This post was prompted by a call from a long time customer (Hi, Debbie!). I found the following on another blog and it sounded interesting enough to repeat here:
From Ellen Finkelstein's AutoCAD blog (a very excellent one, by the way)
"I want to make sure that you know about 3 really handy commands that will help you to close down a lot of open files very quickly (and safely).
Save everything
The first command is an Express tool called SAVEALL. Simply type saveall at the command line, and all your open drawings will be saved, but remain open.
Close everything
The second command is a standard AutoCAD command called CLOSEALL. Once again, simply type closeall at the command line, and all your drawings will be closed Lickety Split.
Or do both
The final command is another Express tool called QQUIT. This tool will attempt to save and close all your drawings, and then close AutoCAD down completely.
Note: If a drawing has not been saved yet, all of
these commands will prompt for a file name. If you have a blank drawing
file open that you don’t need to save – just hit ‘Cancel’, AutoCAD will still process the rest of the files."
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