I have just tried the following code in a test script on my W2K SP4 laptop. All worked as expected and produced the output as expected. I ran KiXtart version 4.02 and 4.22 froma DOS windows interactively.

Code:
Break ON

shell '%COMSPEC% /C net start > services.txt'

exit 1

Code:
Break ON

shell '%COMSPEC% /C net start >services.txt'

exit 1


This code output to the screen. What do you get without redirection?
Code:
Break ON

shell '%COMSPEC% /C net start'

exit 1


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I see you have supplied OS info and have some that work and other that don't. This definitely seems to be specific to files versions. Good luck is resolving this. Sorry I can't be of assistance as I have no nt4 here.
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Edited by Howard Bullock (2004-09-09 05:45 PM)
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