file (so that any possible "vim.bat" is bypassed)?


Best regards,
Tony.
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