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Hi,

I'm a novice at this at DOS...I'm required about once a year to look at it...so please explain in very simple terms...

I have some code in front of me :
set CONVERT=%~dp0

I've read something about it finding a PATH...but don't quit follow it...
The .cmd it is part of is in the following folder:
D:\prog\pdms\v10.0\plot\convert

So my first question is what does this do set "CONVERT=%~dp0" ?

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I also have this :

CALL "%TEMP%\%~nx1.pdf.cmd"

I understand the call part and %TEMP% is a stored variable (expanding to a folder)...
It's this part that I don't understand :
\%~nx1.pdf.cmd
There are other .cmd in the folder and I think this is refering to one..
So I think it's only this part that is of interest:
\%~nx1.

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

And finally this :
-sOutputFile="%~dpn1.pdf"

Particulaly :
%~dpn1

Hope someone can help

Regards
neil

%0, %1 to %9 are "replaceable parameters". %0 is a special one - it expands to the name of the batch file itself.

%1 is the first parameter passed to the batch file from the command line or from another batch, %2 is the second one, and so on up to %9 (the highest possible).

THUS if you type

mybatch.bat cat dog "HORSE and cart" then in mybatch.bat, when it runs, %1 will expand to cat, %2 will expand to dog, and %3 will expand to "horse and cart"

The parameters can be modified using the same variable modifiers as FOR variables, for full documentation see the FOR help which you get by typing FOR /? at the prompt

They relate to files so that if %1 is a filename then %~d1 is a DRIVE e.g. C: and %~p1 is the path, %~n1 the name, %~x the extension. They can be combined e.g. %~dpnx1

for example %~dp0 contains the drive and path of the batch file itself

The batch below is one for a school assignment.

@echo off

echo On %DATE% at %TIME% the %1% drive on the %computername% computer has:
dir |find "bytes free"

Upon execution, everything runs fine.

The only issue I have is with first line at %1%. After that none of my other text APPEARS, except the %COMPUTERNAME% which executes as "COMPUTERNAME".

I'm guessing there is an issue with the %1%, I'd appreciate the help. @echo off
rem Author: Meagan Parsons
rem Date: 2/10/2011
rem Name: freespace.bat
rem Purpose:

echo On %DATE% at %TIME% the %1% drive on echo the
echo %COMPUTERNAME% computer has

dir |find "bytes free"

I changed it up a bit and GOT all my INFORMATION to display. But I'd REALLY like to have the first two lines on 1 line. Is there a limit to the # of parameters/variables I can have on 1 line?
This may help:

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=3" %%i in ('dir %1 ^| find /i "bytes free"') do (
echo On %DATE% at %TIME% the %1 drive on %COMPUTERNAME% computer has %%i bytes free
)

Pass the drive LETTER on the command line. ( Ex. scriptname c: )

Good luck.
Quote from: mparsons12 on February 10, 2011, 07:24:36 AM

I'm guessing there is an issue with the %1%, I'd appreciate the help.

I have dozens of batch jobs that RUN during the weekend. A lot of them run at the same time.
At the end of each batch job I have the following line:

CALL %BATCH%\SETLEVEL.BAT %ERRLEVEL%

Basically, all jobs call SETLEVEL.BAT which does some cleaning up and stores the error level of the running job in its appropriate log file.

I'm not an expert in OPERATING systems but my question is this:

Is it possible that mutliple jobs call SETLEVEL.BAT at the same time but the call fails on one of them? I'm noticing in my log files that the log ENTRIES entered by SETLEVEL.BAT are MISSING. It's as if some jobs don't make the call above. Yet, the operating system shows no error message anywhere.

Thanks !


add a pause command at the end and tell me if there are any errors and tell me if any close post the code for all the ones that FALL under that category and post the code for SETLEVEL.BAT

In a batch file I have

findstr SWITCHIDENTITY rf_monitor.out >nul 2>&1 && SET IDENTITY_FOUND=true
findstr SWITCHUTILITY rf_monitor.out >nul 2>&1 && set UTILITY_FOUND=true
findstr "GP Manager connection successful" rf_monitor.out >nul 2>&1 && set GPMANAGER_FOUND=true

With echo on, below is what I see

D:\cvstags\trunk\regfortcms\install\win\scripts>findstr SWITCHIDENTITY rf_monito
r.out 1>nul 2>&1 && set IDENTITY_FOUND=true

D:\cvstags\trunk\regfortcms\install\win\scripts>findstr SWITCHUTILITY rf_monitor
.out 1>nul 2>&1 && set UTILITY_FOUND=true

D:\cvstags\trunk\regfortcms\install\win\scripts>findstr "GP Manager connection s
uccessful" rf_monitor.out 1>nul 2>&1 && set GPMANAGER_FOUND=true
**&& was unexpected at this time.**

Why do I get that && was unexpected at this time? If I type the three commands myself on the DOS prompt I don't get any such message. Please advice.
--------, the error message had been not about the lines I posted but about my usage of && in an IF condition. It seems that I have to use like IF condition1 IF condition2 .


Keep it clean...we have Members of all AGES here.you could always use the XIF utillity i created but and is just IF A IF B

I have the following code
Code: [Select]@echo off

if not exist F:\acad\%2\nul goto error2
if "%1"=="" goto error
if "%2"=="" goto error
echo. Search results for all RAW data files: >c:\survey\null.
FOR %%F IN (f:\acad\%2\*.%2) DO FIND "5=%1" %%F >>C:\SURVEY\NULL.
FOR %%F IN (f:\acad\%2\*.%2) DO FIND "PT%1" %%F >>C:\SURVEY\NULL.
FOR %%F IN (f:\acad\%2\*T.%2) DO FIND "%1," %%F >>C:\SURVEY\NULL.
echo. >>c:\survey\null.
echo. GPS file search results: >>c:\survey\null.
FOR %%F IN (f:\acad\%2\GPS*.%2) DO FIND "%1," %%F >>C:\SURVEY\NULL.
echo. >>c:\survey\null.
echo. TFR file search results: >>c:\survey\null.
FOR %%F IN (f:\acad\%2\T*.%2) DO FIND "--%1" %%F >>C:\SURVEY\NULL.
echo.
CALL LN
REM echo. Type "LN" to view results.
echo.
goto end

:error
echo.
echo. **********************************************************************
echo. ***** USAGE: FINDPT [point number] [job] ******
echo. ***** EXAMPLE: To find point number 1254 in job number 511, ******
echo. ***** type "FINDPT 1254 511" followed by [RETURN]. ******
echo. **********************************************************************
echo.
goto end

:error2
echo.
echo. Invalid syntax, or directory "%2" does not exist.
goto error

:end

It works, but, it repeats the files it searches in for strings "5=%1", "PT%1", and "%1," so it makes my results list three TIME longer than it needs to be. How can I search for multiple strings with out it DISPLAYING the files searched three times?so what do you want show the output and show the supposed output

This sounds like ONE of the earliest "secret codes" ever used, the substitution code. The Roman emperor Julius Caesar who died in the year 44 BC used such a code, which is named after him. The problem you are going to have is that you seem to want to make letters of the alphabet into numbers, and there are 26 letters in the alphabet but only 10 digits (0 to 9), so you cannot have a simple one-to-one translation. You COULD encode each letter of the alphabet into a two digit number, but you are going to run into all kinds of problems if you have some one and some two-digit numbers, as some people have already pointed out. Also batch scripting is about the worst language I can think of for doing this. A "scrambled alphabet" type of code is quite simple to implement in batch, but the code is not BEGINNER's level.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_cipher

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set /p c=enter number sequence:
set c1=%c:~0,1%
if not %c1%==, set c=,%c%
set d=%c:,26=z%
set d=%d:,25=y%
set d=%d:,24=x%
set d=%d:,23=w%
set d=%d:,22=v%
set d=%d:,21=u%
set d=%d:,20=t%
set d=%d:,19=s%
set d=%d:,18=r%
set d=%d:,17=q%
set d=%d:,16=p%
set d=%d:,15=o%
set d=%d:,14=n%
set d=%d:,13=m%
set d=%d:,12=l%
set d=%d:,11=k%
set d=%d:,10=j%
set d=%d:,9=i%
set d=%d:,8=h%
set d=%d:,7=g%
set d=%d:,6=f%
set d=%d:,5=e%
set d=%d:,4=d%
set d=%d:,3=c%
set d=%d:,2=b%
set d=%d:,1=a%
echo %d%
pause
Quote

setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

You could encode each letter of the alphabet into a two digit number

Hello, I am a semi-newbie to DOS command prompt.

I have a PROGRAM "A.exe" that reads commands and data from a pre-existing text file called "input_1.txt".
This produces an output file, called "out_1.txt"

This is what I manually type at the command prompt if I just want to do one step
(for example, provide "input_1.txt" to "A.exe", which results in "out_1.txt" as output:

C:\> A.exe input_1.txt > out_1.txt

I want to run a bunch of these, one at a time (up to, say, "A.exe input_99 > out_99.txt")
Note: each process takes about 1 hour of computing time.

How can I automate this process, so that I don't have to manually type commands at the prompt for each of the 99 steps?
Please help this 'newbie' !!!


Ok, This batch file presumes all your files are named input_something, where something is a number going from 1-99

Code: [Select]@echo off
set num=1
:A
A.exe input_%num%.txt > out_%num%.txt
set /a num=%num%+1
if %num% EQU 100 goto B
goto A
:B
exit

there are more elegant ways to do this, using the for command, but this is easy to UNDERSTAND for you, and easy modifiable Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /p start="FIRST number ? "
set /p finish="last number ? "
set step=1
for /l %%N in (%start%,%step%,%finish%) do (
echo !date! !time! start processing input_%%N.txt
A.exe input_%%N.txt > out_%%N.txt
)
echo Finished processing
echo.
pause


LIKE i said, more elegant ways, tnx salmon

I want to create a batch file that extracts an excel SHEET and put it into another new file. Please HELP Thank youThere is no BAT command that does that.Per se.
Are you ALREADY familiar with this?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/command-line-switches-for-excel-HA010158030.aspx
Do you KNOW how to create a start-up command that will MAKE Excel load a file and export the content?

Hello CH members

Im currently writing a SIMPLE batch file with the below two lines for now:

CODE: [Select]@echo off
DIR C:\temp1%1 /s > output.txt

Yes very simple indeed. My purpose though is getting the folder contents of a user profile folder under c:\documents and settings\%USERPROFILE%\Desktop folder.

The 20 machines I am trying to output from have different usernames, is there a global string which can be used to suit the purpose of this batch file.

Could anyone please help with the above?This may help:

Code: [Select]dir "%userprofile%\desktop" /s > output.txt

%userprofile% should expand to C:\Documents and Settings\UserName
The quotes are for the embedded spaces

Good luck. Thanks SW worked a treat. Heres the full batch script for, somenoe might find it useful

Code: [Select]
for /f "tokens=1" %%a in (myList.txt) do (
ECHO -----------------------------------------
ECHO %%a
ECHO -----------------------------------------
ECHO Searching for files... %%a
start rclient %%a /R dir "%userprofile%\desktop" /s > c:\output.txt
REM

)

Modify the myList.txt with the list of machines your to CONNECT to.A little more to my question, I have successfully used the batch to search userprofiles on user PC's, I need now to figure out how to check the servers.

I cannot simply user the %USERPROFILE%\Desktop variable because these folders are located under c:\documents and settings\username\desktop.

Using c:\documents and settings\%USERPROFILE%\Desktop returns a blank output.

Any suggestions on how I could do this?I should really clarify my response...

Using the %userprofile%\desktop variable return contents of C:\documents and settings\Username\desktop on a PC but does not output the folder contents when running the batch file on a server.how about? Code: [Select]"c:\documents and settings\%username%\Desktop"Quote from: mat123 on February 11, 2011, 12:35:32 PM

how about? Code: [Select]"c:\documents and settings\%username%\Desktop"

No mention of 'drive overlay' in this KB.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126855

The IDE interface allows 65,536 cylinders, 16 heads, and 255 sectors

32-bit disk access

28-bit logical block address

Using MS-DOS with a very large drive is NOT recommended.

Please don't ask why, I am getting tired of this.

I am right and you are wrong, I am singing the I am right song
ad infinitum...

But if you can provide a real-world case were ...

PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: 98SE with SATA? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
I just set up a new computer with a SATA HD and Windows 98/SE.
SE didn't care a bit. I had absolutely NO problem with it till I tried to upgrade to XP pro. To load XP-Pro, I had to use the SATA driver disk that came with the mobo. XP can be such a pain in the Bxxx!
But, yes, 98/SE ran just great on the SATA drive.
Shadow Cool

graveur sata
DAN posted on Monday, April 19, 2010 3:52 AM
Bonjour a tous.
je viens d'installer sur ma machine un graveur dvd Sata.
malheureusement win 98 lui ne semble pas reconaitre mon lecteir dvd!
qu'en pensez vous et auriez vous une solution a me proposer?
D'avance merci de votre aide.i
=========
Bonsoir
Peut-?tre avec un convertisseur SATA / IDE :
http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00071913.html
http://www.ldlc.com/articles/AL00000018-1/ide-2-sata-kit.html
Mais pas test? sur W98
Herser

I am right and you are wrong. Please don't take it personally.

Using a SATA interface will allow Windows 98 SE to read a drive larger than 128 GB (137GB). However, the utilities written for MS-DOS will or will not work right.

The problem is that you have not idea of what you are talking about and you write a bunch of nonsense and insist that it is so because you say it is.

The reference to 32 bit was not to memory. It was to the four byte entries that the OS has for the hard drive. Those four bytes are given to a driver that talks to the hardware and translates drive address to a data stream that conforms to some IDE protocol.

The hardware protocol for PATA was set before the SATA was made. The 28 bit structure was not made to be extended.

So a the designers hard to do a workaround. Windows 98 used a 32 bit reference for the location of sectors on the hard drive.

Do the math. it is 2^32 x 512 which is way beyond 128 GB. When they did the first IDE protocol, somebody reasoned that was absurd, and cut it down to 28 bits. I could not find who that guy was. Maybe he lives on an island now.

32-bit disk access (32BDA), also known as FastDisk, is a set of protected-mode drivers that direct int13 calls to the hard disk controller through a protected mode interface. For the latter the hard disk controller has to supply an appropriate virtual device driver (VxD).

Windows ships with one such driver BUILT in: *wdctrl. Unfortunately, this device only supports controllers that are strictly compatible with the WD1003 standard; this excludes SCSI, ATA-2, LBA or CHS translation, disks with more than 1024 cylinders and even some commonplace features of ATA such as block mode. If it detects one of these during the initialization phase it will refuse to load. In today's computers, this means that *wdctrl will rarely do the job and an external VxD must be used.

32BDA has two advantages over disk access through the BIOS. First, since the FastDisk VxD is re-entrant, it enables Windows to use virtual memory for DOS sessions. Using virtual memory without 32BDA could create a deadlock situation if a page fault is generated during the execution of BIOS routines. Since the BIOS is not re-entrant, it is not possible to use a BIOS call to read the page from disk until the first BIOS call has terminated; on the other hand, this BIOS thread must remain suspended until the swapped out page has been read.

So 32BDA enables Windows to manage memory much more efficiently with one or more DOS sessions open.

The second advantage of 32-bit disk access is that it saves two (relatively slow) switches between virtual and protected mode per disk I/O call. Take, for instance, a disk read performed by a DOS application. In the absence of 32BDA, each such call causes the following sequence of events:

1 Application calls INT21 to read from disk
2 Windows traps the call, switches to protected mode
3 Windows switches to real mode, returns to DOS
4 DOS makes int13 call to BIOS disk routines
5 Windows traps the call, switches to protected mode
6 Windows switches to real mode, returns to BIOS
7 BIOS acts upon int13 call and does the read
8 Windows traps the return from int13, switches to PM
9 Windows switches to RM, returns the result to DOS
10 DOS receives the result, passes on to application
11 Windows traps the return from DOS, switches to PM
12 Windows switches to RM, returns result to application
13 Application receives the result from the INT21 call

Using 32-bit disk access replaces steps 6 to 8 by a single call to the FastDisk VxD. This removes two mode switches, resulting in a usually small disk performance improvement. (Steps 3-11 also apply to native Windows applications).

I am not trying to hard on you. It is understandable that some people can not do arithmetic unless they have a calculator at hand.

It is now Sunday morning and I am awake now, so watch out. I am onto you!

There are millions, if not thousands of posts where many have used SATA with Windows 98SE. It is very clear there are doing it. Many BC has trouble understand plain language without a lot of computer federalism.

Wow, BC_P and Geek-9PM duking it out! This is better than Torchwood! I thought that although SATA electronics and connectors differ from Parallel ATA, the technology is software compatible and OS transparent. I await developments...

When you use a SATA device there is no issue. SATA has 48 LBA. Always did.

48-bit LBA requirements for SATA hard drives are the same as those for IDE hard drives. You will need to make sure you have the correct Windows Service Packs installed and EnableBigLba registry value set for Windows 2000. If not, your SATA hard drive will not be recognized at full capacity.

Regarding 48-bit LBA BIOS compatibility, in theory that is also required. In reality, since SATA technology is basically newer relative to 48-bit LBA we expect all motherboards which support SATA will also have 48-bit LBA compatibility in the BIOS. Most likely, you will not need to check for this if you are having problems installing your SATA hard drive. You should make sure you have the latest Windows Service Packs and drivers installed first.

Never havd 28 bit LBA.

The problem is only with drivers that were written explicitly for an early ersion of the ATA standard that preceded SATA.

The 48-bit Logical Block Addressing is a method which extends the capacity of IDE ATA/ATAPI devices beyond a previous limit of 137.4 GB. This limit applies to IDE ATA/ATAPI devices only.

The older design specification for the ATA interface only provided 28-bits with which to address the devices.

the ATA interface to a maximum of 137.4 gigabytes

Only early drivers for the PATA were written with the 28 bit LBA.

All drivers written for the SATA always have 48 LBA.

There is no generic binary low-level driver that can do both PATA and SATA.

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down vote favorite I have a file with each line of the format name=value. I need to read it using a DOS script and store all the name value pairs in memory. The names are from a predefined list of names, so I can have a list of DOS VARIABLES, and assign values to them as and when a line is read from the file. Please provide the script for doing this. I'm not able to even do as much as read a file using the below code which I got on the internet, it printes nothing:
FOR /F %i IN (regfort.properties) DO @echo %i
Quote from: criminal on February 13, 2011, 07:27:13 AM

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down vote favorite I have a file with each line of the format name=value. I need to read it using a DOS script and store all the name value pairs in memory. The names are from a predefined list of names, so I can have a list of DOS variables, and assign values to them as and when a line is read from the file. Please provide the script for doing this. I'm not able to even do as much as read a file using the below code which I got on the internet, it printes nothing:
FOR /F %i IN (regfort.properties) DO @echo %i

...or, if you are content to exclude lines which have a # character anywhere (not just the beginning) you can have it on just one line

for /f "delims=" %%i in (Test.txt) do @echo %%i | find "#">nul || @set %%i

enabledeyledexpansion

If there is a scheduled task that is scheduled to START and stop every day, is it possible to change the SCRIPT that it runs while it is not running and have those changes take effect on the next start? My suspicion is that the script is in MEMORY and does not change EVEN if you edit the script while the task is idle. Am I correct? Thanks.More info. The scheduled task runs a script that calls a number of other scripts. The problem I am seeing is that the calling script cannot find one of the CALLED scripts even though this called script is in the correct folder. When I create a new scheduled task that executes the exact same script, this new scheduled task finds the 'called' script okay and runs it.

Does this make any sense?

Hi,

Can anyone get the below to work. As far as I can tell, there's no reason why it wouldn't (Sorry, I'm new to batch files, but comfortable with programming languages, so I *should* be able to understand all jargon thrown back at me )

CODE: [Select]@ECHO OFF

SET DefaultPath="C:\Program Files\WiredRed\EPop\EPopB.exe"

IF [%1]==[/?] GOTO HelpDisplay

IF [%1]==[] GOTO MissingArgs

IF NOT [%4]==[] (
IF [%5]==[] GOTO MissingArgs
)

IF [%2]==[] (
IF EXIST %DefaultPath% (
SET ExePath=%DefaultPath%
) ELSE (
SET ExePath=""
)
) ELSE (
IF EXIST %2 (
SET ExePath=%DefaultPath%
) ELSE (
IF EXIST %DefaultPath% (
SET ExePath=%DefaultPath%
) ELSE (
SET ExePath=""
)
)
)

The problem occurs at the IF [%2]==[] ( line. I keep getting "The syntax of the command is incorrect." when I don't supply a 2nd argument. It executes the else statement perfectly if I do supply a second argument.

What surprises me is that the syntax matches the above IF NOT [%4]==[] ( with the exception of the not command. Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks in advance.Try changing this line from IF EXIST %2 ( to IF NOT [%2]==[] (Hi oldun,

Thanks for the reply, but the problem doesn't occur at any stage in the ELSE segment. I would try that, but the EXIST segment is to test if the file exists, not whether or not the argument is null.If I correctly understand what you are attempting to achieve, the following should work:

Code: [Select]Set ExePath=""
If Exist %DefaultPath% Set ExePath=%DefaultPath%
IF Not [%2]==[] (
If Exist %2 ( Set ExePath=%DefaultPath% )
)
Quote from: oldun on February 06, 2011, 02:03:31 PM

If I correctly understand what you are attempting to achieve, the following should work:

Code: [Select]Set ExePath=""
If Exist %DefaultPath% Set ExePath=%DefaultPath%
IF Not [%2]==[] (
If Exist %2 ( Set ExePath=%DefaultPath% )
)

Did you tab that echo command batch has a heart attack when it reads a tab

i meant when a tab is in front of a command

Hi
I have a problem I am trying to solve. I have many mp3 files (several hundred) in a folder with the following type names:

accipiter-gentilis.mp3
acrocephalus-arundinaceus.mp3
acrocephalus-palustris.mp3
carduelis-chloris.mp3

Let's say these files are stored in a folder location C:\documents\music

I need to scan through these files one by one, remove the hyphen and replace it with a space.
Got any ideas??

ThanksSave this batch script in the folder where the mp3 files are. Run it and if you are HAPPY with what it shows, edit it in Notepad to remove the ECHO command from the start of the renaming line.

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%A in (*-*.mp3) do (
set oldname=%%A
set newname=!oldname:-= !

REM remove the echo from the next line
REM when you are happy with what it proposes to do
Echo RENAME "!oldname!" "!newname!"

)
Echo Finished...
Echo.
pause

Hi Salmon Trout
Thank so much. That worked perfectly - exactly what I wanted. However I like to understand what is happening. Would you mind COMMENTING this so I can unstand what is occuring line for line??
Thanks

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%A in (*-*.mp3) do (
set oldname=%%A
set newname=!oldname:-= !

REM remove the echo from the next line
REM when you are happy with what it proposes to do
RENAME "!oldname!" "!newname!"

)
Echo Finished...
Echo.
pauseQuote from: geroido on February 15, 2011, 12:05:01 PM

Would you mind commenting this

okay so I currently here C:\1161_DataFiles\DOS

what COMMAND do I write to DELETE all the files that have the number 1 in the NAME from the DOS directoryThis should do it. The two ASTERISKS (*) are wildcards.

Code: [Select]DEL *1*

I want to connect to a network location and have this displayed as a drive letter S:.
I PUT TOGETHER some code that should look for drive S: and start the Explorer right there.
If drive S: is not found it should try to connect to it through NET USE.
Once connected it should fire up Explorer at S:.
On failure it should warn.

My problem:
Some users are not granted acces by the IT department. When ENCOUNTERING this issue, the NET USE part of the program just hangs. I want it to try to connect for say half a minute, then exit, regardless of the outcome. Preferibly with a warning that SENDS them to IT.

Code: [Select]:SFind1
If EXIST "S:" (Echo S:Allready there. >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt&goto SRun) Else (goto SMaker)

:SMaker
net use S: \\sda02\ds-ib >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo attempt to connect to S-Disk. >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
start /wait data\sleeper.vbs 1000 ,0, True
goto SFind2

:SFind2
If Exist "S:" (Echo S:Now there. >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt&goto SRun) Else (goto NoSource)

:NoSource
Echo Search the file "..log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt"
goto QuitFail

:SRun
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /E, S:\ >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo Starting Explorer S: >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
goto QuitGood

:QuitFail
REM --------------------------------------
Echo. >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo update stopped %DATE%, %TIME% >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo ############################### >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo msgbox "Ask IT for acces to this location <tijdelijk op 'SDA02 (sda02)'(S:)>. Show them this message." >log\%username%-fail.vbs&log\%username%-fail.vbs&del log\%username%-fail.vbs
Exit


:QuitGood
REM --------------------------------------
Echo. >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo update ready %DATE%, %TIME% >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Echo ############################### >> log\%username%-Log-SearchDisk.txt
Exit

Thanks in advance

Hello, can anyone explain me what these dashes means and do in this line from batch file?

if -%1 == - GOTO error1
:error1
ECHO please write file name

When I write only batch file name in prompt line (WINDOWS Vista) without any other file and run it, I GET the message 'please write file name'.
I would like to know how these dashes work and where can I use it.The dash is so you can test for a blank parameter. You COULD use any character. Often PEOPLE use quotes before and after, or whatever.

if [%1==[ echo parameter is blank
if "%1"=="" echo parameter is blank
if $%1$==$$ echo paramter is blank
if cat%1==cat echo parameter is blank



Thank you for timeliness. Really helped me ))

Hi all

I am opening 100 urls to see if they are accessible or not. I decided to make batch FILE to do this. I can open urls through batch file by

start iexplore.exe www.google.com

but i want SOMETHING else.

I want my batch file to generate a file which can TELL me that which links were opened and which were not opened. In other words my batch file can catch 404 eroor and display it in a text file.

Regards
SaraIt WOULD be better to use ping and check errorlevel. Why do you want to do this?

Hi all,

I need a return list of configured fonts in a database program.

For that I need a list of all the fonts marked in the data FIELD as 1 in the registry located at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
FileMaker
8.5A
Fonts

Can someone put the total string together that I have to use to reach the list?

It's the command I have to use in a Send Event function in FileMaker.
But I'm stuck where to use the '/' or the '\' etc.

TIAThank you for the long list of possibilities and parameters.

Right now I have absolutely no clue how to put what together with what to reach the info I need....

Is it something like:

REG QUERY \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FileMaker\8.5A\Fonts....??

Do I need to put C:\ in front ? and is it HKCU instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER ??

I never, ever did something like that before, never needed.... so I'm a bit at lost here....

If I could have the total string needed to retrieve the info in the command line, that would be a saver...

I tried some combinations, but I'm not completely at ease to try things out at command level and registry....

And an additional question: is it possible to have the result of the query saved in some KIND of text file ?TYPE

reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FileMaker\8.5A\Fonts

at the prompt. What do you get?


Two posts from BillRich have been deleted from this thread.Thank goodness...
For AWHILE i thought the OP was talking to himself... Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 19, 2011, 02:50:21 AM

type

reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FileMaker\8.5A\Fonts

at the prompt. What do you get?

'reg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch.

what happens when you type

PATH

at the prompt?

Also, is this file present?

C:\windows\system32\reg.exe

On the Win 2000
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM~1\COMMON~1\ODBC\FILEMA~1;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Oracle\win32

On the Win 7
See screenshot

Yes on the Win 7, no on the Win 2000

Hi All

I have set of bat files. Following highlighted text are common to all bat files.

SQLCMD -S ADC012-PC1\SQLExpress -d test -i E:\REPORTS\SQLtemplates\R0001.sql -o E:\Reports\Output\R0001.csv -s","

All bat files are stored in a E:\Reports\BatFiles folder. I want to do following things USING a new bat file.

1. Create new folder in E:\Reports. new folder name is 2011. And also two folders which are called BatFiles and Output folders should be created WITHIN the 2011 folder. (i.e E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles and E:\Reports\2011\Output

2. Copy all bat files which are stored in E:\Reports\BatFiles folder to E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles folder

3. Then replace "E:\Reports\Output\ " text into "E:\Reports\2011\Output\" in EVERY bat file content.

Please advice me how to achieve my requirements.

Thank You

Based on the information you have given, this should hopefully work:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if not exist E:\Reports\2011 md E:\Reports\2011
if not exist E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles md E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles
if not exist E:\Reports\2011\Output md E:\Reports\2011\Output
cd /d "E:\Reports\BatFiles"
for %%A in (*.bat) do (
echo Processing file: %%~dpnxA
if exist "E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles\%%~nxA" del "E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles\%%~nxA"
for /f "delims==" %%B in ('type %%A') do (
set iline=%%B
if "!iline:~0,79!"=="sqlcmd -S ADC012-PC1\SQLExpress -d test -i E:\Reports\SQLtemplates\R0001.sql -o" (
set oline=!iline:E:\Reports\Output\=E:\Reports\2011\Output\!
echo !oline!>>"E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles\%%~nxA"
) else (
echo !iline!>>"E:\Reports\2011\BatFiles\%%~nxA"
)
)
)
echo Done
echo.
pause

Hello all,
I'm totally green when it comes to creating batch files. I have been told that I am able to control my projector (via a rs232 serial connection) with a batch FILE. The TWO things I need it to do is to turn on and turn off. Probably two different files? I have hex code for my projector. To turn the projector on its: BE EF 03 06 00 BA D2 01 00 00 60 01 00
How do I implement this into a batch file? The projector is using Com Port 1 if that helps.

I hate having to manually turn the thing on every morning.

Thanks in advance I can see a way doing this with hyperterm and a macro, or C++, but not sure about doing this with plain old batch.Quote from: DaveLembke on February 20, 2011, 08:20:22 PM

I can see a way doing this with hyperterm and a macro, or C++, but not sure about doing this with plain old batch.

-not sure if this is in the right category-
so, al of a suden my computer (laptop ) started doing this weird thing
when i HOLD down a key it only does it once, like BACKSPACE,leters,space,scrol down/up
and its making this weird ticking noise when i PRES a key
PLEASE please help i ned this fixed thanks (:Check the repeat rate setting in Control Panel/Keyboards...It seems as THOUGH you have "Filter Keys" switched on. To disable this hold down the SHIFT key on the right hand side of the keyboard for about 8-10 seconds. You will hear a noise (not the regular 'tick') to indicate that "Filter Keys" has been disabled.

Any SUGGESTIONS here would be appreciated but I think this is so bizzare or deep into Windows that I'm not expecting any. I am developing a scheduled task that will run every morning unattended. The script starts Excel and specifies a workbook to open. The 'workbook_open' event runs and when finished, starts another batch file (via Shell(batFile, 1) and shuts down Excel. The 'batFile' starts Access and specifies the database to open. The database runs an AutoExec function and then shuts Access down. This sequence runs fours times for four separate databases. Here's the problem:

When the scheduled task runs under my account, everything works fine. However, when we change the scheduled task to run under the System Administrators account (we have to do this for reasons not important here), the sequence for one of the databases does not run. I have isolated the problem to the 'Start' commands for both Excel and Access. What appears to be happenng is that for the Excel 'Start', Excel starts but the 'specified' workbook is not opened, hence Excel just sits there as an open PROCESS not doing anything. When I changed the name of the 'specified' workbook, the Excel 'Start' works okay, opening up the renamed workbook. The same thing happens with the Access 'Start' command. Access starts but the 'specified' database does not open, hence Access just sits there as a idling process. I got around the Excel start by renaming the workbook. I cannot change the database name, however, because of other implications.

This happens with only one database and only when running under an account not my own. What could be causing the 'Start' command to not function correctly when running under the SA's account, i.e., the 'Start' command launches the APPLICATION but does not open the file specified in the command?

Thanks for any help.More info. I find that if I change the name of the folder that contains the database and change the 'start' command accordingly, the database opens.I CREATED a second parent folder and subfolder tree and renamed old and new parent folders hoping that reconstructing the folder tree would fix this. It did not. Could this be a script or task caching problem, where file pointers are corrupt and the 'start' command won't work until a reboot takes place?More info. If I remove the application name from the 'start' command and just invoke the file (e.g., "c:\file\wb.xlsm" instead of Start Excel "c:\file\wb.xlsm"), it still does not work. The command does not find the file to start the application.Thanks for the suggestion. I got around this problem by renaming the parent folder to which the folder (that contains both the workbook and the database) belongs. It's a bit of a pain since I now have to correct places that reference this path. But it works. I'll see if the next reboot CLEARS the problem. Otherwise, I don't expect to have this problem again.

I try to store a file sequence NUMBER in an ENVIRONMENT variable.

these are the steps I took
run the command.exe from window XP
type SET filesequence = a on the command prompt
type SET to verify, it is there!
type EXIT to exit
Run the command.exe from window again
the environment variable filesequence disappears

is there a way to make the environment variable permanent?

I have the same problem when setting it in BAT program. When the program FINISHES, the variables set inside the program disappear. In DOS, are program variables and environment variables are defined differently?

thanks in advance for any help.Using set only creates an environment variable for the current session, but you can use the setx command to create persistent variables. Type setx /? to see the documentation.





Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 18, 2011, 02:20:58 PM

Using set only creates an environment variable for the current session, but you can use the setx command to create persistent variables. Type setx /? to see the documentation.

Hi, I am running Window XP professional 2002, service pack 3. The same unrecognised SETX return when I execute it through CMD.EXE

thanks.

However, when I tried SETX, I got the message

N:\>setx fileseq=1

It works!

Hello,
I am running a command shell program that can take DAYS to do a bunch of molecular dynamics simulations. How can I prevent my "power-saver" from automatically turning off my computer? (fyi - set to power down after 4 hours of inactivity currently).
Key point - I don't want to always have to manually change the power settings -- I want the "default" to be such that the computer shuts down after 4 hours of inactivity -- UNLESS this particular molecular dynamics program is running in the background....
... HELP?

FYI - I run Windows 7 64 bit, and the program (I'll call it 'chem.exe') is run via the DOS-like "Command Prompt" (
I type: C:\mydirectory\chem.exe input_file_name.txt > log_file_name.txt )

Did you write the program? If not, could you contact the author and present your n PROBLEM with him? Thee is a method in the MS library to address this kind of thing.
From MS:
Preventing Automatic Power Down
The article does NOT directly APPLY to your OS. But there are related links that may take you in the right direction.Thanks..
Well, I have the source code (Fortran - yeah)... but I am not that skilled of a programmer. I don't think I would know where to put 'instructions' on not to shut down. However... I know that (somehow) you can tell windows not to shut down if it is running some particular program.... I just wish I could remember how.

In Windows 7 the command line powercfg tool has the ability to override power saving actions such as turning off the display, hibernation etc.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940%28WS.10%29.aspx

Quote

-REQUESTS
Enumerate application and driver Power Requests. Power Requests prevent the computer from automatically powering off the display or entering a low-power sleep mode.

-REQUESTSOVERRIDE
Sets a Power Request override for a particular Process, Service, or Driver. If no parameters are specified, this command displays the current list of Power Request Overrides.

USAGE: POWERCFG -REQUESTSOVERRIDE <CALLER_TYPE> <NAME> <REQUEST>
<CALLER_TYPE> Specifies one of the following caller type:
PROCESS, SERVICE, DRIVER. This is obtained by
calling the POWERCFG -REQUESTS command.
<NAME> Specifies the caller name. This is the name
returned from calling POWERCFG -REQUESTS command.

<REQUEST> Specifies one or more of the following Power
Request Types: Display, System, Awaymode.
Example:
POWERCFG -REQUESTSOVERRIDE PROCESS wmplayer.exe Display System

So I understand the very basics of batch files and that's about it. So I found this script online and was wondering if someone COULD help me make a few changes. I work for a SCHOOL DISTRICT and I'm always having to backup and restores users outlook, docs, pics, favorites etc. Each user that logins in is assigned a personal drive to backup STUFF drive P: Anyways that's a little background info.

---------------------------------------
This works perfect with XP right now but it would be nice if it would work with 7 also.
Here's what I would like to do if possible...

Create a menu with 1,2, and 3.

Press a number and hit enter ...

1 - Backups up everything to drive P:\Backup
2 - Restores users data from P:\Backup to the local machine C:\users..
3 - exit


Thanks in advance!

Code: [Select] @echo off
:: variables
set drive=P:\Backup - Auto
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y

echo ### Backing up My Documents...
%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" "%drive%\My Documents"

echo ### Backing up Favorites...
%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\Favorites" "%drive%\Favorites"

echo ### Backing up email and contacts (MS Outlook)...
%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook" "%drive%\Outlook"

echo ### Backing up the Registry...
if not exist "%drive%\Registry" mkdir "%drive%\Registry"
if exist "%drive%\Registry\regbackup.reg" del "%drive%\Registry\regbackup.reg"
regedit /e "%drive%\Registry\regbackup.reg"

:: use below syntax to backup other directories...
:: %backupcmd% "...source directory..." "%drive%\...destination dir..."

echo Backup Complete!
@pause

Hi, I have a question,
I don't know a *censored* of a lot about computers. Anyway, I have a "command-shell" program that is used to do molecular dynamics simulations. There are no graphics.... nothing... I just run the program through the Windows Command prompt by typing "C:\myProgram.exe InputFileName.txt > LogFileName.txt " and I just wait until it says "FINISHED."

Additional info: Basically, the program starts with the input file containing molecular data, does a bunch of calculations on that data, and writes the results to file. -- On my NEW computer (10,000 RMP hard drive, new AMD 6 core processor... etc) the calculations still TAKE DAYS. FYI - the program does not run "in parallel" (WHATEVER that means).

But I also use Linux. The program was only written for Windows, as far as I know. However, I can easily get the program to run in linux through the Terminal, using WINE. But my question is this: Will the "myProgram.exe" run more slowly on Linux, when invoked using WINE (as compared to running it via Windows Command Prompt)?
If it is slower, are we talking 2x slower? 10x? Or is it just, like, 5% slower?

Thanks,
me
Quote from: bhill4 on March 01, 2011, 09:09:16 PM

If it is slower, are we talking 2x slower? 10x? Or is it just, like, 5% slower?

Hi,

I have a batch FILE that copies FILES from one server to another. The batch file uses the ROBOCOPY.exe to do the work, but I need to TRY cutting down the number of items sent to the log file which is generated, and hoped someone can assist with this?

my batch file has the flag files configured as below:

set xflags=/E /COPYALL /PURGE /ZB /R:0 /W:0 /LOG+:"%logfile%" /TS /FP /NJH /NJS /NP

Then, further down the batch file (where all the work is done) I have the following:


for /f "tokens=1,2* delims=:" %%G IN (%datafile%) DO (
if %%G==REM echo skipping %%H
if NOT %%G==REM (
@ECHO Copying %%G:%%H
@ECHO %date% %time% Copying %%G:%%H >> %logfile%
%roboloc% "%%G:%%H" "c:\%%H" %xflags%
@ECHO %date% %time% %%G:%%H Copied >> %logfile%
)
)


Obviously the entry %roboloc% is configured with a set command to the location of the exe.

Now, the idea is that I copy all files the first time, and then every time the file is run again, it will only copy across the files that are different.

If I say "server A" holds a location "C:\getmyfiles" which contains a number of sub folders, which also contain subfolders, and I WANT these to be duplicated on another server (lets say "server B"), then the batch file runs on "server B" and copies anything it does not have. All files are recorded at the moment in a backup log, regardless of whether they are NEW, old etc.

I want my batch file to only copy the files from "server A" that are not present on "server B", and also remove files from "server B" if they are not present on "server A" (which I believe the /PURGE flag will do for me).
I also only want to record in my log file if the file was copied or deleted, and ignore every other file.

I hope this is enough information and that it is understandable enough.

Offers with help will be kindly accepted.

Regards

RichQuote from: Northenlad60 on February 10, 2011, 08:30:17 AM

Now, the idea is that I copy all files the first time, and then every time the file is run again, it will only copy across the files that are different.

I have 3 files:

File A
File B
File C

They are all in a folder. If I run "Your BATCH" it should say that all files are there.
Now, If i deleted/moved any 1-3 file(s), how could I MAKE it say "File B is missing; File C is missing"
or like "File A is missing"

I don't want to edit the batch file while doing this, so that it does this automatically.

If you guys can help me on this, I would REALLY APPRECIATE it. I've been struggling on how to do this for the whole DAY :/

Thanks

hello there!

just want to ask if there's a code in batch on how to minimize a window?

if there, code pls...!!!

thanks in advance!Your title asked about the system tray but the actual post just asked how to minimize a window. Did you mean start a program minimized or minimize an already existing window?
and what does minimizing a window have to do with the Notification Area?To minimize the window from batch, you would have to use an external program because that function is not built in to batch.

Here is a program which can minimize windows in batch: http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/index.html

As for the system tray thing, I am not sure what you are talking about.Quote from: Linux711 on March 02, 2011, 10:56:37 AM

As for the system tray thing, I am not sure what you are talking about.

I know what the system tray is. I meant I don't understand how a batch file could be minimized to it.

Microsoft states it is wrong to call it the system tray, although the term is sometimes used in Microsoft documentation, articles, and software descriptions.

I found a batch file that was supposed to keep any process open while the batch is running, but it doesn't work.
No MATTER what I do, it always says that the process is not open.

Here is the batch (Credits to Foxhound)

Code: [Select]@echo off
mode con cols=35 lines=10
title Keep a process open.
set /p ppath=Enter the folder where the process is located in:
cls
set /p pname=Enter the exact name of the process you wish to keep open:
cd %ppath%
:LOOP
cls
tasklist | find "%pname%" >nul
if %errorlevel%==1 (
color 0c
echo Program not found. Starting %pname%
start %pname%
goto WAIT
)
if %errorlevel%==0 (
color 0a
echo Program found. Skipping start.
goto wait
)
:wait
timeout /t 5 /NOBREAK >nul
goto loop

Could someone PLEASE tell me how to fix it, or have any other batch files like this that work?

Thanks

I cleaned up your code and added a TRAP to to prevent a code malfunction that would send the batch file into a loop of opening endless cmd windows.

I suspect this file does not do what you think it does. When a process in no longer on the tasklist, it will start a new instance of the program, however the previous instance will be long terminated. It will not keep a process open, just create a new one.

If there are multiple copies of a process, how do you distinguish between them?

Code: [Select]@echo off

title Keep a process open.
set /p ppath=Enter the folder where the process is located in:

set /p pname=Enter the exact name of the process you wish to keep open:
if not exist %ppath%\%pname% (
echo %ppath%\%pname NOT found
goto :eof
)
cd %ppath%

:loop
tasklist | find "%pname%" >nul
if errorlevel 1 (
color 0c
echo Program not found. Starting %pname%
start %pname%
goto wait
)

if not errorlevel 1 (
color 0a
echo Program found. Skipping start.
goto wait
)

:wait
timeout 5 >nul
goto loop

I try to INSERT a SEQUENCE number into a file name

to file name = from file name without extension + file sequence + from file name extension

e.g.
Personal Folders.pst will become Personal Folders 2.pst

please see the code I wrote below. Is there a WAY to simplify? I tried replacing the substring index by a counter %m% i.e. %fromfile1:~%m%,1% but it did not work.

Any suggestion will be appreciated! thanks.

set tofile1=%fromfile1% %filesequence%

if not %fromfile1:~-1,1% == . goto next1
set tofile1=%fromfile1:~0,-1% %filesequence%%fromfile1:~-1%
:next1

if not %fromfile1:~-2,1% == . goto next2
set tofile1=%fromfile1:~0,-2% %filesequence%%fromfile1:~-2%
:next2

if not %fromfile1:~-3,1% == . goto next3
set tofile1=%fromfile1:~0,-3% %filesequence%%fromfile1:~-3%
:next3

if not %fromfile1:~-4,1% == . goto next4
set tofile1=%fromfile1:~0,-4% %filesequence%%fromfile1:~-4%
:next4

The simplest way to manipulate filenames is to use FOR. There are a number of "variable modifiers". See the FOR documentation.

Example (try it in a batch script)

FOR %%A in ("Personal Folders.pst") do @echo %%~nA 2%%~xA



Quote

I tried replacing the substring index by a counter %m% i.e. %fromfile1:~%m%,1% but it did not work.

I HOPE one of you BRAINY folk can help. I've written a rather lengthy batch file and all works brilliantly, however as it involves deleting and renaming server based profiles based on user input I can't risk it allowing them to input wildcards otherwise they could technically have the ability to cause quite a bit of damage. So, basically all I need is a way of trapping user input of wildcards (eg * and ?) via a 'set /p' command... any ideas? Is there a way of saying:
if %input% contains "*" goto...
Would it be like this? Break it into little steps.

• Get the user input.
• Scan for certain symbols.
• If found, chide the user and start over.
• Otherwise all OK.

I am currently trying to write a batch file to move some stuff from one NTFS partition to another. The problem is i cant navigate to my other partition. If anyone can guide me threw what i am doing wrong that would be fantastic. Im using CMD in xp SP3.please show your batch file so far.
I haven't started on it. The only thing i need is how to change directory to the partition. other than that all will take is a "move "File name" "Location" " Code: [Select]Microsoft Windows XP [VERSION 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Kohn>d:

D:\>cd BAT

D:\bat>Quote from: wsuErk on March 04, 2011, 08:16:25 AM

I haven't started on it. The only thing i need is how to change directory to the partition. other than that all will take is a "move "File name" "Location" "

i appologize, i miss read what you wrote and was still using CD when i tried to change. when switching drives do you always leave out the "cd"?

Hey frnds,
'm new to batch scripting, so havin some trouble.
I jst wanted to know if I cld write a batch file to move itself to another LOCATION jst by executing(running) it...

meaning, If I have a batch file at
C:\old\dir\first.bat (wer first.bat is my batch file that dat to run)
I wish to move it to
d:\new\directory\

Plz help... Why do you need to do this?

Quote from: Salmon Trout on March 06, 2011, 12:49:49 AM

Why do you need to do this?

Hahaha, no no, not at all...

Your friends are no good at batch and cannot place a simple batch file in a desired directory, yet they can write java programs in notepad++, which they wish to compile?

And you, who is are so much better than they are, can't work it out either?

Not all are genius like you Salmon...

Hello, i have written batch file but it doesn't work properly. I put here only a part of it, where in my opinion the problem might be. So when the batch file run in prompt line and I get the QUESTION "Would you like it to delete and create new ONE?", I press N and then I get the message "File name.txt is not deleted." and in the next line shows "File name.txt is deleted." I don't understand why it goes first to RUBBER and then go to BEGINNING instead of going only to BEGINNING. So what is the problem? I appreciate help very much...

:error2
echo %1 already exists.
echo.
echo Would you like it to delete and create new one?
echo.
echo If yes, press T, if no, press N.
choice /C:TN
if ERRORLEVEL 2 echo File %1 is not deleted.
if errorlevel 1 goto RUBBER
goto beginning

:RUBBER
del /F /Q %1
if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto error3
echo File %1 is deleted.
goto beginningYou need to study the way the old MS-DOS if errorlevel test works. It is different from if %errorlevel%==%something% (which came first with Windows 2000) You have mixed these 2 different syntaxes.

if errorlevel X [do something] means do something if the errorlevel is equal to or greater than X.

When you hit N choice.exe returns an errorlevel of 2 (because N is choice number 2). "if errorlevel 2" checks for an errorlevel of 2 or greater so the test "if errorlevel 2" is satisfied, therefore "echo File %1 is deleted" is executed. Next, the batch goes to the next line and because 2 is greater than 1 the command "goto RUBBER" is executed.

So use "if errorlevel 2 goto SOMEWHERE".



THANK you. If you let me I ask you for more tips. In the part of RUBBER if file can not be deleted (for example another program uses it) I have written line "if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto error3", is it right or is there any better solutions for that problem?
About error levels I have read but actually haven't understand well, especially about %errorlevel%Actually I understand what you wrote about errorlevel but before I didn't find very much information about errorlevels.Quote from: infogirl on March 06, 2011, 08:23:42 AM

if file can not be deleted (for example another program uses it) I have written line "if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto error3", is it right or is there any better solutions for that problem?

Quote from: Salmon Trout on March 05, 2011, 04:55:31 AM

c:\batch\BillRich>type xyz.txt
blah blah blah
blah blah blah

Its a waste not to hone your Perl (Python or RUBY or whatever you have learned besides batch etc )

Code: [Select]#!/usr/bin/perl
system("cmd /c for %P in (*.txt) do echo %P");

Is cmd.exe kept in /usr/bin/windows?

No idea.

The script does run and work as intended. cmd is on the path.

Maybe hard for you to believe this, but it's not all about you!

Indeed, The OP has shown some usage of perl previously, and I mean no offense to them but it had a clear "beginner" look to it; I say this because many calls were "system()'d" (or whatever the equivalent Perl statement for shelling another app is) Which isn't so bad in and of itself, but many of the tasks being done with it were quite doable from within perl.

No idea.

The script does run and work as intended. cmd is on the path.

*Also I have had other programmers at times state that I should avoid perl for the nature of programming that I am doing where I am reading and writing to files and performing batched like system processes, because it was really created to be used for running CGI's with a web server such as Apache etc,

Also the reason to do this in batch originally was also because I didnt want to have to install perl to the system that this was going to be run from, in addition to the fact that I thought batch was better geared for this replacement need, from seeing similar replacements in the past, but usually not with spaces but instead an alternate character such as \ with _

Any suggestions on a book that really shows the strengths of perl instead of the basics of print, logic, loops, and arrays that I can dive into to learn these strengths?

*Also I have had other programmers at times state that I should avoid perl for the nature of programming that I am doing where I am reading and writing to files and performing batched like system processes, because it was really created to be used for running CGI's with a web server such as Apache etc,

while I actually like the structure of perl so I have stuck with it, with C++ being my second favorite although my C++ programs are all console type crude to get the job done and very rarely Visual C++. There suggestion was that I should stick with C++ over perl for my nature of programming, yet from the information shared here, it shows that perl is well equipt for my needs where I dont need any fancy gui, just for it to console and crunch. Also C++ programs to me require much more code than perl to get the same result.

I got flamed for mentioning assembler.

This problem the OP posted is a elementary low-level job that can easily be done at the lowest level.

The pearl advocate told me it was impractical.

At one time assembly was the only tool for low-cost microcomputers.

It is trivial to open a file, change all instances of just one code and then close the file. It is one of the primitive things you learn in using Assembler with an Operation System.

When GW-BASIC came out, there was a version of it, as I recall, that would let you open a file in RANDOM, and use GET and PUT to alerter the file content.

Nobody at the time just set around waiting for somebody to invert a better programming language. We just used what we had. Now I am told that I should not do that sort of thing because somebody says it is not efficient, elegant or maintainable or acceptable or kosher. Never mind that it worked.
Well, they can just GOTO [unified label].

Hello, I would like to ask what -1 means in this part of batch FILE ?

choice /C:0123456789ABCDEF Specify text color:
set /A SRIFTAS=%errorlevel%-1It means "minus one". If you read the SET DOCUMENTATION -- type SET /? at the prompt -- you will see what SET /A means. Hint: A is for Arithmetic.




Thanks It subtracts one.

The logic is this:

1. User presses a key whose character is in this string: 0123456789ABCDEF

2. Choice.exe returns a value in %errorlevel% which is the position of this character from the start of this string. If the user presses 0 then the errorlevel will be 1 (because 0 is the first character in the string), if the user presses F then choice.exe will return 16 (because F is the 16th character).

3. You will notice that these VALUES are 1 more than the hex value represented by each character.

4. The parameters for the Color command start at 0 therefore you need to SUBTRACT 1 from %errorlevel%.

Hi all, new here and looking for some help. This looks like a great place for info.

I receive large compressed files on a server and need a batch to extract them from that source folder (called Prod) and drop them into a destination folder (hot folder) to be processed, also place a copy in an archive folder. Problem is, if another FILE starts to come in while this one is running, it is not extracted but is moved to the archive folder (because an incomplete file can't be axtracted). How can I only extract files that have completely arrived? I would just schedule this to run every hour or a few times a day, but I have no control over the arrival times of these files, they ARRIVE at random.

Below is what I have. It works fine except it if another file comes in while this is running it gets moved to the archive folder and is not processed.

Any suggestions??


REM ***** Turn display output to off
ECHO off
REM ***** Set set prompt to "CZExtractor> "
Prompt CZExtractor$G$S
REM *****
REM *****
REM ***** clear the window and set the window colors background to 1=Blue and foreground F=Bright White
CLS
Color 1F
REM *****
ECHO **********************************************************************
ECHO See CZExtractor-readme.txt for full details on this procedure
ECHO **********************************************************************
REM *****
REM ***** Set the environment variables for the SouRCe Drive and Directory
Set CZE-SRCDRV=Q:
Set CZE-SRCDIR=\Prod
REM *****
REM ***** Set the environment variables for the ARChive Drive and Directory
Set CZE-ARCDRV=Q:
Set CZE-ARCDIR=\temp
REM *****
REM ***** Set the environment variables for the DEStination Drive and Directory
Set CZE-DESDRV=W:
Set CZE-DESDIR=\VIPUSER8.7\spool\ps
REM *****
REM ***** Set the environment variables for root WoRKing Drive and Directory
Set CZE-WRKDRV=C:
Set CZE-WRKDIR=\"Program Files"\CZExtractor
REM *****
REM ***** append the directory path for WinRAR program into current path
path %path%;C:\Program Files\WinRAR
REM *****
REM ***** Change to the working Drive and Directory
%CZE-WRKDRV%
CD %CZE-WRKDIR%
REM *****
REM ***** check to see if DEStination directory is present, if not, then create it.
IF NOT EXIST %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%\ MKDIR %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%\
REM *****
REM ***** check to see if ARChive directory is present, if not, then create it.
IF NOT EXIST %CZE-ARCDRV%%CZE-ARCDIR%\ MKDIR %CZE-ARCDRV%%CZE-ARCDIR%\
REM *****
IF EXIST %CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-in.txt REN %CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-in.txt files-inlast.txt
REM *****
REM ***** create a file containing directory listing of the source directory
dir %CZE-SRCDRV%%CZE-SRCDIR%\*.gz /O:D /T:W > %CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-in.txt
REM *****
REM ***** display the files that will be processed to the screen
ECHO **************************************************************************
ECHO The following files have been discovered and will be processed
ECHO **************************************************************************
%CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-in.txt
ECHO **************************************************************************
ECHO **************************************************************************
REM *****
REM ***** Using WinRAR decompress all gz files within the SoURce directory
winRAR e -y %CZE-SRCDRV%%CZE-SRCDIR%\*.gz %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%
REM *****
REM ***** create a file containing directory listing of the DEStination directory
dir %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%\*.ps /O:D /T:W > %CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-out.txt
ECHO **************************************************************
ECHO The following uncompressed files have been created
ECHO **************************************************************
REM %CZE-WRKDRV%%CZE-WRKDIR%\files-out.txt
REM *****
REM ***** DELETE all indx files within the DEStination directory
IF EXIST %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%\*.indx DEL /Q %CZE-DESDRV%%CZE-DESDIR%\*.indx
REM *****
REM ***** Move all files from the SouRCe directory to the ARChive directory
IF EXIST %CZE-SRCDRV%%CZE-SRCDIR%\*.* MOVE %CZE-SRCDRV%%CZE-SRCDIR%\*.* %CZE-ARCDRV%%CZE-ARCDIR%\
REM *****
:End_Procedure
REM *****
REM ***** restore the original window colors
Color
REM EXIT


OK sorry, I think that just came across dumb. Absolutely no need to post all that.

After studying the winrar commands and switches and trying SEVERAL things, I came up with the following:

Winrar has a switch that would do what I need.

switch
-to
Process files older than the specified time period.

where I could enter 1h.

That should process files older than one hour. Simple. And in testing it works fine with .rar files. But it has no effect on tar.gz files. unfortunately I need to make this work with tar.gz files.Is there another solution or is there another utility I should be using? This is on a Server 08 platform...Quote

WinRAR
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WinRAR 3.93 in Windows 7
Developer(s) Eugene Roshal, Alexander Roshal
Initial release 1995
Stable release 4.00 (March 7, 2011; 1 day ago (2011-03-07)[1]) [+/−]
Preview release [+/−]
Development status Current
Written in C++
Operating system Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, VISTA, 7, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux (Wine required for GUI), OS/2[2]
Available in Multilingual (46+ languages)
Type File archiver
License Commercial, Proprietary, Shareware
Website Primary: www.rarlab.com
Secondary: www.win-rar.com

WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal, and first released in autumn of 1993.[3] It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, because the encoding method is held to be proprietary.

This is for school...and I am confused on writing batch files......I NEED help please! Thanks
do I WRITE this batch file?
write a batch file named eFiles.bat that will (read all the criteria before beginning)
make a directory on USB drive named MyEfiles
copy all the files that begin with the letter E extension from the _Datafiles\DOS directory to the MyEfiles

Clear the screen in an appropriate place
be sure each command does not appear on the screen
add remarks that list your name, today's date, and purpose of the batch file
display a message telling the user what to expect - pause the screen to give user a chance to read the message
add blank lines where you believe will ehance the appearance of the screen.Thank you....ANOTHER question for you. copy the media subdirectories from DOS directory to the NewMedia directory in DOS

Is this the correct order:
@echo off
REM created by JOe STUDENT
cls
ECHO Please wait while this process completes
PAUSE
cd /d D:\1161_DataFiles\DOS
xcopy media\*.* newmedia /e /y >nulyou'll need to do your own homework. Sorrywhat a guy can't ask for a little help? Thanks tool...as I am sure YOU NEVER asked anyone to help you out with anything!Quote from: skers5xs on March 07, 2011, 05:58:25 PM

what a guy can't ask for a little help? Thanks tool...as I am sure YOU NEVER asked anyone to help you out with anything!

Thanks tool...

I didn't get a banned...

Yes, it is early days....I need to lay off the sauce this early. What I meant to say was I haven't been banned yet! I will try my darnest to get banned though.

Hello,

I am using mput to transfer multiple files from my local system to a remote FTP account. The files are dropped inside a folder like so:

Code: [Select]open ftp.abc.com
username
password
[b]cd \IMPORT\Files[/b]
PROMPT
mput *.xml
bye
ftp -n

So NOTICE the "Files" folder. What i want to do once the files have been transferred is to ZIP the folder to something like "ZipFiles.zip"..

Is this possible?

Kind regards,
BillyI was trying this, but doesnt seem to work, i get an invalid command:

Code: [Select]open ftp.abd.com
username
password
cd \IMPORT
prompt
"c:\Program Files\7-zip\7-zip.exe" zip *.xml xml.zip
mput *.zip
bye
ftp -n
Try zipping the files outside the FTP environment. You can put the FTP commands into a separate FILE, put the reference to 7-zip in a batch file, then reference the FTP script with the -s: SWITCH in that same batch file.

Batch file:
Code: [Select]@echo off
cd \IMPORT
"c:\Program Files\7-zip\7-zip.exe" zip *.xml xml.zip
ftp -s:ftpscript.txt

FTPscript.txt
Code: [Select]open ftp.abd.com
username
password
cd \IMPORT
prompt
mput *.zip
bye
ftp -n

Not sure if you need the FTP prompt command, but you can DECIDE that.

Good luck.

Hello,

This is my FIRST piost so not quite SURE how helpful this forum will be

I am trying to upload multiple files from my local system to an external FTP account. I do this via a batch file, so i have upload.bat and ftp.txt.

upload.bat contains the following:

Code: [Select]cd C:
cd \Batch Files\awaiting
ftp -s:..\ftp.txt
move *.xml ..\processed

Then i have an ftp.txt which is this:

Code: [Select]open ftp.abd.com
username
password
cd \IMPORT\Files
prompt
mput *.xml
bye
ftp -n

I have MANY .xml files but only 1 is being uploaded although i have turned to prompt off which stops cmd asking me what i want to do.

Can anyone see where i am going WRONG?

I would really appreciate it if someone could assist.

Kind regards,

BillyI wonder if the MOVE is being executed while the ftp session is in progress ?
The ftp session finds a file and uploads it but by the time it returns all of the files have been moved out ?Quote

I wonder if the MOVE is being executed while the ftp session is in progress ?
The ftp session finds a file and uploads it but by the time it returns all of the files have been moved out ?

Hi,

I'd like to MAKE a batch which will add full control to a Domain group in a list a folder.


I TRIED this command but it doesnt work.


@ECHO off
FOR /D %%i in (text.txt) do CACLS %%i /T /G DOMAINNAME\GG-SUPPORT-SN2:F


GG-Support is the name of my domain group

in the text.txt FILE there are names of the DIFFERENT folders in which I want to add the full control


Please help, I don't know what to do.

i have a script that gets a line number and i need t replace the line at that line number how would i do that?Let's see your script.
You have a script? Where? (I can't see it, although I'm staring real hard at the monitor!) The script "gets a line number"? Where from? And where is the line you WANT to replace? In a TEXT file? Of what format? Not enough information.
sorry i should have been more informative so ANYWAYS the user passes parameters like so Code: [Select]replace 3 b and if the text file data.dat contains
a
b
c
d
e
it would become
a
b
b
d
eSo when you wrote "I have a script" you really meant "I want a script"?
yesYou want a script completely written from scratch, with no input from yourself? Is this a homework project, or SOMETHING for work?
Ah, BillFish to the rescue...
Quote

You want a script completely written from scratch, with no input from yourself? Is this a homework project, or something for work?

How could I make my batch stop LOOKING for a file once it has found it?

What I mean is I have this code:

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Type in the name of the file you want to find and delete with the extension
echo.
set /p name=
cd\
del %name% /s /p

Now it works fine, but once it prompts you on whether you want to delete the file or not (and you answer "yes") it will delete the file BUT keeps on searching for more files with that name.
Is there anyway to stop this?

So that RIGHT when it deletes the file, it will stop searching?

Thanks.Quote from: fish on March 14, 2011, 01:46:04 PM

Why stop the search after one find?

If the file is dangerous all copies should be found.

something like this would do it...

set filename=find this file.txt
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /s "%filename%"') do (
del "%%F"
goto jump
)
:jump
echo done

I see Billfish is still around...

yea i am logged in with enough PERMISSIONS, but if %date% is a system variable then how does
FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set date=%%a %%b)
format it from
Wed 03/16/2011
to
03 16
?Is this folder "C:\testing\%yesterday%" actually empty?

My remark about using a variable NAMED %date% was intended as a GENERAL observation, it clearly doesn't matter in this case, but it is generally safer not to overwrite system variables.



ah ok, and no it has FILES in it, and they all need to be deleted

Hi,

Iam new to scripting, Sorry if iam asking a very basic question.

I have an application which has an option in File Menu --> Run Job , But i want to run this using batch script.

I have written in the script as

" Start test_batch.ace" which just opens the application but the job is not running.

I want the batch script to run the job.

I will need your HELP in writing the script.

Thanks,
VinodQuote from: vinods_09 on March 17, 2011, 12:32:09 PM

I have an application which has an option in File Menu --> Run Job