In case you are struggling with capturing STDOUT from a MS-DOS batch file, the Win/DOS equivalent of the UNIX command, 'script 2>&1 >file' is 'cmd /c script.bat 2>&1 >file'.

If you prefix the command line you are using within backticks with 'cmd /c', you should be able to capture the output.

Caveat: don't use 'call' with redirection! It doesn't work.

Update: reformatted text, added caveat.

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