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#121180 - 2004-06-13 08:47 PM

command line syntax for SHELL

Udaloy Offline

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Registered: 2003-09-08
Posts: 31
Loc: Ohio

Ok, I searched and found this advice for using DOS prompt commands in a script Code:

 
Start with a two line script:

code:
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SHELL '%COMPSPEC% /c \\NEO\SysUpdates\OSUpdates\Q318203_MSXML30_x86_en.exe /q:a /c:"dahotfix.exe /q /n"'? "Error code returned: @error"

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and execute it from a DOS window. Shorten it until you see some result.

Or would you need another set of quotes for %Comspec%?

code:
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SHELL "%COMPSPEC% /c '\\NEO\SysUpdates\OSUpdates\Q318203_MSXML30_x86_en.exe /q:a /c:"dahotfix.exe /q /n"'"

My question is how do I fomat it, while using a variable from the script? Something like this is what I have
Code:

 	Shell '%COMPSEC% /c \\<server>\<share>\showmbrs <domain>\'+$group+' >> \\<machine>\<share>\'+$group+'.txt'
	
	?'errors: '+@ERROR+@SERROR

The error that it returns is "2. The system cannot find the file specified." The script is reading from a flat file, the names of domain groups, and then using it to enumerate the users for that group, and piping it out to a file with the name of the group as the file name. Perhaps someone has done something similar? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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#121181 - 2004-06-13 09:21 PM Re: command line syntax for SHELL
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	See the FAQ forum on the use of RUN/SHELL and quotes. You shoudl rather assembe the shell command as a string and then feed toe compleet strng into SHELL Code: $shellcmd='%COMPSEC% /c \\<server>\<share>\showmbrs "<domain>\'+$group+'" >> "\\<machine>\<share>\'+$group+'.txt"' ? 'SHELL command = '$shellcmd SHELL $shellcmd _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#121182 - 2004-06-13 09:42 PM Re: command line syntax for SHELL
Udaloy Udaloy Fresh Scripter Registered: 2003-09-08 Posts: 31 Loc: Ohio	Well, I tried what you suggested, and it still returns with "The system cannot find the file specified." I can run this command at the DOS prompt without any issues. What exactly does the /c parameter mean for %COMSPEC%? I even tried it this way without luck (after mapping the Z: drive). Code: $shellcmd='%COMPSEC% /c z:\showmbrs "kent\'+$group+'" >> "c:\'+$group+'.txt"' Thanks.
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#121183 - 2004-06-13 10:18 PM Re: command line syntax for SHELL
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	I'm pretty sure Code: '%COMPSEC% will actually mean Code: '%COMSPEC% For the meaning of /c see the command prompt help %COMSPEC% /? ! Edited by sealeopard (2004-06-14 02:35 AM) _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#121184 - 2004-06-13 11:26 PM Re: command line syntax for SHELL
Udaloy Udaloy Fresh Scripter Registered: 2003-09-08 Posts: 31 Loc: Ohio	Jens, Read about the use of quotes, but it was the COMSPEC typo that killed me. I think I would have gone nuts, and never saw it. Thanks a lot. Udaloy
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