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Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

 
Lisa_50
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net use commands - setting timeouts

Hello -
Can anyone tell me how to set a timeout using the DOS net command.

I am currently having to escape out of my DOS application in order to print a document.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

lisa
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F.J.Llorente Wayfarer
Frequent Advisor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Ehm, can you please clarify the question? Do you mean a timeout for a network printer port? Or just how to capture a network printer to use it from DOS apps?

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Lisa_50
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Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Hi -

I have three system (2 win98/1 win2k) I have a HP1150 connected to one of the win98 PC and shared it with the others. All windows applications print fine.

I attatched a "net use" command to the batch file that opens the DOs application. When a the two remote pcs print through dos, they have to escape out to windows before the job will print.

My question: is there anyway to assign a default timeout setting using "net use"? or any other way around having to escape out of DOS to print?

Thank you again,
Lisa
F.J.Llorente Wayfarer
Frequent Advisor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Can you post the whole 'net use' command?

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Lisa_50
New Member

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

I forgot to mention that the dos application resides on a novell network.

The batch file is as follows:

@echo off
net use lpt2 \\cserv\cservice
m:
cd\merch
de16m merch merch
cd\
c:


Hope you can find something in this. Again..thank you.

Lisa
F.J.Llorente Wayfarer
Frequent Advisor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Try:

NET USE LPT2: \\cserv\cservice /PERSISTENT:YES

Hope it'll help...

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Roger Faucher
Honored Contributor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Lisa:

Are you using the Novell Client for Netware or the Microsoft Client for Netware?

The technique traditionally used to accomplish your goal is to specify AUTOENDCAP. It's been a while since I messed with Netware. Let me know if you need more help and I'll look it up.

Roger
Make a great day!

Roger
Lisa_50
New Member

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Well - using the persistent:yes worked on the
w2k pc, but not on the w98 pc. So,thank you Wayfare. Roger - I am using client32 (The Novell Client) So - how and where do I use the ENDCAP command. Thank you many times over to both of you.
Lisa
Roger Faucher
Honored Contributor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

Lisa:

This article points out the differences between WIN9x and WINNT for your purposes. Also, the last paragraph tells how to access TIMEOUT and AUTOENDCAP in client32.

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10022667.htm

HTH

Roger
Make a great day!

Roger
Jon Finley
Honored Contributor

Re: net use commands - setting timeouts

In 98, within the printer definition, you have a check box that says: "Capture printer port".

This allows printing from DOS level out to the network or local printer.

Jon

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