pear.bat does not work

I edited my pear.bat file according to the instructions in the comments. it now looks like this set PHP_BIN=c:\php\php.exe set BIN_DIR=c:\php set PEAR_PATH=c:\php\pear %PHP_BIN% -C -d output_buffering=1 -d include_path=%PEAR_PATH% -f %BIN_DIR%\pear -- %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 when I run it, nothing happens. Nothing is printed to consile and the cursor does not come back until I ctrl-C it. when I turn echoing back on, this is the initial output. C:\php>c:\php\php.exe -C -d output_buffering=1 -d include_path=c:\php\pear -f c:\php\pear.php -- package package.xml I'm trying to download HTTP package since go-pear didn't get it. I logged into the CVS and the readme file told me to pear package package.xml so I copied the package.xml file into my c:\php directory and ran the command exactly as specified. any ideas?