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#189396 - 2008-09-03 05:10 PM Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ?
MACE Offline
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I frequently use XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to move batches of files and folders complete with Attributes /K and ACL's /O
If I get an error code within the shell,eg a file could not copy of not found, KIX still reports OK when the shell terminates.

Does anyone know a means of passing the cmd errorlevel codes back to the script ?
 Code:
      $CMD='XCOPY "'+$fm+'" "'+$to+'" /c/e/q/g/h/r/k/o/v/y'
      shell $CMD
      IF @error = 0
       RD $fm /s
       IF @error <>0 and exist($fm)
         $=DebugIt("Failed to RD:"+$fm+"="+@SERROR)
       Endif
       ; Other Stuff
      Else
       ;Take Action
      Endif


Edited by MACE (2008-09-03 05:15 PM)
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#189403 - 2008-09-03 09:59 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: MACE]
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well, your code does not handle the error in any way:
 Code:
Else
       ;Take Action
endif


how about placing some code there?
like:
 Code:
@error " occured." ? get $


if it still reports no error, tell us your OS and kixtart type and version.
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#189417 - 2008-09-04 01:04 AM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Lonkero]
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or, just redirect the output and results of the script, instead of halting it with waiting on input.
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#189442 - 2008-09-04 08:49 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Björn]
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that doesn't cut it if he has something else in the script.
as I assumed when he told kixtart exits without reporting an error.
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#189490 - 2008-09-05 10:24 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Lonkero]
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What I am trying to say is quite simple.
It does not appear to matter what the CMD Shell errorlevel is with XCOPY or ROBOCOPY, Successful or not, when the shell exits at the end of the command KIX is still saying @error = 0 so no kix error handling would ever get invoked.
If I cant pass codes back to KIX then I am going to have to generate temporary CMD scripts on the fly from/by KIX which handle all issues within the shell then exit to KIX which would then delete the temp CMD script before it loops etc.

wkix32 4.53.0.0 on XPP sp3
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#189491 - 2008-09-05 10:42 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: MACE]
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At least in this test it works as I would expect.

 Code:
break on

shell 'xcopy c:\winders\*.* c:\temp'
? "Kixtart reports:  " + @serror


Returns:
Kixtart reports: The system cannot open the file.
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#189493 - 2008-09-05 11:11 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: MACE]
Glenn Barnas Administrator Offline
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Put the command into a batch file:
 Code:
$CMD='XCOPY "'+$fm+'" "'+$to+'" /c/e/q/g/h/r/k/o/v/y'
$File = '%TEMP%\myxcpy.bat'
Del $File
RedirectOutput($File)
'@Echo Off' ?
$Cmd ?
'Exit %ERRORLEVEL%' ?
RedirectOutput('')
Shell $File
'Returned ' @ERROR

See if that gives you anything better to see what's happening.

Glenn
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#189495 - 2008-09-05 11:45 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: MACE]
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Personally I'd quit using XCOPY and stick with ROBOCOPY Version XP010
You can log everything and it is miles ahead of XCOPY for everything.
Log all then review the logs with Robocopy.
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#189496 - 2008-09-06 01:34 AM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: NTDOC]
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Using RoboCopy it will also return a proper errorcode on exit.

I used this when we had to do a mass migration of HomeDrives from one server to another.

We found that error code 9 and 16 were the ones that we had to worry about the most. 0,1,2,3 were a success in one fashion or another.

here is how I used it.

 Code:
$Options = "/R:2 /Z /W:2 /CopyAll /MOV /E /V /NP /LOG+:\\serverx\c$\scripthome\logs\"+$AD_User+".txt"
Shell "%comspec% /c Robocopy " + $Directory + " " + "\\serverb\homedir$\" + Left($AD_User,1) + "\" +$AD_User+"\ "+ $Options
$results = @ERROR


Edited by Gargoyle (2008-09-06 01:40 AM)
Edit Reason: added code
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#189497 - 2008-09-06 01:53 AM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Gargoyle]
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I actually don't use either - XXCopy or Unison for large replications, especially over WAN or enterprise networks.

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#189498 - 2008-09-06 02:22 AM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Glenn Barnas]
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I've tried the Unison but out of the box it's a PITA to setup compared to Robocopy.

Don't get me wrong - Unison looks to be a great tool, but is not as easy to use or read about as Robocopy. Not sure why the author doesn't place it on a more commercial site (even like SourceForge or simlar) and document it a bit better, then it might get more recognition and use.

But basically within 30 seconds of reading you can use Robocopy, which I was not able to do the same thing with Unison.
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#189499 - 2008-09-06 03:54 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: NTDOC]
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It maybe a little late to join the party..

But, this is pretty cool and may have been already talked about. \:D Robocopy is very powerful and has extensive documentation.

The Robocopy GUI from Microsoft takes you step-by-step through the process.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc160891.aspx

I also understand that you guys are trying to make Robo/X copy to work via KiX.

HTH,

Kent
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#189504 - 2008-09-06 06:17 PM Re: Anyone Know how to capture XCOPY errorlevel from a SHELL ? [Re: Kdyer]
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Mace, we have all tested kixtart error returning and have all got the error codes back, so there is something with your script or computer setup that is not right.
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