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All,

I hope this isn't a full-on noob question, but here goes.

I use BAT files in my "SendTo" right-click MENU to process files on our server. This LOCATION is stored in the %1 value as (example) X:\folder1\folder2\longfoldername3\file.ext. I WANT to separate the folder location of the file and the filename itself. How can I grab X:\folder1\folder2\longfoldername3 as one variable and file.ext as another variable?

THANK you for any help.

Sincerely,
Cj.Quote from: cjplay on August 28, 2007, 09:48:55 AM

This location is stored in the %1 value as (example) X:\folder1\folder2\longfoldername3\file.ext. I want to separate the folder location of the file and the filename itself. How can I grab X:\folder1\folder2\longfoldername3 as one variable and file.ext as another variable?

S:\Backup\Test\stringlen>dir
Volume in drive S is USB_HDD
Volume Serial Number is 6C1A-995E

Directory of S:\Backup\Test\stringlen

28/08/2007 18:13 <DIR> ..
28/08/2007 18:13 <DIR> .
16/08/2007 21:38 476 sfor.cmd
16/08/2007 21:24 436 slen101.cmd
16/08/2007 21:34 43 slenFB.bas
16/08/2007 21:34 16,384 slenFB.exe
16/08/2007 21:34 16,384 stringlength.exe
28/08/2007 18:15 49 filestuff.bat
6 File(s) 33,772 bytes
2 Dir(s) 277,761,826,816 bytes free

@echo off
REM this is filestuff.bat
echo parameter passed %%1 is %1
echo remove quotes if needed %%~1 is %~1
echo fully qualified path %%~f1 is %~f1
echo file name %%~n1 is %~n1
echo extension %%~x1 is %~x1
echo drive letter and colon %%~d1 is %~d1
echo path only %%~p1 is %~p1
echo.
echo you want...
echo.
echo drive letter, path %%~dp1 is %~dp1
echo filename and extension %%~nx1 is %~nx1

parameter passed %1 is "sfor.cmd"
remove quotes if needed %~1 is sfor.cmd
fully qualified path %~f1 is S:\Backup\Test\stringlen\sfor.cmd
file name %~n1 is sfor
extension %~x1 is .cmd
drive letter and colon %~d1 is S:
path only %~p1 is \Backup\Test\stringlen\

you want...

drive letter, path %~dp1 is S:\Backup\Test\stringlen\
filename and extension %~nx1 is sfor.cmd

Here is the problem.
Son in law has a connor HD from MacPlus system. on which he has CV and other Thesis data that he would like to retrieve.

Has tried the MacOpener route, as well as other file openers without success.

Now as a last hope he is trying to get to this drive via DOS 6.2

Has installed the HD as a SCSI drive through ADAPTEC 2910 PCI card. with DOS drivers.


Has been able to Identify in Autoexec.bat and or Config.sys the Card.

So far he is able to get the IDE HD as C: drive identified. Nothing else on this HD except DOS 6.2

What is the line to use in Autoexec.bat and/or Config.sys to have system recognise the SCSI srive as D:\ drive and the CD rom as E:\ Drive.

I guess that what he would require is the listing of autoexec.bat and config.sys to configure recognition of the two Hard drives, and CDROM drive.

Allowing him to transfer the files from the SCSI drive to IDE and/or CDROM

Your input, assistance is greatly appreciated.

try posting this in the mac/apple section insted u should get more help from thereThis data recovery attempt needs to be done on a Mac system as that's what type of file system being used.
There are conversion programs but you risk making a mess of it and losing all the data.did as suggested.
But this is DOS oriented as not using ANYTHING but a SCSI Hard Drive, that is connected to a PCI card in a PC environment Case without any WINDOWS being loaded... only DOS 6.2..

Or am I ?

The idea is to get the files off the SCSI onto IDE and or CDROM.
Than the files can be recognized by MacOpener (licensed) and/or other converters.

As of now, through winXP, or Win98, have not been able to get the SCSI drive to be recognized. Therefore cannot read what is on drive and transfer DATA only.

In the Mac Plus, the drive functions perfectly and can see the files, which were made in WP 5.0 DOS. and have the Disks for this version.

That's the reason of going pure DOS route.

Still not sure of the method but if you insist i'll go along...are there SCSI drivers being loaded on startup on the PC ? ?Patio, yes the SCSI drivers are loaded.

But

What is the line to use in Autoexec.bat and/or Config.sys
to have system recognize the SCSI Drive as D:\ drive
CD rom as E:\ Drive.

I guess that what i am asking for is the listing of autoexec.bat and config.sys
to configure recognition of the two Hard drives, and CDrom drive.According to the boot ORDER is what will determine how DOS sees each drive designation...
To find out which is which you can from a C: prompt type D: and hit enter and then dir /p and enter again which will show each drive's contents...
This should give you a clue as to which drive is being given which letter designation.Patio

I have gone into autoexec.bat and config sys... but I am missing a command to have the Hard Drive being recognized. have been successful to recognize the CD Rom and the IDE drive... but there has to be a " device=xxxxxxxxxx" for the second.HD

When I go over I will write down the lines from these two files and re=post, to see which command is missing for recognition.

so close.... yet sooooo far.

i have noticed that many PEOPLE that goes on this forum and comes to this SECTION ALWAYS has some sinister thoughts like hacking a game or hacking into the school system
others have more thoughts like hacking into a site using ip???

so im suggesting that whoever post asking for help about HACKS should be
banned hope admin u look at this postHappens a lot.
I don't think people need to be banned for the first offence though.
I'm sure the admin and moderators already have a system in place to deal with people like that, they're no different from others who break the forum rules.Quote

so im suggesting that whoever post asking for help about hacks should be
banned hope admin u look at this post

Hi,

Im looking for a batch script which will upload the directory in to amazon s3 cloud.... But i dont know how to do it... Also i need a batch script for INCREMENTAL backup, everyday it need to check the directory and its subfolder/files ACCORDING to the modification(date/time) then need to be moved to Amazon s3....

Please guide/help me on this.

Regards
PaulwintechAny TYPE of activity like this with a cloud will require FIRST off that you have drives mapped from your local machine to that of the VIRTUAL cloud. Once a drive or folder on that drive is mapped to your local machine, you can do whatever batch processes that you require.

Once the mapping is in place you can add a batch to a scheduled task on your Windows system and have it perform rolling backups etc.

Hey guys can anyone help me create a batch file that will get the mac address off multiple machines and save it to a network file?

I have a lab of 60 desktops and would LIKE to run a batch file on each machine that will find the MAC address and save it to a internal server such as \\server1\folder1\folder2\macaddress.txt

ThanksI can't help you with this but I defiantly would like to know how to do this as well I found this, it may help.Thanks for that link BC! I've been playing with:

Code: [Select]ipconfig /all|find "Physical Address">>\\district5\Common\Public\macadd.txt
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%i in (\\district5\Common\Public\macadd.txt) do
@echo The MAC Address is %%i
Seems to be working fine except I don't know how to separate each entry with a BREAK line or something....I added a random number to the output file name so each file on the server would be unique. Also added the computer name to the output file so you could distinguish the MAC addresses. Otherwise you had it just about right.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%i in ('ipconfig /all ^| findstr /i "Physical Host"') do (
echo %%i >> \\server1\folder1\folder2\macadd%random%.txt
)

Good luck. you can use getmac. see getmac /? for more info.
Ahh thanks for all your help guys. I have it all setup now the way I want it and ready to deploy it tomorrow!!!

Thanks again!Quote from: ghostdog74 on January 04, 2011, 09:29:16 PM

you can use getmac. see getmac /? for more info.

The batch method will work with NT4 and 2000 (not as sure about NT4).

Here is what I ended up with and will work just fine for what were doing.


Code: [Select]echo ------------------------------------------------ >>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt
echo ------------------------------------------------ >>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt
echo %date% >>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt
echo %COMPUTERNAME% >>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt
echo %username%>>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt


ipconfig /all|find "Physical Address" >>\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%i in (\\server\Common\Public\getmac\MV-mac.txt) do
@echo The MAC Address is %%i

I may be wrong, but i see no options of ipconfig that can query a set of remote addresses. if OP has 60 desktops to process, then ipconfig may not work as well as getmac.

I have a lab of 60 desktops and would like to run a batch file on each machine

so you have to run it on EVERY machine ? if you have a list of ip address or computer names of those 60 machines, you can use getmac with /S to query them all without having to go to every machine and run it.

Hi

I'm USING this command to enable inheritance on a folder and by default "replace all child object PERMISSIONS with inheritable permsissions of this object"

isn't ENABLED so when i use this command it enables inheritance on "my folder" but not the child objects so how would i get this to apply to child objects

also . I tried inserting (OI)(CI) to try and apply to This folder, subfolders, and files and i'm still stuck its invalid when i try to insert (OI)(CI).

Code: [SELECT]ICACLS "C:\Program Files\my folder" /inheritance:e


To explain more i want to add an inheritance FLAG to my code above so it applies to sub objects and sub containers.

the command /inheritance:e enables directory inheritance so how do i add replace all child objects with inheritable permissions from this object ?

Please help me

I'm not quite sure why this is (it hasn't happened on my other computer before) but when I use getkey.com in my code, I get a "File not found" error. It appears that the error actually comes from getkey.

Code: [Select]@echo off
REM HAVE THIS AT START OF BATCH
echo hD1X-s0P_kUHP0UxGWX4ax1y1ieimnfeinklddmemkjanmndnadmndnpbbn>getkey.com
echo hhpbbnpljhoxolnhaigidpllnbkdnhlkfhlflefblffahfUebdfahhfkokh>>getkey.com
echo l/[emailprotected]>>getkey.com

REM YOUR CODE FOLLOWS

REM example

Echo Please press a key

getkey.com

set ascii=%errorlevel%

echo You pressed key code %ascii%Here is the example code I copied from Dias, but like I said, I get the error. I've tried calling it it with 2>nul, but that doesn't work either. Any solutions?its 2011, have you considered using a better language yet?it works fine here (well, it works on a XP VM, doesn't work on my win7 due to 16-bit compat (or lack thereof)).

Is this the full problem code? (that is, with that small script do you get the error?)I get the error even by running the com file manually. What's even stranger is it works on my desktop computer (XP Home), but not my laptop (XP Pro).Would it help to put a delay loop in the code before you try to read the file which you think you wrote but may actually be still drifting through the O.S. and the disc write cache on its way onto the disc drive ?

I remember losing about 0.1% of the messages redirected to a file.
I suspected my software view of the world ignored the reality of I/O latency.
My output file was in C:\ which was 12 GB with 50% free space on a 160 GB drive.
I altered the output destination to a partition at the other extreme of the platter for maximum track travel,
and a hundredfold increase of error rate to 10% in place of 0.1% confirmed my suspicions.

I did of course try disabling the write cache, but that doubled the time taken for the computer to start up.

Alan
I ran the script multiple times, each time giving the error. Then I ran the script and ran the COM file a minute later (I forgot lol) and I got the error.I don't have getkey.
Code: [Select]Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

D:\bat>getkey
'getkey' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

D:\bat>Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 07, 2011, 11:22:21 PM

I don't have getkey.
Code: [Select]Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

D:\bat>getkey
'getkey' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

D:\bat>

why do you want to run code that you don't understand? That is some obscure batch/DOS hack (to hide password entry) that i, for one, would not want to maintain. Also, don't ever use batch to prompt for password. Its useless. Whoever can open the batch file can bypass this.

You never said that Getkey ISSUED the error.

No way will I try to run a unicode variant of getkey.com - it may give the error you have seen, or it may do unlimited damage.

A few decades ago I had a DOS 3.ish machine with high powered tools EDLIN and DEBUG.

I had a 1 inch thick stack of fanfolded printer listing with all the entry points into the DOS Operating System, and also all the special places in the BIOS.

I remember there were magic numbers that could be used with DEBUG to launch the BIOS into a format of the Hard Drive to alter the size of the sectors and the number of sectors per track - BUT I ALWAYS CHICKENED OUT.

I am astonished that the "magic numbers" that are redirected into the getkey.com file still do in Windows XP and CMD.EXE what they used to do in DOS command.com.

Do all the ancient EDLIN scripts for hundreds of old COM things still work as well for XP, how about Vista and Windows 7, and what about Windows 8 ?

I am attempting to WRITE a batch file that copies the data in all files with the specified criteria into one file (the date is included in the filename for the example below). I would like to output to the Audit.csv file the number of files copied and the total number of lines in all of the files (not including the first line of each file). I am using Windows 7. This is what I have so far.

::GET DATE VARIABLE FROM USER
set /p dte=Enter the file date to copy as MMDDYY:

::COPY THE FILES TO COMBINED FILE
copy c:\mcr\%dte%*.* /y c:\mcr\Combined_%dte%.csv /v

::WRITE THE CURRENT DATE & TIME TO AUDIT FILE
echo %date% %time% >> c:\mcr\Audit_%dte%.csv

Quote

This is what I have so far.

... and the total number of lines in all of the files (not including the first line of each file).

In DOS I have WP5.1 and have a document INSIDE that directory but that file shows up in the root directory when I pull up dir at the prompt. Why does it do that ? That file should be in the WP directory. What is WRONG ??Quote from: DAL818 on JANUARY 12, 2011, 03:30:30 PM

In DOS I have WP5.1 and have a document inside that directory but that file shows up in the root directory when I pull up dir at the prompt. Why does it do that ? That file should be in the WP directory. What is wrong ?

In DOS I have WP5.1 and have a document inside that directory but that file shows up in the root directory when I pull up dir at the prompt. Why does it do that ? That file should be in the WP directory. What is wrong ??

Hi, I bought a Dell Inspiron 910 Mini from a family that the kids had put in the password and forgot what it was, great deal, I thought I could figure it out to no avail, Dell will not HELP me because IAM not the original owner and the family I bought it from wont or cant help either, is there anything I can do? ,Thank YouIs this BIOS password or Windows Password?

BIOS Password can be cleared by CMOS reset, but you would have to crack it open to get to CMOS battery.

Windows Password can be force changed with a bootable USB thumb drive with a Password Resetter using a Linux Distro. I am guessing you dont have a CD or DVD drive, so you will have to create a bootable USB drive with the password reset tool. OR reinstall Windows via External CD or DVD Drive and software or create a bootable thumb drive of say 8GB in size with the OEM disk copied to that drive if it allows with piracy protection MAYBE not allowing OEM CD or DVD to be copied to another drive.

Link below is a reset tool for Windows

http://www.pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/Hi Thanks, It is the start up password as soon as It turns on, I had to fix the ram and thought my TROUBLES were over, but surprise.Quote from: cobweb49 on January 12, 2011, 05:19:30 PM

Hi Thanks, It is the start up password as soon as It turns on, I had to fix the ram and thought my troubles were over, but surprise.

I want to make simple converter and what i need to do:

input file containing line:
Code: [Select]<Hotspot X="123.456" Y="31.456" Z="2.456" />output file:
Code: [Select]123.456 31.456 2.456
The way i thought would need to use " as a delim:
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo start of file > file2.xml
findstr "X=" file1.xml > tmp
for /F "tokens=2,4,6 delims=" %%G in (tmp) do ( echo %%G %%H %%I >> file2.xml)
del tmp
Is it even possible, if not how else could i do that?here's a one liner, using gawk for windows


Code: [Select]C:\test>gawk "/Hotspot/{for(i=2;i<NF;i++){ gsub(/.*=|\042/,\"\",$i);printf $i\" \"}} " file
123.456 31.456 2.456
you could replace quotes in each line that you read in with some other character that will never appear in the input text such as a dollar sign or semicolon

test.txt

Code: [Select]<Hotspot X="123.456" Y="31.456" Z="2.456" />
<Hotspot X="234.567" Y="51.952" Z="8.853" />
<Hotspot X="666.238" Y="93.532" Z="6.991" />

batch script

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%A in (test.txt) do (
set "string=%%A"
echo input !string!
set string=!string:"=$!
for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=$" %%B in ("!string!") do (
echo output %%C %%E %%G
)
)

output

Code: [Select]input <Hotspot X="123.456" Y="31.456" Z="2.456" />
output 123.456 31.456 2.456
input <Hotspot X="234.567" Y="51.952" Z="8.853" />
output 234.567 51.952 8.853
input <Hotspot X="666.238" Y="93.532" Z="6.991" />
output 666.238 93.532 6.991One more THING if coming to replacing characters, would there be way to replace whole string of characters into single CHAR (for using few types of delimiters)?

Like i would have whole "@ "X=$"-># ... and so on.
Code: [Select]set string=!string:<Hotspot:@!
set string=!string:X=$:#!Would it be like that?

PS: i need raw windows batch, without any pluginsQuote from: drag0nius on January 14, 2011, 11:19:42 PM

One more thing if coming to replacing characters, would there be way to replace whole string of characters into single char (for using few types of delimiters)?

Like i would have whole "<Hotspot"->@ "X=$"-># ... and so on.
Code: [Select]set string=!string:<Hotspot:@!
set string=!string:X=$:#!Would it be like that?

PS: i need raw windows batch, without any plugins

A is any sequence of one or more characters that you wish to search for in %string% and B is zero or more characters that you wish to put in A's place.

Does any one Know how to WRITE a batch FILE to get fully qualified domain NAME. Not the Hostname.
I know with ping -a option at cmd we could get fully qualified domain name.

Thank you for your help. I figured it out....
Quote from: NetRock on January 12, 2011, 04:20:23 PM

I figured it out.... ;D

I figured it out.... ;D

I run a program called PerfectDisk. essentially it is an alternative to Windows XP "Defrag". One option is to defragment metafile data on restart. My guess is that it performs this prior to loading windows services or as a service, but before the any User logon. I say this because my attempt to run a batch file from another batch file when placed in the Startup folder is too late in the boot process.

Test Code:
Code: [Select]CALL HI.BAT
ECHO Hi Out There!
pauseThis seems never to run at either restart or Shutdown/Restart



My final hope is to run a batch file(SDOS.BAT) that CALLS out an executable file(Sdelete.exe) and SDelete needs access to certain files before they are locked by Windows.

It's not imperative that it is a batch file but I do need to select multiple files/folders to securely delete. prior to login.

I suppose that doing this after windows logs off the user when shutting down is another option.

Any thoughts?





This reference will explain how and when programs are run at startup.

The Startup Control Panel will give you some limited access to the registry startup functions.

As always, practice safe PC and backup your registry before proceeding.

Normally I try not to have posters download anything, but in this case it's safer than hacking the registry and turning your PC into a brick.



Quote from: Sidewinder on January 07, 2008, 03:46:49 PM

Normally I try not to have posters download anything, but in this case it's safer than hacking the registry and turning your PC into a brick.

My final hope is to run a batch file(SDOS.BAT) that calls out an executable file(Sdelete.exe)

SDelete needs access to certain files before they are locked by Windows.

Just asking, but if Windows protects files it needs to operate, why are you deleting them?

The Startup Control Panel will give you some limited access to the registry startup functions.

If I were to download that and place a batch file in the RunServicesOnce or RunServices (the batch file being a custom
login file) would is disrupt the startup process of the computer and harm it?

The batch code posted should be the poster child of what not to do when writing batch code.[/opinion]

Script for launch a program and close a window
I need to identificate correctly a window appear when I open a program. This window is not configurable in this program, so I need close it with the script.



How can I determine and force the closing of this window ?

BEST Regards
happy New Year
Code: [Select]@echo off

start pair1.bat
start pair2.bat

sleep 6

tasklist | findstr "%1"

tasklist | findstr "%1" > notepid.txt


for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%i in (notepid.txt) do (
echo pid=%%j

taskkill /F /pid %%j

)

Rem We assume only pair1.bat and pair2.bat use sleep.exe
Rem We taskkill sleep.exe
Output:
C:\test>killpair.bat sleep
sleep.exe 3544 Console 1 1,000 K
sleep.exe 2340 Console 1 1,000 K
pid=3544
SUCCESS: The process with PID 3544 has been terminated.
pid=2340
SUCCESS: The process with PID 2340 has been terminated.

If I screw my eyes up I can SEE that the very fuzzy screen shot is SHOWING Autohotkey, so I am surprised the OP isn't asking in a forum specialising in that tool. Looks a bit script-kiddyish to me.

Does start and taskkill workSomething like that can usually be removed using a debugger, if you KNOW what your doing. I can't read what the message says, but I trust you that it's not a REGISTRATION prompt.

I'm playing around with an old PC & am trying to set it up as dual boot W95b (OSR 2.1) & W98SE. I've got W95 installed to C: but need to hide C: so I can install W98 to D:

(a) is there a DOS COMMAND for hiding a partition or is the only way by installing a boot manager before W98? I've seen some instructions (see attached word doc), but it SEEMS to be for using the command prompt in more recent windows OSs - the commands weren't recognised by the DOS underlying W95b (version 4.00.1111)

(b) if the answer to that's a yes, then is it possible to run a W95/98 dual boot system without 3rd party software (boot manager)? If so could anyone point me towards any tutorials?

In case anyone's WONDERING why on earth I'd even want to bother with W95 & 98, it's partly so I can run some old programs but also as a learning exercise - I want to play around with using/controlling a PC VIA command line instead of GUI.

Cheers all

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin](a) No
(b) No

You might want to consider Microsoft Virtual PC to run the old OS's on a newer PC. I've recently done this myself & find it a better option than using an old PC. VPC is a free download. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/Only way for single directional hiding would be FAT16/FAT32 & NTFS. Where NTFS would be unknown to Win 95 and Win 98 and a Win 2000 Pro or newer NT based OS like XP, Vista, or even 7 would see all. I would go with virtualization myself or if your comfortable with editing the boot.ini, you can make it dual boot. Here is more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559

Quote from: hitman126 on January 20, 2011, 03:58:44 AM

There is however ONE minor problem I've noticed. The OPENING and closing ApplicationSettings tags have three sets
of empty strings appearing in the OUTPUT file, i.e. <applicationSettings>"""" and </applicationSettings>""""
Can't find the cause for it. Any help on this please?

"WEBSERVER 1"

is there any quotes or bracket tricks to do this?

set %%PATH=C:\Users\
set %%XT=.MP3

for /r %%PATH %%I in (*%%XT) do echo %%I~nI

In this case its supposed to GIVE me LIST of mp3 files inside C:\Users\
the idea is that I can easily change it.
What it actually think is that %PATH is instead of %I, and %I is mistakeSyntax of the commands seems a BIT crazy, try:

Code: [Select]@echo off
cls
setlocal

set PATH=c:\users
set XT=.mp3

for /r "%PATH%" %%I in (*%XT%) do echo %%~nI
PATH is a system variable that is used to define folders where EXECUTABLES are stored. If you use it for something else, all your external commands won't work. Choose another name e.g. MYPATH

I need a DOS Script that will look at a directory for the latest file with extension XXX. It will determine how many hours old the file is. And then I will echo back a response if the the file is XX hours old. Thanks in advance. JoshWhat have you done so far?
I'm very new to scripting and other than researching a possible solution online, I have nothing. I know how to grab the most recent XXX file in the FOLDER but need to know how to evaluation the timestamp and figure an HOUR age based on current time. In what I'm seeing online it seems like DATE determination in DOS scripts is not an easy thing to do. Thanks for any information you can give me.Code: [Select]@echo off

REM Create VBScript
REM Get difference between file date and now in minutes
echo filename=wscript.arguments(0)>fileage.vbs
echo Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")>>fileage.vbs
echo Set Myfile = filesys.GetFile(filename)>>fileage.vbs
echo wscript.echo DateDiff("n", Myfile.DateCreated, Now())>>fileage.vbs

REM set file extension
set fileExt=.txt

REM set age limit
set agelimit=60

REM get file creation date of OLDEST file of DESIRED extension
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('dir /b /tc /o-d *%fileExt%') do set file=%%~nxA

REM Pass file name to VBScript and capture the output
For /f "delims=" %%A in ( ' cscript //nologo fileage.vbs "%file%" ' ) do set AgeInMinutes=%%A

REM Get file creation date
For /f "delims=" %%A in ( 'dir /b /tc "%file%" ' ) do set FileDate=%%~tA

echo file name %file%
echo file created %FileDate%
echo file age (min) %AgeInMinutes%

if %AgeInMinutes% LEQ %agelimit% goto UnderOrEqual
if %AgeInMinutes% GTR %agelimit% goto Over

:UnderOrEqual

REM Code here to be run if file age is less than or equal to limit
echo file is not older than %agelimit% minutes
goto end

:Over

REM Code here to be run if file age is greater than limit
echo file is older than %agelimit% minutes

:end

Hello All,

I am a rookie at DOS and looking for some HELP on a batch file. I have a bunch of .zip files (in same folder) that I am unzipping with PKUNZIP. I'd like to unzip each file and then rename. Each zip file contains one CSV file but the name of that CSV file is random and long. The folder only contains the zip files when I start run the batch. The SAMPLE code below worked in PART but I got messages about duplicate files and then it started renaming the first files I unzipped. I'm pretty sure this is not how you set up a loop. Your help and guidance is appreciated. Ben.


pkunzip 2001.zip
rename ??.csv 2001.csv
pkunzip 2002.zip
rename ??.csv 2002.csv
pkunzip 2003.zip
rename ??.csv 2003.csv
pkunzip 2004.zip
rename ??.csv 2004.csvAs I rememer it, pkunzip -v will tell you the content of the zip, you could capture this and then know what to rename from after extractingThanks for the info. That is beyond my KNOWLEDGE right now. When I unzip, the file name does get truncated and that name will always be random numbers. I know I NEED to do FOR... to unzip and rename a .CSV file using a wildcard but b/c I don't know the file name. Try something like

Unzipper.Bat
Code: [Select]for /f "delims=" %%A in ( 'pkunzip -v %1' ) do set ZippedName=%%A
pkunzip %1
Ren %ZippedName% %~n1.csv
Usage
Unzipper 2001.zip

Ive not tested it as I dont have pkzip / unzipThank you gpl and ffree. I tried both. I was able to get ffree's codes to work. The move gave me another idea so I tried a variation on my original idea. I had to create another folder to move the unzipped and renamed files to but it worked. However, I have to do this from 1990 to 2010. Not a big deal...just copy and paste in Notepad, but if someone can help me turn the code below into a loop, I would appreciate it and learn from it. Thank you all!


pkunzip 1990.zip
rename *.csv 1990.csv
move *.csv csvfolder
pkunzip 1991.zip
rename *.csv 1991.csv
move *.csv csvfolder

Hi, all!
I've a such as problem: I use openssl to sign certificate signing requests.
When I use following command: openssl ca policy policy_anything -out olim.crt -infiles olim.csr I NEED to answer to questions:
1. Sign the certificate? [y/n]:
2. 1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n].

To automatic answer to first question i use following on BATCH FILE:
echo y | openssl ca policy policy_anything -out olim.crt -infiles olim.csr
How do I answer second question yes?
Please HELP me...
Thanks for answersYou can try creating a response file with each answer on a separate line.

Response.txt
Code: [Select]y
y

When you run the command, as each question is prompted for, ONE line from the response file will be redirected into the program.

Code: [Select]< response.txt openssl ca policy policy_anything -out olim.crt -infiles olim.csr

Good luck. Sidewinder!
It works, thank a lot!!!
Good luck!

I am trying to make a batchfile which copy's the my documents etc. from the currently logged in user on a other pc to a server. Whatever i try the output is de current user logged in where i type this batchfile so:
set choice=
set /P choice=PC number:
if not "'%choice%'"=='' set choice=%choice:~0,99%
e:\foldername\PsExec.exe \\%choice% RoboCopy "\\%choice%\c$\users\%USERNAME%\documents" "c:\temp\corne\Mijn documenten" /s /mir /log:C:\temp\RoboCopy1.Txt
I am asked for a pcnumber and when i give that in the %username% is filled in with the currently logged in user locally and not from the pcnumber i gave in.
I have tried it several WAYS also without the PsExec but with no effect.
I KNOW this can be done with the set command or something but don'n know how?you can try running "qwinsta" using psexec.

It gives output of all loged on users. Look for console user and then when you have the username change to that users profile folder.
Quote from: subhashchy on January 23, 2011, 05:23:35 PM

you can try running "qwinsta" using psexec.

It gives output of all loged on users. Look for console user and then when you have the username change to that users profile folder.

Im trying to make a batch or cmd make the missing or corrupt file if it does work Example:
:blm
cd data
cd links
if not exist borderlands.url (What ever the command would be here) else goto blm1
echo.File missing
echo.Recreating
pause&GT;null
echo.done
echo.Press a key to continue
pause>null
del null
goto mainmenu

This is just a PORTION of my bat file Please help MUCH appreciated
A tip: if you used >nul INSTEAD of >null you wouldn't create those files called 'null' that you have to delete.

Download shortcut.exe _ Google for it.That was not exactly what i was LOOKING for but i got me to a link that i needed to get the job Done so Thanks

How to use external command?type command and press enterI SAID NOTHING...
...just a stupid QUESTION.

(It was not the question I wanted to ASK... an ERROR.................)Quote from: HP2 on January 26, 2011, 05:11:21 PM

I said nothing...
...just a stupid question.
(It was not the question I wanted to ask... an error.................)

Im trying to make a password protected folder it went fine until i tryied to rehide the folder in the .cmd heres what i got
Code: [Select]@echo off
Echo.Please Enter PASS to CONTINUE....
:action
set /p pass=Password:
set userinp=%pass:~0,100%
if /i "%pass%"=="W" goto success
echo.incorrect
goto action

:success
Echo.Welcome MillerGram
echo.To rehide Folder type hide
attrib -h -s Hidden
set /p passa=:
set userinp=%pass1:~0,100%
if /i "%passa%"=="hide" goto hide
echo.what was that?
pause>nul
cls
goto success

:hide
attrib +h /d /s Hidden
goto success
The hide shortcut dosent seem to work any IDEAS?Quote from: millergram on January 25, 2011, 06:31:17 PM

The hide shortcut dosent seem to work any ideas?

That still doesn't explain why you want to shut down windows. Like I SAID I have plenty of batch files that do exactly that; none of them shut down windows.Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 26, 2011, 08:00:18 PM

That still doesn't explain why you want to shut down windows. Like I said I have plenty of batch files that do exactly that; none of them shut down windows.

WHICH IS IT?

One post you're talking about making a batch file for games. the next your blathering about Malware bytes.

Can SOMEONE tell me what's going on with this?
If I run this from the command line by typing the file NAME, it works and prints the "yes" (assuming I press y).
Quote

C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop>test
y
[y]
_ans=y
yes
Press any key to continue . . .

y
[]
_ans=y
Press any key to continue . . .

I need help WRITING a dos command to list all the .doc files in my directory.
Thanks in advanceOS: Linux variant

Post in the BSD, Linux, and Unix forum. Quote from: Dusty on January 28, 2011, 12:33:53 AM

OS: Linux variant

Post in the BSD, Linux, and Unix forum.

To run in a Linux variant?

I don't recall them saying that.

Linux is his OS, but Microsoft is his homework, I think.

Is there a way to check for a RETURN string after issuing commands through a bat FILE.

I am calling a cmd prompt and issuing mst commands. mst restart, mst status, and mlxi2c scan. All of these commands once issued dump output to the SCREEN and I want to query the RESPONSE before issuing the next command.

Help

Is it even possible to make a batch file delete self when you exit USING the big x on the top right of the SCREEN?
Quote from: millergram on January 28, 2011, 10:50:14 PM

Is it even possible to make a batch file delete self when you exit using the big x on the top right of the screen?

Ok i get it it cant be done

Hello everyone. I'm trying to create a batch file which accepts a few commandline arguments. My problem is that I do not want to check for %1 or %2 etc, but for %* which means that the user should be able to specify the arguments regardless of their order.

Code: [Select]@ECHO OFF

IF /I "%*"=="1stARG" ECHO:1stARG&&GOTO :END
IF /I "%*"=="2ndARG" ECHO:2ndARG&&GOTO :END
IF /I "%*"=="3rdARG" ECHO:3rdARG&&GOTO :END
IF /I "%*"=="4thARG" ECHO:4rdARG&&GOTO :END
IF /I "%1"=="" ECHO:NO ARGUMENT SPECIFIED&&GOTO :END
ECHO:WRONG ARGUMENT&&GOTO :END

:END
PAUSE
The problem is that this way if I use "1stARG 2ndARG" it's not being split. So I guess I have to use a FOR loop. Basically I'm trying to find the simplest way of achieving this.

Thanks in advance for any help.You mentioned FOR so I deduce this is not about MS-DOS. You should be aware that in Windows bath scripting the double ampersand (&&) is not a simple command SEPARATOR (like in Unix). It is an errorlevel test. "Command1 && command2" means "execute command1 and if the errorlevel from command1 is zero, (and only if) then execute command2". The standard command separator where you want more than 1 command on a single line is the single ampersand (&) for example command1 & command2. Also you don't need to put the colon before the label identifier in a goto statement, and using all capital letters is not compulsory.

Quote

the user should be able to specify the arguments regardless of their order

You mentioned FOR so I deduce this is not about MS-DOS. You should be aware that in Windows bath scripting the double ampersand (&&) is not a simple command separator (like in Unix). It is an errorlevel test. "Command1 && command2" means "execute command1 and if the errorlevel from command1 is zero, (and only if) then execute command2". The standard command separator where you want more than 1 command on a single line is the single ampersand (&) for example command1 & command2. Also you don't need to put the colon before the label identifier in a goto statement, and using all capital letters is not compulsory.

Why? You are making the script unnecessarily complicated, and batch language is very bad at this sort of thing.

I think I must be missing something, but couldn't shift be used for this in some capacity?

Could you tell me why it is so important that the parameters need to be presented in any order?

This has REALLY GOT me stumped. I created a sudoku-solving script (still in the works) that's getting a really weird issue.

The script can successfully solve this puzzle:
Quote

4_153_68_
639____51
_7_6412_9
___152_74
782___915
14_798___
2_7486_9_
39____768
_16_735_2

4 2 1 5 3 9 6 8 7
6 3 9 8 2 7 4 5 1
5 7 8 6 4 1 2 3 9
9 6 3 1 5 2 8 7 4
7 8 2 3 6 4 9 1 5
1 4 5 7 9 8 3 2 6
2 5 7 4 8 6 1 9 3
3 9 4 2 1 5 7 6 8
8 1 6 9 7 3 5 4 2

7_4_2__96
_6_913___
2__7__58_
__62__138
_8_3_9_7_
543__82__
_58_____7
___497___
39__8_6_2

7 _ 4 _ 2 _ _ 9 6 <-- No spots filled, even though it pauses (meaning it's done)
_ 6 _ 9 1 3 _ _ _
2 _ _ 7 _ _ 5 8 _
_ 7 6 2 _ _ 1 3 8
_ 8 _ 3 _ 9 4 7 _
5 4 3 _ _ 8 2 _ _
_ 5 8 _ _ _ _ _ 7
_ _ _ 4 9 7 _ _ _
3 9 _ _ 8 _ 6 _ 2
0,1 is in 1 <-- Should not remain for more less than a second
0,3 is in 2
0,5 is in 2
0,6 is in 3
1,0 is in 1
1,2 is in 1
1,6 is in 3
1,7 is in 3
1,8 is in 3
2,1 is in 1
2,2 is in 1
2,4 is in 2
2,5 is in 2
2,8 is in 3
3,0 is in 4
3,4 is in 5
3,5 is in 5
4,0 is in 4
4,2 is in 4
4,4 is in 5
4,8 is in 6
5,3 is in 5
5,4 is in 5
5,7 is in 6
5,8 is in 6
6,0 is in 7
6,3 is in 8
6,4 is in 8
6,5 is in 8
6,6 is in 9
6,7 is in 9
7,0 is in 7
7,1 is in 7
7,2 is in 7
7,6 is in 9
7,7 is in 9
7,8 is in 9
8,2 is in 7
8,3 is in 8
8,5 is in 8
8,7 is in 9
Press any key to continue . . .

4_3__9168
19_643_5_
_7_1_2_93
935_6_8_1
__28459__
8_7_2_635
26_4_7_8_
_8_216_74
7543__2_6

4 2 3 5 7 9 1 6 8
1 9 8 6 4 3 7 5 2
5 7 6 1 8 2 4 9 3
9 3 5 7 6 4 8 2 1
6 1 2 8 4 5 9 _= 7
8 4 7 9 2 1 6 3 5
2 6 1 4 5 7 3 8 9
3 8 9 2 1 6 5 7 4
7 5 4 3 9 8 2 1 6
Press any key to continue . . .

__91_7_42
2_48__51_
_5149_3__
1__7632__
59__8__61
_26__9__8
96___81_7
___671924
4179___8_

6 3 9 1 5 7 8 4 2
2 7 4 8 3 6 5 1 9
8 5 1 4 9 2 3 7 6
1 4 8 7 6 3 2 9 5
5 9 _ _ 8 4 7 6 1
7 2 6 _ 1 9 4 _ 8
9 6 _ _ 4 8 1 _ 7
3 8 5 6 7 1 9 2 4
4 1 7 9 2 5 6 8 3
Press any key to continue . . .

6 3 9 | 1 5 7 | 8 4 2
2 7 4 | 8 3 6 | 5 1 9
8 5 1 | 4 9 2 | 3 7 6
------|-------|------
1 4 8 | 7 6 3 | 2 9 5
5 9 3 | 2 8 4 | 7 6 1
7 2 6 | 5 1 9 | 4 3 8
------|-------|------
9 6 2 | 3 4 8 | 1 5 7
3 8 5 | 6 7 1 | 9 2 4
4 1 7 | 9 2 5 | 6 8 3
Press any key to continue . . .

6 3 9 | 1 5 7 | 8 4 2
2 7 4 | 8 3 6 | 5 1 9
8 5 1 | 4 9 2 | 3 7 6
------|-------|------
1 4 8 | 7 6 3 | 2 9 5
5 9 _ | _ 8 4 | 7 6 1
7 2 6 | _ 1 9 | 4 _ 8
------|-------|------
9 6 _ | _ 4 8 | 1 _ 7
3 8 5 | 6 7 1 | 9 2 4
4 1 7 | 9 2 5 | 6 8 3
Press any key to continue . . .

Hi,

I have an old Toshiba Tecra 510CDT laptop with DOS 6.22 installed.

I mainly use this laptop for programming / coms for Legacy industrial control systems. (programs that RUN under DOS only, and need the COM port)

How can I copy / transfer all the files from this laptop to another PC for safe keeping. There are many files, and USING the Floppy will take forever!

Can a serial port transfer utility still be obtained for this purpose? (DOS one side, XP the other?)

I have a few other PCs... 95, 98, XP if anything can be run on these.

I used Laplink many moons ago, not sure if this is still available, and will it cross OS platforms?

Would REMOVING the hard-drive for cloning / copying somehow be an option? (IDE?) If so, what kit could be used?

THANKS.



DOS 6.22 has interlink as part of it, which works a lot like laplink

unfortunately, the other machine needs this installed too, maybe win 95 / 98 has this built in ? This page might be of use

http://www.kime.net/directcc/directcc31.htmFor the cloning option there's this:...

And This...Thanks gpl, thanks patio.

Patio, is that a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter (pic)Yeper...2.5 laptop to IDE adapter.....'Bout 7 Bucks...Ghost the old Toshiba laptop & store the image on the XP machine. Use Ghost Explorer to EXTRACT any file from the image.

I have bought a new hard drive for my 'Medion' laptop. I put the new hard drive into the laptop, went into fdisk and partitioned the drive so I could put the recovery files into d: drive and then let the laptop program its self with the support disc. When I STARTED the laptop to program itself it start to communicate to me in German, it was using English before the new drive, I have tried to change it back to English, but every thing I try fails to work. Does anybody know whats wrong here, I would be grateful for any ideas. Thankyou. Colo.Doesn't make sense....HDD's are blank and you do NOT need the software that came with it...
Boot to your Windows CD...REMOVE the existing partition and continue with the install...
It will be automatically re-created.I just re-read your Post....the Recovery partition may be at faullt here....
Where exactly is this laptop from and how long have you had it ? ?

If need be you can borrow an MS Windows CD and do a clean install...perfectly legal...but the version and Service Packs need to match what was originally on the laptop.
You will have to re-register of course.My laptop is a Medion MM2190, It is a Windows Vista,(maybe I should have mentioned this at the start), the hard drive is 120gb, it is about three/four years old, I bought the laptop from Woolies....... Colo...Thankyou.Well, I removed the said partition and restarted the laptop with the recovery disc in, and of it went and is now working, Many thanks for your advice patio, Thankyou...Colo.... EXCELLENT....PRETTY STRANGE how that happened...

Would appreciate some help here. Is it possible to create a DOS Batch script that runs as a Scheduled Task (and executes Excel and ACCESS macros) so that it always exits; i.e., can never get hung? I understand that setting the scheduled task parameter that tells it to end if running longer than x hours doesn't always work. Thanks.Quote from: sumdumgai on January 25, 2011, 01:58:45 PM

I understand that setting the scheduled task parameter that tells it to end if running longer than x hours doesn't always work. Thanks.

When I saw the title I was reminded of something. Isn't asking for a program that "cannot hang" just what Alan Turing proved in 1936 couldn't be done? That is, that a general algorithm to solve the halting problem for all possible program-input pairs cannot exist.

It works! At last! Thank you so much BC and I'm sorry I got the terminology wrong. Your solution should be tagged and archived here for anyone else who RUNS into the same THING. It is an extremely useful answer to a really irritating problem.

To respond to your other point, I did try every possible option in compatibility mode but always ran into the same issue. The resolution would switch briefly but then immediately switch back and the program would END up running in a small window instead of full screen. Don't know why.

I followed your advice and used your executable with a FIND command to search for the process string. This works fine though it is not very elegant since the batch has to loop until the errorlevel CHANGES. It does what I wanted, though, so I can't complain. Thanks again.

Hi,

I am trying to get a batch file to run several installation programs; the idea is that it waits until the setup is completed then RUNS the next one. However, I’ve hit a stumbling block on running just the first installer file. I am pretty sure its something to do with the SPACES, or that it’s a UNC path. I get an error “WINDOWS cannot find appsetup.exe”.

Code: [Select]SET THISDIR="\\server\development\new installation\"
start /wait %THISDIR%appsetup.exe
echo done
pause
I tried this alternative, which didn’t work either. This one produced two DOS windows, one asking me if I want to terminate the job.

Code: [Select]start /wait "\\server\development\new installation\appsetup.exe"
echo done
pause
Neither works… can anyone HELP, please?
try this - START needs a title string for the window, but a null string (two quotes) will do.

start /wait "" "\\server\development\new installation\appsetup.exe"

Code: [Select]C:\>start /?
Starts a separate window to run a SPECIFIED program or command.

START ["title"] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED]
[/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]
[/AFFINITY <hex affinity>] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program]
[parameters]

"title" Title to display in window title bar.
path Starting directory.
B Start application without creating a new window. The
application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application
enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt
the application.
I The new environment will be the original environment passed
to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.
MIN Start window minimized.
MAX Start window maximized.
SEPARATE Start 16-bit Windows program in separate memory space.
SHARED Start 16-bit Windows program in shared memory space.
LOW Start application in the IDLE priority class.
NORMAL Start application in the NORMAL priority class.
HIGH Start application in the HIGH priority class.
REALTIME Start application in the REALTIME priority class.
ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class.
BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class.
AFFINITY The new application will have the specified processor
affinity mask, expressed as a hexadecimal number.
WAIT Start application and wait for it to terminate.
command/program
If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then
the command processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe.
This means that the window will remain after the command
has been run.

If it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then
it is a program and will run as either a windowed application
or a console application.

parameters These are the parameters passed to the command/program.

I get a DOS command after the start of the motherboard en read as FOLLOWS:

VLEGA is compressed
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

After that I'll get over and over the same command

What is happening, is my HARDDISK drive broken??What happened prior to this ? ?
What OS are you running ? ?
What do you MEAN by the MBoard start ? ?Does it actually say VLEGA? Not BOOTMGR or NTLDR?

I'm trying to boot an harddrive into dos 6.22, i format the harddrive after booting into dos 6.22 form a disk, i run format c:/s. after that if i reboot on the disk, a can acces the harddrive, and see the command.com, but i can't boot on the harddrive, i always receive the message "hard drive FAILURE"
What's wrong?If you ran the format then C: is empty...
The command.com is probably on the Dos disk you are using....

What are you attempting to do here ? ?Quote from: patio on February 03, 2011, 05:49:36 AM

If you ran the format then C: is empty...
...

That's right Willy....forgot about the /s switch...
It should indeed be bootable.

The drive may have gone South...
DLoad the Free diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site...run the long test.

Well he didn't mention the size...i'll guess we have to wait...

The 2G was a FAT limitation....

not neccessarily confined to DOS...

i always receive the message "hard drive failure"

Here's the message:

We:ll see...thats why i suggested HDD diagnostics.

FAT16 max volume size is 2GB.

the broken one was a 3G, larger than the configured BIOS setting TYPE 17 (40Mb), but it was working!!
i'm pretty shure tha the 3g was running in dos6.22 because a "setver" command was in the config.sys

hope it will help

I wondered if that command behaved normally, or if it showed some error.

Would DOS 'lie', and report hard drive failure if it tried to boot from a hd, and only got part way through it?

... you might be able to use type 47 (user) and put in your own disk geometry; but you'd probably be better off swapping through a few different types until you get something that works reliably.

Hi all,
i need your support cause i'm a newbie about Ms Dos batch.
My problem is that i want to run into a batch, two command.
The first one has to compress a FILE and the other has to change the name of the resulting file adding a suffix.
The problem i have encountered is that only the first one works, the second one doesn't start.
Here you are the batch i have written:

Code: [Select]RAR a XXX_ -m1 -df -ep -agYYYYMMDD C:\temp\*.txt
for /F "tokens=1-2 delims=." %i in ('dir *.rar /b') do ren "%i.%j" "%i0330.%j"
If i run the second command in the MsDos prompt it works.
Thanks in advanceOne percent sign at the prompt, two in a batch file, so change all %i to %%i and all %j to %%j
WORKS...
Thanks a lot.
Can you explain me why i have to double all %? Quote from: canislupus on FEBRUARY 03, 2011, 08:33:01 AM

WORKS...
Thanks a lot.
Can you explain me why i have to double all %?

Hi,

I got the following script from the windows scripting book for windows 2003 so obviously written for IIS 6.

The rror I am getting when I run this is :

iis.vbs(13, 1) (null): 0x8004100E

This is - Syntax error.

Line 13 is - Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & wmiNS)


I THINK the problem is what I am passing on wmiNS.

I TRIED different values based on several articles I have read after a few google searches.

- GetObject("IIS://" & ComputerName & "/W3SVC")
- GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "/W3SVC")
- wmiNS = “/root/MicrosoftIISv2"

Nothing worked. I am not ABLE to find any thing. Can you please LET me know what am i doing wrong and also point me to a book/site/tutorial on using scripts on IIS 7? (MAINLY to create Application Pools, set application pool parameters, Create sites, create site specific parameters, create site specific ASP paramters, etc)

Thanks for your time

Code: [Select]Option Explicit
'On Error Resume Next
Dim strComputer
Dim wmiNS
Dim wmiQuery
Dim objWMIService
Dim colItems
Dim objItem

strComputer = "."
wmiNS = "\root\WebAdministration"
wmiQuery = "select * from CIM_Setting"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & wmiNS)

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(wmiQuery)
For Each objItem In colItems
WScript.Echo ": " & objItem.Name
Next

Thanks,
Shiyam

Hi,

I wrote the this script to unzip a zip file using windows scripting.

==============================================================================
Dim folderPath01
folderPath01 = "C:\AV\"
Call UnzipFolder(folderPath01)

FUNCTION UnzipFolder(FoldPath)

Set objShell = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
Set objSource = objShell.NameSpace(zipfile).Items()
Set objTarget = objShell.NameSpace(FoldPath)
intOptions = 256
objTarget.CopyHere objSource, intOptions

End Function
==============================================================================

When I run this script I get the following errors:

Object required: objShell.NameSpace(...)

I am running this on Windows 7 - 64 bit. PLEASE let me know what I am doing wrong.


Thanks,
ShiyamYou have not specified a value for zipfile

You will need to add:

zipfile = c:\PATH\myfile.zip

to your script.As Oldun has noticed, you have not given a value (needs to be full path and name of zip file) to the variable zipfile in this line therefore you got the error message described.

Set objSource = objShell.NameSpace(zipfile).Items()

Because you have made the unzipping code into a function, you need to pass the path and name of the zip file as a parameter to the function. (Did you really "write" that VBscript?) The following script will show what I mean

I have run this on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and also XP Professional 32 bit.

Dim folderPath01
folderPath01 = "C:\AV\"
Zipfile="C:\Zipfiles\Test.zip"
Call UnzipFolder(folderPath01, Zipfile)

Function UnzipFolder(FoldPath, ZipFileName)
Set objShell = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
Set objSource = objShell.NameSpace(ZipFileName).Items()
Set objTarget = objShell.NameSpace(FoldPath)
intOptions = 256
objTarget.CopyHere objSource, intOptions
End Function

In addition, this method will NOT work if Compressed Folders is disabled. In that situation, you will get this message:

Path\to\script.vbs(line number, char number) (null): Unspecified error

It is simple to Google how to enable/disable Compressed Folders.

Note: As with any file copy operation using CopyHere, the second parameter for CopyHere specifies how the copy from "compressed folder" (zip file) will be carried out:

In your script this is the value (256) you have given to intOptions.


4 Do not display a progress dialog box.
8 Give the file being operated on a new name in a move, copy, or rename operation if a file with the target name already exists.
16 Respond with "Yes to All" for any dialog box that is displayed.
64 Preserve undo information, if possible.
128 Perform the operation on files only if a wildcard file name (*.*) is specified.
256 Display a progress dialog box but do not show the file names.
512 Do not confirm the creation of a new DIRECTORY if the operation requires one to be created.
1024 Do not display a user interface if an error occurs.
2048 VBScript version 4.71. Do not copy the security attributes of the file.
4096 Only operate in the local directory. Do not operate recursively into subdirectories.
8192 VBScript version 5.0. Do not copy connected files as a GROUP. Only copy the specified files.



Wowww. Thanks Oldun and Salmon for your time.

Salmon,

Thanks a lot for your detail. I am new to windows host scripting. I am learning it from Microsoft Windows Scripting book from MS press. It is written for Windows 2003/XP. So when ever i get an error (specially the object requireed error), I tend to think its because its not available on Windows 7.

Again. I appreciate you explaining intoptions variable, as that was going to be my next question. I have no idea how you saw that coming.
I had "zipfile" variable defined on this script even though I forgot to post it, but I had two issues.

1. I did not pass that to the function as a parameter.
2. I did not have the full path "zipfile" on variable.

I have one more question. If I have the .vbs file and the .zip file on the same folder, why doesn't the relative path (i.e. just the filename (file.zip) does not work? Is there any way to acheive that?

Thanks again for the time.

Regards,
ShiyamQuote from: shiyam198 on February 06, 2011, 01:11:06 PM

Again. I appreciate you explaining intoptions variable, as that was going to be my next question. I have no idea how you saw that coming.

I have one more question. If I have the .vbs file and the .zip file on the same folder, why doesn't the relative path (i.e. just the filename (file.zip) does not work? Is there any way to acheive that?

Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 06, 2011, 09:30:42 AM

While I don't doubt that the circumstance is similar, I would be more likely to attribute it to somebody trying to GET a game they shouldn't be running on at least one school computer... generally FRENCH Classes aren't taught in a computer lab

hey,

one program disabled all my DOS COMMANDS to be interpreted.

My system is Win XP SP3.

I can get into DOS mode via Win Run> cmd, but cannot execute any commands; when trying the reply ALWAYS:

" the command, TYPED in" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

I guess the program might have updated a key in the Registry.

Any solution?

Thanks, billPlease do not DOUBLE post. Your query is answered in the WindowsXP forum

.

hello everyone,

here i have a problem to unzip the binary file with "copy /b" in my batch file program...

ok i will explain more detail..

first i do :-
Code: [SELECT]copy /b *.jpg + *.zip result.jpg
then i rename "result.jpg" to "result.zip"

after that i use my batch file to unzip, it won't unzip the binary file... but if i zip normally without use binary file it can be unzip...
i use the code below..(just look at the "echo .......... >> unzip.vbs")



Code: [Select]copy "kin\just\result.zip" "c:\result.zip"
MD "c:\cepat"

echo pathToZipFile="c:\result.zip" >> unzip.vbs
echo extractTo="c:\cepat" >> unzip.vbs
echo.
echo set sa = CreateObject("Shell.Application") >> unzip.vbs
echo set filesInzip=sa.NameSpace(pathToZipFile).items >> unzip.vbs
echo sa.NameSpace(extractTo).CopyHere(filesInzip) >> unzip.vbs
start unzip.vbs

ping localhost -N 4 >nul
copy c:\cepat "kin\just"
ping localhost -n 4 >nul
del "kin\just\result.zip" /q /f
ping localhost -n 4 >nul
del "unzip.vbs" /q /f
ping localhost -n 2 >nul
del "c:\cepat\*" /q /f
ping localhost -n 4 >nul
rmdir "c:\cepat" /q
ping localhost -n 4 >nul
del "c:\result.zip" /q /f
thank in advance for your help....
I see that you are trying to hide files within a photo.

I would avise using .rar files for this, instead of .zip, that fixed my problem back in the days

And you shouldn't use a batch file to unzip. after renaming it to result.zip you have to right click and unzip from thereQuote from: Fareast187 on February 05, 2011, 05:30:01 PM

then i rename "result.jpg" to "result.zip"

You do realize that just remaining the file from "result.jpg" to "result.zip" doesn't make it a zipped file right? If it isn't an actual zipped file then no matter what you do you won't be able to "unzip" it.

You do realize that just remaining the file from "result.jpg" to "result.zip" doesn't make it a zipped file right? If it isn't an actual zipped file then no matter what you do you won't be able to "unzip" it.

I would advise using .rar files for this, instead of .zip, that fixed my problem back in the days

Hard drive reformatted-so only MS Dps installed through old floppies. Have been UNABLE to get D drive (CD rom) to be recognized-even though the light does go on.
I have CHANGED the boot order in the BIOS and it still just goes to MSDOS and gives a C prompt.
Any ideas?Please do not start multiple threads on the same topic. I'm locking this thread.

Hello,
I have a certain little command-shell program (I will call it "myPROG.exe"). This program reads an existing text file ("INPUTFILE.txt") that has a bunch of commands ... myPROG.exe follows those commands, and then spits out an output file (I will call it "LOG.txt").

This is what I type at the DOS-like 'command prompt' supplied with my copy of Win7, 64bit:
C:\ myPROG.exe INPUTFILE_1.txt > LOG_1.txt
When the program is done working (**SEE below), I have to run it again: this time with a new input file ("INPUTFILE_2.txt") with a new. So, I would type:
C:\ myPROG.exe INPUTFILE_2.txt > LOG_2.txt
Then a third...
C:\ myPROG.exe INPUTFILE_3.txt > LOG_3.txt

This process is repeated with up to 10 input files.

Is there any way to automate this process? Also, if you can tell me how to do it using Linux terminal (using the linux VERSION of this program), that would be great too.

THANK YOU!!!
-BH

P.S. -- If this is at all relevant: I know JAVA .

**I know the program is done when I open "LOG.txt" and I look at the last line of that text file -- it should SAY "--complete--"
(Actually, there is another way to tell that the program is working -- After I initially tell the program to run, I can't type at the command prompt, but once it is done, I am able to type at the command prompt again).


Quote from: bhill4 on February 08, 2011, 07:13:14 PM

Hello,
I have a certain little command-shell program (I will call it "myPROG.exe"). This program reads an existing text file ("INPUTFILE.txt") that has a bunch of commands ... myPROG.exe follows those commands, and then spits out an output file (I will call it "LOG.txt").

I am a beginner and was wondering how i can open jpeg files or avi files on cmd. I would also like to know how to open folders too... What do you mean by "open" them? Make them appear in a viewer or video player? And when you say "open" a folder, do you mean open it in Windows Explorer?

To "open" a file in its default program, type its file name at the prompt and press ENTER.

To open a folder in Windows Explorer type

Start "" "c:\path\to\folder" (replace with the right path)

To open the current directory type

Start "" "%cd%"






S.T. - how come my moggy got into your image Quote from: Dusty on February 08, 2011, 01:28:39 PM

S.T. - how come my moggy got into your image

can i use the "Start "" "c:\path\to\folder"" in a batch file to open images using windows explorer?

sorry, windows "picture and fax viewer". I would like a batch file to open a picture using that program...

yes

umm..... i tried... but how do i navigate through folders in cmd.... i am in the c drive, so "C:\>" shows up, how do i open a folder on the c drive (Documents and settings)? I want it to be "C:\documents and settings".

hi there,

this is what I'm trying to make into a bat, it's to run a txt file against an SQL database, the problem is, it gets as far as the third line, then brings up a PROMPT > where the line .read UpdateBS.sql is the next step . How do I get this to work please?


cd\
cd "C:\Program Files\K\BS"
SQLIte3 BS.sqb
.read UpdateBS.sql
.quit
pause


mtia
MarkI have had a VERY quick LOOK at the documentation - I think you might get somewhere with this:

create a text file containing your interactive commands:

.read UpdateBS.sql
.quit
Call it sqlcmds.txt

now on the COMMANDLINE, run this
Code: [Select]SQLIte3 BS.sqb < sqlcmds.txt
What this does is tell SQLIte3 to run with the command line param that you had (BS.sqb) - but when it prompts for interaction, ignore the keyboard and take the input from the sqlcmds.txt file, line by line as if they had been typed in.

Check out 'redirection of input' here on this site and others to understand

Good luck
Grahamthanks very much Graham, that's DONE it

MarkH,

one more question please, this was what I've been using:

cd\
cd "C:\Program Files\KA\BS"
SQLite3 BS.sqb
but some users of my programme have their installation on other drives, not the same drive as their DOS cmd default and have been having trouble. It has been suggested to me that the first line should in fact be that drive for example if it was on the E:drive

E:
cd\
cd "E:\Program Files\KA\BS"
SQLite3 BS.sqb
is this correct, will it make a difference?

mtia
Joecan someone give me an answer to this please?

mtia
JoeI would say yes to your question, joesruk. You can specify a drive and folder this way

E:
cd\
cd "Program Files\KA\BS"

or this way using cd with the /d switch

cd /d "E:\Program Files\KA\BS"

thanks guys

I was just WONDERING if there is any WAY to change cmd into Japanese and BACK to english...