shell '%compspec% for /F "Skip=2 tokens=2 delims=." %%A in ('ping -n 1 %clientname%') do set TSLoc=%%A'
$location=%TSLoc%
goto tsprtmap

What are you trying to do?

You many need to use the /C on the comspec and you may need to use a single % since you are calling it from a command line and not from a batch file. Does the command work from a command prompt if you call it EXACTLY as you have it here in the code? Verify with using a variable as the command without the SHELL, then calling the variable so as to show on screen what the command is trying to run.

I have found that trying to call a FOR command from a shell out from KiX is difficult trying to get all the proper quote marks, as they do make a difference to the FOR command as well.

If you have too much trouble you may want to try creating a batch file on the fly and shelling out and running the batch file.

$TSUser="N"
$octetarray=split ("@ipaddress0",".")
$location=val($octetarray[1])

to get the ip but this will not work for me when they are hitting the TS.. I have the command working in bat but I am a baby in kix and just trying to convert.

Thanks

thanks

for /F "Skip=2 tokens=2 delims=." %%A in ('ping -n 1 %clientname%') do set LOCATION=%%A

works...

works from command line

first problem is that it is comspec not compspec.. sorry that was dumb.. but it still doesnt work

shell '%comspec% /C %WINDIR%\Login\Kix\tsping.bat'
$location=%TSLoc%

but it seems as if the variable TSLoc is not coming back set from the bat file.. the bat file gets the variable but will it stay set when it returns to the kix script?

Why not try keeping it all in KiX? If you want insight into IP subnet checking within KiX, look to Sealeapord's IsInSubnet() - Checks if a given IP address is in a specified subnet UDF.

$ClientName=%clientname%
isinsubnet('10.0.0.1','$ClientName','255.0.0.0')

Jens' UDF just returns a true or false.

Thank you