The NT command file (test.cmd)is as follows
RD /s /q "%SystemDrive%\Temp\Test\"
MD "%SystemDrive%\Temp\Test\"

At login, i want to empty the contents of the Test directory (which may also have sub directories, which i want deleted!), so everything is deleted, and then re-create it. But Kixtart does not allows this, so i have to do it through DOS, and thus saved it as 'CMD' and called it from a Kixtart script!

Then in the Kix script:

Run "test.cmd"

Does anyone have any other examples?

ECHO Y | DEL /F /S "dir to delete"
RD /S /Q "dir to delete" ; this delete the subdir
RD /S /Q "dir to delete" ; this delete the "root"dir

from a batch file or within a .KIX file use
SHELL 'line to execute'

what do i put there?

What client? Win9x or NT?

To run a batch file in your PDC Netlogon folder try:

SHELL "\\server\NETLOGON\example.BAT"

If running an .exe file then there can be numerous ways to do this.

Hope this helps.
Rgds
Don

NT does not run DOS. Do not confuse the Command Prompt in NT with the DOS Prompt in Windows 95. They are not the same. As I said, NT can not run DOS but it does contain some DOS like batch commands. Some work just like DOS but some don't. To see a list of the NT batch commands plus the syntax open this file:

c:\winnt\ntcmds.hlp

You might consider acquiring the NT Resource Kit. It greatly expands the set of batch commands, including helpful commands for copying & deleting directories.

To run an NT command, DOS bat file, com file, or exe file in kixtart you could use RUN or Shell but most of the time Shell is preferable.

I always use quotes around the input parameters for the shell command.

Pierre is suggesting you create a bat file (say in your netlogon share) containing these lines:

Deltest.bat

ECHO Y | DEL /F /S "dir to delete"
RD /S /Q "dir to delete" ; this delete the subdir
RD /S /Q "dir to delete" ; this delete the "root"dir

Then DON suggests in your kixtart script you include the line

SHELL "\\server\NETLOGON\deltest.bat"

To test this script you should input the lines from deltest.bat one at a time into the command prompt box. Keep testing until you get the syntax correct. Once you have it correct put the line in your bat file.