I'm confused about this.

I have a simple script:

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shellcmd "%COMSPEC% /c dir /s /b>%TEMP%\list.txt"

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When I call it with the consoleless version of Kix32, it still invokes (for a brief second) a console. This happens if I call it with a /I switch, or if I include the '$=redirectoutput("nul")' line in the file.

I see why, and this is because now there is no console, using %COMSPEC% will envoke a new one, and to redirect output from standard dos commands requires this.

However there are a lot of situations when Kix isn't up to a job and an external command is required (see the dir /s/b for a simple directory listing which KiX can manipulate as an example).

Therefore does anyone know of a way to stop this from happening? It seems pointless having two separate versions of Kix otherwise (as you just fire up KiX, and '$=setconsole("HIDE")') to achieve the same effect.

Any takers?