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I have a backup over FTP and sometimes happend backup didn't finished or even started.
How can I check over FTP if file exist if not, to run backup again?
I found this but not quite understand batch.
Can someone help me with it? Thank you.

Code: [Select]echo off

:FETCHFILE
ftp -s:ftp.txt
IF EXIST filetocheckfor.txt (
   REM the file was there, so do something
) ELSE
   echo Trying again...
   REM ping "sleep" would GO here
   GOTO FETCHFILE
)


here is my ftp batch for backup. this is txt file which is called with batch
Code: [Select]open 184.50.15.14
username
password
status
binary
cd /imagine_zip
lcd D:\zipano_arhiv\imaginesql
mdelete *.7z.*
mput "*.7z.*"
quit
del /Q D:\zipano_arhiv\imaginesql\*.*
close
quit
Sometimes also happends that files which are copied over ftp on end side they are zero bytes and have no clue why.One way to do this would be to use the batch file to generate a temporary ftp script and use that to download the file, then check if it exists on the local machine. This would be a pretty bad APPROACH though.

I think the easiest way is to download the wget tool for windows: http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/

Then in your batch file you'd TYPE something like this:

Code: [Select]echo off
start /wait wget ftp://username:[email protected]_address/thefolder/thefile.txt
if exist thefile.txt (
   echo file was found.
) else (
   echo file missing.
)

I don't know if this will work with spaces in the file name. You probably have to put quotes around it. Also NOTE the forward slashes in the wget's path.thak you for helping.
I know that works with ftp too, maybe someone else knows how. Quote from: Linux711 on February 19, 2015, 05:13:06 AM

One way to do this would be to use the batch file to generate a temporary ftp script and use that to download the file, then check if it exists on the local machine. This would be a pretty bad approach though.

http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsFtpBatchScript.php#Batch.FtpBatchUploadOnlyNewFiles

No where in that code does it do any type of connection to DosTips.com

Greetings

I'm looking to create a batch FILE that will delete FILES on the next reboot. Not something that will just attempt to delete them there and then because the target file(s) will be in use.

In comparison, it would act like "KillBox" or "Remove on Boot", but I want batch code that will do this.

In addition, it would be nice if it would also apply to directories.

I honestly don't know if it's possible or whether this technique requires more advanced programming than DOS.

If you're really that INTERESTED, the reason for such is to remove multiple files associated with malware, particularly those of VX2/Look2Me.

If anyone knows and would tell me how I could achieve this, I'd be rather appreciative Do you want the files be deleted before the operating system starts? If not, adding the appropriate commands to the autoexec.bat or autoexec.nt should be sufficient.

Code: [Select]del /f /s /q <path>
deletes all files and folders in <path>. Add this line to the appropriate autoexec or to a normal batch file which is called under Windows as scheduled task at startup or added to the startup folder.

Cheers,
[glb]cs[/glb]I suppose that's an option. But it depends on whether it would run before the startup processes.

The principal is, that VX2/Look2Me infections create random DLL's upon each reboot, with the help of Registry entries. So the question is whether the script will delete the DLL's before they are renamed.

Although there are tools to deal with this infection, it's the idea that intruiges me.

I see one possibility is to use a batch file to copy or move the current autoexec to a temporary location and then replace it with a modified version. Then, per the scripting, the system will reboot and delete the files (hopefully) and after that, it will delete the modified autoexec and reinstate the original.

If you see what I mean, do you think that could be feasible?Okay, this is the score so far...

I have created a folder : C:\Fix : Inside there is...

- RUN ME.BAT - Quote

move C:\autoexec.bat "%WINDIR%\temp"

move C:\fix\autoexec.bat C:\

start reboot.exe

del /f /q  C:\fix\bad.txt

start C:\fix\replace.bat

del C:\autoexec.bat
move "%windir%\temp\autoexec.bat" C:\

Okay, this is the score so far...

I have created a folder : C:\Fix : Inside there is...

- RUN ME.BAT -- AUTOEXEC.BAT -- REPLACE.BAT -There is also a rebooting utility, which upon execution reboots the system. Oh yes, and of course the target file, BAD.TXT

As you can see, the idea here is to put the current AUTOEXEC into the Windows\Temp directory and move the new one to C:\ and then reboot. AUTOEXEC would then run on reboot and firstly delete the text file. Then replace will be executed to restore the original AUTOEXEC.

Unfortunately, all goes well up until deleting the text file. I don't think AUTOEXEC.BAT is being loading per system boot. Any ideas?

I follow all steps but it doesn't work with me
I use Deep freeze if you went to use it this a link to download it http://so2.co/deep

Hello i am beginner user and i need HELP

I want to create bat FILE to start .exe file  with "run as different user" then it should be written user name and password and then pressed ok.

can anyone  help me You do know that by doing this the username and password for the other account would be easy for SOMEONE to view in the batch file right?  Is this to elevate privileges just for a specific EXE on a user PRIVILEGED account? Also which version of Windows?I know but I’m in different domain and the program which should be run is under different domain user and pass.


windows 7 ultimate  64 bit

It's been a while since I've been here, but I used to be a pretty active user. Anyway, our network recently got hit by the CryptoWall virus (it encrypts all your files and then asks you to pay to decrypt). Luckily I had a backup that was just over a week old, so we didn't loose too much.

I have been using a batch file that someone on here helped me write a few years ago. Now I'd like to make some modifications to make it more secure. The batch file first uses the xcopy command with a few switches to only backup new or modified files from the source so that it doesn't have to copy the entire server every time. The batch file secondly uses two short loops to go through the entire directory tree and delete files from the backup that have been removed from the source. The problem with this is if the source gets deleted or corrupted, it will delete all those files from the backup (huge problem). What I've decided it should do is log the total file count on the source each time it backs up and if the count is < the previous count by some arbitrary number (100 is good), then it does not delete the files from the backup.

I'd also like to implement some hashing, but I know that can't be DONE directly in batch. Does anyone know of any command line programs that will go through an entire directory tree and generate a list of hashes and then be able to go back a verify those hashes against the files?

Here is the batch file so far:
Code: [Select]echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
title Folder Sync System
color 0a
set backCMD=xcopy /c /f /d /e /h /i /r /y
set /p backPath=Enter the name of the folder to backup:
set sourcePath=Z:\%backPath%
set backPath=%cd%%backPath%

echo Backing up %sourcePath% to %backPath%. . .
echo.

rem BACKUP THE FILES THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED
%backCMD% %sourcePath% %backPath%

echo.
echo Removing old stuff in %backPath%. . .
echo.

rem CHECK FOR FILES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
rem THE SOURCE AND DELETE THEM FROM THE BACKUP DIRECTORY
for /r %backPath% %%g in (*.*) do (
set var=%%g
if not exist "%sourcePath%!var:%backPath%=!" (
echo File:!var!
echo.
del /f /q "!var!"
)
)

rem REMOVE ANY EMPTY DIRECTORIES FROM BACKUP
for /d /r %backPath% %%g in (*) do (
set var=%%g
if not exist "%sourcePath%!var:%backPath%=!" (
echo Dir:!var!
echo.
rd /s /q "!var!"
)
)

echo %date% : %time% : %backPath% >> backup.log
echo Finished backing up %sourcePath%
echo Log entry added in backup.log
pause
exit
Well we used md5 on our linux servers years ago.I was thinking a possible better way to do this would be to have a dedicated folder for files deleted from the source which would move from the backup to this folder. The only thing I don't know how to do is have the move command create an empty directory structure to move the file to.

say I want to move a file:
move thing.txt C:\bla\bla\bla

but bla bla bla does not exist. Is there a way to automatically create the structure?I searched around and it looks like I just need to remove the filename part of the path and then I can just use the md command to make the empty directories. (I was not aware that md will create a full path, not just one folder.)

Code: [Select]set pathonly=%%~dpg
I could not find any hashing utility to my liking, so I wrote my own in C. It scans and verifies an entire directory tree. It uses OpenSSL for the md5 library. If anyone uses it, let me know of any problems because I just finished it.

Usage:
recmd5 [scan or verify] [name of hash file] [directory to scan (only include if using scan)]

When scanning, it will generate [NAME]_md5.log file in the current directory and that will contain all the hashes.
When verifying, it will generate [NAME]_md5_err.log containing all the corrupted and missing files.

http://www.filedropper.com/recmd5Don't use the link in the previous post. The compiler wasn't linking it right so I had to include the whole runtimes. I fixed it, so the standalone exe is attached.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]I used a tool called fastsum in 2004 to verify my backups

Code: [Select]FastSum - extremely fast utility for your files INTEGRITY control.
FastSum calculates short and strong digests of your data via POPULAR MD5
algorithm to use it as references checksums for ulterior data integrity
verification.

FastSum - Allows to rectify the errors occurring while data transfer.
For example: Network transfers, CD-R and DVD burning and much more. It
is developed for easy processing of a huge files count and has usable
command-line interface. It is an analogue of a famous md5sum Unix
platform utility.

Using Fastsum

FastSum is a console application, it means that the parameters are set
from the command line. There are two basic modes: checksums calculation
- checksums are used as samples for ulterior verification of sample
values with the current ones to identify the integrity of files between
the verifications. The second mode is – verification mode. Parameters
have the following SYNTAX:

FSUM [Path] [File | /T:Type] [/C:File] [/V] [/O] [/R]

Quote

I used a tool called fastsum in 2004 to verify my backups

You also removed the double quotes around this %sourcePath%!var:%backPath%=!

I wrote out a routine a couple of weeks back that queries a server for a list of users and then resets the user's connection based on how long their session has been active/idle.  The long form of this script repeated many of the same commands in a For loop that contained an IF statement.

I decided to move many of the repeated commands to a function to simplify/optimize the script but in doing so I separated the "IF" commands from the "For" loop and now my script isn't working properly.  Obviously putting the script back together the way it was will solve the problem but I am hoping that there is something to be learned here.  So, this is a sample of what I had:

Code: [Select]For /f "tokens=1-8 delims=,:/ " %%A in ('query user ^| findstr /i /v "disc USERNAME"') Do (
::Set variables using the data from the query above
set name=%%A
set status=%%D
set idletime=%%E

        If /i %%E GTR 5 (
    Reset Session %%C
    Echo !ncol!!scol!!icol!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)
)

^ That works just fine.  This is what I changed it to:

Code: [Select] Call :_fn_FORMATTABLE
If /i !IDLETIME! GTR 5 (
Reset Session !SESSIONID!
Echo !ncol!!scol!!icol!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)


:_fn_FORMATTABLE
For /f "tokens=1-8 delims=,:/ " %%A in ('query user ^| findstr /i /v "> USERNAME"') Do (
::Set variables using the data from the query above
Set NAME=%%A
Set SESSION=%%B
Set SESSIONID=%%C
Set DIDLETIME=%%E:%%F
Set IDLETIME=%%E
Set LOGONTIME=%%H

Goto:EOF
)

Again, when the IF condition was inside the For/Do loop everything worked.  Also, the script doesn't fail as it is written now but because the SESSIONID variable isn't being looped through (I think), it only holds the last value assigned to it by the query that's made.  In other words there may be 40 user sessions that meet the condition of the "IF" statement but only one session is processed.  Is there a way to call a function like my :_fn_FORMATTABLE without having to output all of the values found for SESSIONID to a txt file for the "IF" statement to run against? I guess what I'm asking is if there is a way to continue the for/do loop that is in the function as if it is written with the "IF" statement?

Thanks for any help you can give me.  I really don't want to have to revert to setting variables and processing the same for/do command  4 separate times in my script.  Note that both the function and the older version of the script include many other variables that I set for formatting output to a log.  So while the code I included doesn't look so bad, it is several lines longer in both versions of my script.  It's not so bad when it's all lumped together in a function but the script gets hard to navigate when it repeats time and again in the body of the script.

MJYou may get a better result by providing the FULL script and someone who has the time and interest can analyse it and provide an optimised version, assuming it is achievable.

A problem with asking a question about a small segment is often that it is out of context - and the best solution may be entirely different when the context is known.

Foxidrive +1
You could have code in your script that may be affecting the environment without realizing it.OK guys, I can't remember a time when you've let me down so the entire script is below.  This version of the script is the one that I want to make work (as opposed to the previous version where the contents of the :_fn_FORMATTABLE function was written out in each ":__clearsessions_" section of the script and everything worked .  My problem with this version of the script is with the call to :_fn_FORMATTABLE.

Code: [Select]Cls
Echo Off
:: Created by: MJ
:: 11/13/2014
:: Description: Contains the tools and routines used to update and reboot  servers
:: Dependencies:  Script must be called from the Server Maintenance Menu script
:: Command Window Settings
Set SCRIPTITLE=REBOOT/UPDATE UTILITY
TITLE %SCRIPTITLE%
Color 9F
mode con cols=60 lines=18 >nul

::---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:ENVIRONMENT
::Allows special updates to be installed/made during the regular server maintenance routine
Set URGENT=YES
::Direct the script to execute the process (routines in this script) that was selected on the Server Maintenance Menu
Set UChoice=%1
::Modifies logic to allow new copies of the "DeleteProfiles" components to be downloaded to the server
Set DelProUp=YES

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
Set STAR=****************************************************************************
Set ShSTAR=********************************************
Set Line=--------------------------------------------------------
Set ShLine=---------------------------------------------
Set DLine========================================================
Set LogDLine===========================================================================
Set ShDLine=============================================
Set "spaces=                               "
Set "indent=     *"
Set CPUPath=\\domain-01\dfs$\k****k\users\k****k_matt\homedir\Scripts\==Program Updaters==\Adobe Java Updates
Set RepositoryPath=\\domain-01\dfs$\k****k\groups\ITadmin\Script Repository
Set SessionLog=\\%computername%\c$\Util\AutoReboot\Logs\[Recent]\%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%_Session.log
Set ProgDir=\\%computername%\c$\Util\AutoReboot
:ENDENVIRONMENT
:DEPCHECK

:END DEPCHECK
:Start
If [%UChoice%]==[] Color 4E & Echo %SCRIPTITLE% & Echo %STAR% & Echo. & Echo. & Echo This script must be called from the Server Maintenance Menu script^^! & Echo. & Echo. & Echo %STAR% & timeout /t 3 >Nul & Goto End
If %UChoice%==1 Set PROCESS=REBOOTUP
If %UChoice%==2 Set PROCESS=REBOOTUP
If %UChoice%==3 Set PROCESS=___PCUT_Configure
If %UChoice%==5 Set PROCESS=___updates_WINDOWSUPDATE
If %UChoice%==6 Set PROCESS=___updates_HP
If %UChoice%==8 Set PROCESS=___updates_URGENT
Echo %SCRIPTITLE% & Echo %DLine% & Echo.
Goto %PROCESS%
:ENDStart

:REBOOTUP
:_rebootup_CONFIG
::WLBS
Call :_fn_WLBS
::Create Directories for logs and program files
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\" >Nul 2>&1
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\Drain\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\Drain\" >Nul 2>&1
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\Session\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\Session\" >Nul 2>&1
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\WU\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\WU\" >Nul 2>&1
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\" >Nul 2>&1
::**TEMPORARY**Move the contents of C:\Temp that was previously  home of the Reboot Utility's logs and program dependencies to C:\Util\AutoReboot
Move /Y "C:\temp\ProfileCleanup\Logs\*" "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\" >Nul 2>&1
If Exist "C:\temp\AutoReboot" RD /s /q "C:\temp\AutoReboot"
If Exist "C:\temp\ProfileCleanup" RD /s /q "C:\temp\ProfileCleanup"
If Exist "C:\temp\Auto Reboot\" Move /Y "C:\temp\Auto Reboot\*" "C:\util\AutoReboot\Logs\Profiles\" >Nul 2>&1
If Exist "C:\temp\Auto Reboot\" RD /s /q "C:\temp\Auto Reboot\"
::**TEMPORARY**Remove the Auto Reboot folder.  The space in the name of this folder was causing problems with the script so it was replaced with the AutoReboot folder
If Exist "C:\util\Auto Reboot\" RD /s /q "C:\util\Auto Reboot\"
::All logging done by the Reboot_Update Utility is saved in C:\Util\AutoReboot\Logs\[Recent].  This folder shows all of the logs that were collected the last time the corresponding scripts ran and logs were collected.  The following routine moves these files into folders specific to their function, making room for another Set of the most recent logs.
If Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*WU.log" Move  /Y "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*WU.log" "%ProgDir%\Logs\WU\" >Nul 2>&1
If Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Profiles.log" Move /Y "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Profiles.log" "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\"  >Nul 2>&1
If Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Session.log" Move /Y "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Session.log" "%ProgDir%\Logs\Session\" >Nul 2>&1
If Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Drain.log" Move /Y "%ProgDir%\Logs\[Recent]\*_Drain.log" "%ProgDir%\Logs\Drain\" >Nul 2>&1
::Create the Session Reset log
Echo SESSION RESET LOG    %date% >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo %LogDLine% >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo. >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo       USER                 STATUS     IDLE TIME     RESET TIMESTAMP   >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo ---------------------     --------   -----------   -----------------   >>"%SessionLog%"
:_rebootup_INITIATE
Set /P=* Initiating the server reboot routine....... <Nul
timeout /t 2 >Nul & Echo Done^^! & Echo.
:__rebootup_CLEARSESSIONS
Set /P=* Searching %computername% for logged in users.... <Nul
Call :_fn_QUERYUSERS CLEARSESSIONS
:___clearsessions_DISCONSOLE
::Query the server for disconnected sessions and reset them
start "" tsadmin.msc
Set /P=* Resetting disconnected sessions............ <Nul
Call :_fn_FORMATTABLE
If /i !SESSIONID!==Disc (
Reset Session !SESSION!
Echo !ncol!!dscol!!icolnul!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)
If /i !SESSION!==Console (
LOGOFF !SESSIONID!
Echo !ncol!!dscol!!icolnul!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >Nul
Call :_fn_QUERYUSERS

:___clearsessions_ACTIVE
call :_fn_MESSAGE 10
Echo %indent%-4-* Minute Countdown....
timeout /t 240 >Nul
:____active_LONGIDLE
Set /P=* Resetting Long Idle sessions .............. <Nul
Call :_fn_FORMATTABLE
If /i !LOGONTIME! LSS 32 (
Reset Session !SESSIONID!
Echo !ncol!!scol!!dicol!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >Nul
Call :_fn_QUERYUSERS

:____active_SHORTIDLE
call :_fn_MESSAGE 5
Echo %indent%-4-* Minute Countdown....
timeout /t 240 >Nul
Set /P=* Resetting Short Idle sessions ............. <Nul
Call :_fn_FORMATTABLE
If /i !IDLETIME! GTR 5 (
Reset Session !SESSIONID!
Echo !ncol!!scol!!icol!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
)
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >Nul
Call :_fn_QUERYUSERS

:____active_LOGOFF
Call :_fn_MESSAGE 2
Echo %indent%-2-* Minute Countdown....
timeout /t 120 >Nul
Set /P=* Logging off remaining sessions ............ <Nul
Call :_fn_FORMATTABLE
Logoff !SESSIONID!
Echo !ncol!!scol!!icol!!time! >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo Done^^! & Echo. & timeout /t 2 >Nul

:__rebootup_clearsessions_END
::Next 2 lines complete the logs. 
Echo. >>"%SessionLog%" & Echo. >>"%SessionLog%"
Echo %ShDLine%  >>"%SessionLog%"
:__rebootup_UPDATES
Call :_fn_WLBS
:___updates_URGENT
Set /P=* Installing URGENT updates.................. <Nul
start /wait Call "%RepositoryPath%\Scripts - Terminal Server\Printers\RemovePrinterBloat.bat"
start /wait Call "\\domain-01\dfs$\k****k\groups\ITadmin\Script Repository\Scripts - Terminal Server\Hotfix\KB2479710 (Remote Desktop Services)\KB2479710_Installer.bat" called
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >NUL
If %UChoice%==8 Goto END
If %UChoice%==1 Goto __rebootup_PCUT
:___updates_CPU
::Update Flash, Shockwave, Java, Adobe Reader, GotoMeeting
Set /P=* Installing Program Updates.................<Nul & PING -n 2 localhost >Nul
Start /wait Call "%CPUPath%\CoreProgramsUpdater.bat"
Echo Done^^!
:___updates_WINDOWSUPDATE
mode con cols=60 lines=10 >nul
Set /P=* Installing Windows Updates.................<Nul & PING -n 2 localhost >Nul
CScript "\\%computername%\c$\util\AutoReboot\wsusAutoUpdate.vbs" >NUL
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >NUL
:___updates_HP
Set /P=* Starting HP system updates................. <Nul
IPConfig /all | Findstr /I "Virtual Hyper-V" >Nul
If %ErrorLevel%==1 ("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "https://127.0.0.1:2381/cgi-bin/vcagent/cgi") Else (Echo ***V-NIC detected.*** & Echo Press any key to continue after Windows updates are finished applying. & pause >Nul)
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >NUL
If %UChoice%==6 Goto END
:__rebootup_updates_END
:__rebootup_PCUT
:___PCUT_Configure
Set /P=* Configuring Profile Cleanup Task........... <Nul
If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\" md "%ProgDir%\Logs\Profiles\"
If /I [%DelProUp%]==[YES] (
Del "%ProgDir%\Del*" /Q >NUL 2>&1
Del "%ProgDir%\Sch*" /Q >NUL 2>&1
Copy "%~dp0\LocalServerFiles\*" "%ProgDir%" /Y >Nul 2>&1
) Else (
For /f %%I in ('dir /b "%~dp0\LocalServerFiles" ^| findstr /i /b "del sched"') do If Not Exist "%ProgDir%\%%I" Copy "%~dp0\LocalServerFiles\%%I" "%ProgDir%" >Nul
)
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >NUL
:___PCUT_Run
::Part of the Reboot/Update routine.  Run an unattended, silent version of the Profile Cleanup tool.
If %Uchoice%==3 (
Start Call "%ProgDir%\DeleteProfiles.bat"
Goto END
) ELSE (
Set /P=* Scheduling the Profile Cleanup Task........ <Nul
Start /wait /min Call "%ProgDir%\ScheduleCleanup.bat"
Echo Done^^! & PING -n 2 localhost >Nul
Goto ENDROUTINE
)
:_rebootup_pcut_END
:ENDROUTINE
Endlocal
Set /P=* Configuring k****k Shutdown................ <Nul
If %computername%==TS155-101 If %UChoice%==1 (C:\temp\k****kShutdown\k****kShutdown.exe -REBOOT -REASON "Scheduled Reboot" -NODIALOG -NOCONFIRM >Nul) Else (C:\temp\k****kShutdown\k****kShutdown.exe -REBOOT -REASON "Scheduled Reboot / Windows Updates / Program Updates" -NODIALOG -NOCONFIRM >Nul)
If %UChoice%==1 (\\domain-01.com\dfs$\util\k****kShutdown\k****kShutdown.exe -REBOOT -REASON "Scheduled Reboot" -NODIALOG -NOCONFIRM >Nul) Else (\\domain-01.com\dfs$\util\k****kShutdown\k****kShutdown.exe -REBOOT -REASON "Scheduled Reboot / Windows Updates / Program Updates" -NODIALOG -NOCONFIRM >Nul)
Echo Done^^!
Goto END

:FN
::Functions
:_fn_QUERYUSERS
::pause
query user | findstr /i /v "> USERNAME" >Nul 2>&1
Set fnErrorLevel=%ErrorLevel%
If [%1]==[CLEARSESSIONS] (
Echo Done^^! & timeout /t 2 >Nul
If %fnErrorLevel%==1 Echo %indent% Users not found, moving on * & Echo N^/A >>"%SessionLog%" & Goto __rebootup_clearsessions_END
) Else (
If %fnErrorLevel%==1 Echo %indent% Add'l users not found, moving on * & Goto __rebootup_clearsessions_END
)
Goto:EOF
:_fn_FORMATTABLE
::Query the server for "active" users but exclude the account that is logged in to run this script.  This account is signified by the > symbol next to their name in the output of the query user command.  If there are no active sessions then the script will move past the CLEARSESSIONS segment
For /f "tokens=1-8 delims=,:/ " %%A in ('query user ^| findstr /i /v "> USERNAME"') Do (
::Set variables using the data from the query above
Set NAME=%%A
Set SESSION=%%B
Set SESSIONID=%%C
::If %1=disc (Set DSTATUS=%%C) Else (Set SESSIONID=%%C)
Set STATUS=%%D
Set DIDLETIME=%%E:%%F
Set IDLETIME=%%E
Set LOGONTIME=%%H
::Manipulate the variables captured above to display the data in column form in logs
Set ncol=!NAME!!spaces!
Set ncol=!ncol:~0,27!
Set dscol=!DSTATUS!!spaces!
Set dscol=!scol:~0,12!
Set scol=!STATUS!!spaces!
Set scol=!scol:~0,15!
Set icolnul=    -!spaces!
Set icolnul=!icolnul:~0,16!
Set dicol=!DIDLETIME!!spaces!
Set icol=!IDLETIME!!spaces!
Set icol=!icol:~0,13!
Goto:EOF
)
:_fn_MESSAGE
If %1==10 Set "WARNTIME=10" & Set MESSAGE="**SERVER REBOOT**  The server you are logged into is scheduled to be rebooted in the next 10 minutes.  Please save your work and log out of k****k (Start>Log Off).  When you log back in you will be directed to a server that does not need maintenance."
If %1==5 Set "WARNTIME=05" & Set MESSAGE="**SERVER REBOOT**  The server you are logged into will be rebooted in 5 minutes. UNSAVED WORK WILL BE LOST!  Please log out of k****k (Start>Log Off) immediately."
If %1==2 Set "WARNTIME=02" & Set MESSAGE="**SERVER REBOOT**  The server you are logged into will be rebooted momentarily. UNSAVED WORK WILL BE LOST!  Please log out of k****k (Start>Log Off) immediately."
Set /P=* %WARNTIME% Minute Warning^^! - Notifying users......<Nul & timeout /t 3 >Nul
::Query sessions for all active users except the user who is running this script and alert them that the server will be rebooting.
For /f "tokens=1-8 delims=,:/ " %%A in ('query user ^| findstr /i /v "> disc USERNAME"') Do msg %%C %MESSAGE%
Echo Done^^!
Goto:EOF

:_fn_WLBS
::Drain 2003 servers that are managed by WLBS. 
If Exist C:\WINDOWS\System32\wlbs.exe (
Set /P=WLBS is draining %computername% for 60 minutes....<Nul
CD C:\
wlbs drainstop >Nul & wlbs drainstop >Nul
\\domain-01.com\dfs$\util\k****kShutdown\k****kShutdown.exe -StartMaintenance 60 -Reason "Scheduled Maintenance"
Echo Done^!
)
Goto:EOF
:END
::popd
Exit

I'm open to any suggestions for improvements in the script since I'm certain that there's still plenty for me to learn.  But I'm most concerned with somehow making my calls to _fn_FORMATTABLE work - preferably without having to output the results of this function to a text file that I can reference in the :__rebootup_CLEARSESSIONS section of the script.

Thanks for the help.

MJshouldn't this be using the environmental variable %username%?
Code: [Select]findstr /i /v "> USERNAME" Quote from: powlaz on February 17, 2015, 07:48:38 AM

OK guys, I can't remember a time when you've let me down so the entire script is below.  This version of the script is the one that I want to make work

OK guys, I can't remember a time when you've let me down so the entire script is below.  This version of the script is the one that I want to make work

hi What are the THREE general WAYS that the type of data in a file can be identified?


I'll be locking all of your homework REQUESTS.

So i made a simple, little AAC to MP3 converter including the adding of MP3 Tags.
For this i use Faad (A part of FAAC), Lame & Tag

http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac/
http://www.rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php#faad2-win
http://lame.sourceforge.net/
http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/

After writing the batch i however discovered that Faad2 is also capable of extracting the AAC from certain types of containers like MP4 files,  completely eliminating the need for me to extract those manually before feeding them to my batch.
Unless i don't have the MP4 to begin with but just the AAC file.

Sadly however this does cause an issue with my already written batch if i try to Drag & Drop a MP4 file on to the batch.

The batch i wrote renames the file created by Faad, the wav file, since it keeps the file extension of the AAC in the filename of the freshly created WAV file.
So for example; "Artist - Song.AAC" becomes "Artist - Song.AAC.WAV"

And Lame does the same with the freshly created MP3 file, that is then named "Artist - Song.WAV.MP3"

So to combat that i let it perform a rename after each process, after which Tag.exe adds tags to the MP3 and my MP3 file is done.

However when a MP4 file is dragged & dropped onto the batch instead of an AAC file.. the rename code, of course, fails.

Now the easy solution would be to created a seperate batch for MP4 files as well and use it along side the batch for the AAC files, but i'd vastly prefer to have all the code in 1 batch file instead.
So to ACCOMPLISH this i thought of letting the batch file detect what the filetype is of the file dropped onto it, and then to let it perform a GOTO to the part of the code for the AAC file and the MP4 file respectively.
I tried messing around with the IF command but to no avail.. I also tried the FOR command as well but i understand that command's capabilities even less.

So my QUESTION is simple; how do i make a batch file detect the filetype of whatever file is dragged & dropped onto it ?

Here's my code so far, please don't laugh as i'm no expert in how to utilize batch commands efficiently.

Code: [Select]ECHO OFF
color 81
:Original version by NiTeCr4Lr
:title AAC to MP3 CLI
faad -b 2 -l 2 -o %1.wav %1
title AAC to MP3 CLI
move /-Y %1.wav "C:\Program Files\AAC to MP3 CLI"
cls
ren *.aac.wav *.
ren *.aac *.wav
del %1
cls
lame -cbr -b320 -m j -q0 *.wav
del *.wav
ren *.wav.mp3 *.
ren *.wav *.mp3
Tag --auto --scheme "A - T" *.mp3
move /-Y *.mp3 "C:\Documents and Settings\NiTeCr4Lr\Bureaublad"
exit

Note:

Title after Faad since Faad hijackes the title of the Batch window and the title resets after Faad closes.

In addition, i realize the moving of the files seems inefficient but i let it do so since the shortcut to the batch file resides on my desktop, where more often than not a lot more AAC, MP4 & MP3 files reside as well. And i don't want my code touching any of those at all, especially not the "Del" part of the code
(Ok, ok.. It's also because somewhere in the code "%1" wouldn't work properly due to some path problem.. I'm very much a noob at using things like "%1" correctly.)

P.S. If anybody would be crazy enough to want to use my inefficient code to convert MP4/AAC files to MP3 files in a fairly cumbersome way, feel free to do so.
A thank you and a reference if posted elsewhere would however be appreciated. Quote

Drag & Drop a MP4 file on to the batch.

What does that mean?   

The batch i wrote renames the file created by Faad, the wav file, since it keeps the file extension of the AAC in the filename of the freshly created WAV file.
So for example; "Artist - Song.AAC" becomes "Artist - Song.AAC.WAV"

And Lame does the same with the freshly created MP3 file, that is then named "Artist - Song.WAV.MP3"

No they do not.  As Foxidrive has pointed out in his code, you coded it that way!

This modification should process the files - inside the same folder where the original files are and handle any supported extension.

If your executables are not on the path, then they will need the full location specified to the files
- so if they are all located on the desktop then it should work with "%userprofile%\desktop\"


"%userprofile%\desktop\faad.exe" rest of the line
"%userprofile%\desktop\lame.exe" rest of the line
"%userprofile%\desktop\Tag.exe" rest of the line


and if they are elsewhere and you need a guide, then let us know where they are located.

Substitution of batch parameters (%n) has been enhanced.  You can
 now use the following optional syntax:

     %~1         - expands %1 removing any surrounding quotes (")
     %~f1        - expands %1 to a fully qualified path name
     %~d1        - expands %1 to a drive letter only
     %~p1        - expands %1 to a path only
     %~n1        - expands %1 to a file name only
     %~x1        - expands %1 to a file extension only
     %~s1        - expanded path contains short names only
     %~a1        - expands %1 to file attributes
     %~t1        - expands %1 to date/time of file
     %~z1        - expands %1 to size of file
     %~$PATH:1   - searches the directories listed in the PATH
                    environment variable and expands %1 to the fully
                    qualified name of the first one found.  If the
                    environment variable name is not defined or the
                    file is not found by the search, then this
                    modifier expands to the empty string

 The modifiers can be combined to get compound results:

     %~dp1       - expands %1 to a drive letter and path only
     %~nx1       - expands %1 to a file name and extension only
     %~dp$PATH:1 - searches the directories listed in the PATH
                    environment variable for %1 and expands to the
                    drive letter and path of the first one found.

i don't get how to adjust that to get it to run for the path "C:\Program Files\AAC to MP3 CLI" instead of the desktop ..

From what you have said, all it needs is the change in the pushd command

It pushes a directory onto a stack, changes to it, and the popd pops it back off again as you gathered.
Pushd can have many levels but cd /d "C:\Program Files\AAC to MP3 CLI" will work here just as well
above the :begin label - and remove the pushd/popd lines.

Squashman has pointed out the useful help in the for /?

Code: [Select]

The most recent post runs from that folder - the pushd command changes the folder to "C:\Program Files\AAC to MP3 CLI"

Did it do something odd when you tried it?

The filetype extension in new file name issue i do not know how to address efficiently while keeping your code night and tight :p..
So apart from using that old bit of code of mine "ren *.wav.mp3 *." and then "ren *.wav *.mp3" ...

Dear All,

I want to use the batch to collect share folder , sub-directory and file path , disk usage from the server in Domain. 
I try to use diruse from support tool but it is not fit my expectation.

My format is one column

Total Number of folders , TotalNumber of files, Total number of file and folders usage in MB

Please kindly help me what is batch or script can get such information at that way.

Thanks,
Alfred Quote from: sun_os on March 25, 2015, 03:02:54 AM

I want to use the batch to collect share folder

My format is one column

Total Number of folders , TotalNumber of files, Total number of file and folders usage in MB

Thank you for your effort to build the code for me
I check the output , it can't show the total file size and folder size
May I know is it something wrong on the command

My domain window are built in the English version

If you were examining the data appearance of a file at a HEX level how MIGHT you distinguish a compressed file from a GRAPHICAL IMAGE file?


Homework request locked.

Hi

Im looking for help in creating a BAT file to remove old backups from a Windows server 2008 Windows backup set. I was THINKING of using Diskshadow command to remove some old shadow copies. Does anyone have any advice or any other methods of doing this?LOOKS like the RIGHT way to do it.  Looks pretty straight forward.  You can create a script file with all the commands and it looks like you just NEED to use the DELETE Shadows option.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772172.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754915.aspx

Hi, I'm been have trouble trying to use the folder path instead of pushd. If possible, I would like to use  the full path in the for loop instead of using the PUSHD command.

Code: [Select]echo on

pushd "\\klpr32\new folder\" && (
for %%a in (*) do (
if not exist "\\klpr32\new folder\newfiles\%%~na.txt" for %%b in ("%%~na.*") do type "%%b" >>"\\klpr32\new folder\newfiles\%%~na.txt"
)
popd
)

Not understanding your question.
Ditto...Me also.  EXPLAIN in Engerlish what the aim of the task is. Quote from: foxidrive on April 07, 2015, 06:55:16 PM

Me also.  Explain in Engerlish what the aim of the task is.

Hi All,

I thought I would start a new post.  I'm new to batch but learning quickly.

The below batch only partially WORKS for me. When running the batch if you hit enter without adding a client name it will add the next folder in sequence, which is fine. But when you enter a client name which is what I want to do every time, the first outcome is correct, e.g. the next available folder number with the client name following, 15-P0015 Brown for example. But, if you run it again you get 15-P0015 Green for example, instead of 15-P0016 Green.

Can anyone help me, I just can't FIGURE it out!!
Thanks a lot in advance for any help provided



echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
cd /d C:\Users\jbrown\Desktop\Test
set I=2
:NextI
if /I %I% LEQ 999 set II=0%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 99 set II=00%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 9 set II=000%I%
if not exist "15-P!II!" (
    set /p "client_name=OPTIONAL Enter a client name and press : "

    xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P!II!!client_name!"
    goto :eof
)
set /a I+=1
if /i %I% LSS 999 goto NextI
)




[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
cd /d D:\Test
set I=2
:NextI
if /I %I% LEQ 999 set II=0%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 99 set II=00%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 9 set II=000%I%
if not exist "15-P!II!" (
    set /p "client_name=OPTIONAL Enter a client name and press <ENTER>: "

    xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P!II!!client_name!"
    goto :eof
)
set /a I+=1
if /i %I% LSS 999 goto NextI
) <----------- Why is this here?

Not sure??  I asked someone way BACK for some help and he said that would work??Is it the same answer for this?

echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
cd /d C:\Users\jbrown\Desktop\Test
set I=2
:NextI
if /I %I% LEQ 999 set II=0%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 99 set II=00%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 9 set II=000%I%
if not exist "15-P!II!" (
    set /p "client_name=OPTIONAL Enter a client name and press <ENTER>: "

    xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P!II!!client_name!"
    goto :eof <----------- Why is this here?
)
set /a I+=1
if /i %I% LSS 999 goto NextI
)
Yes. As I said I'm new to batch but really trying to understand, but I just can't figure out how to make it work the way I want.

Thanks I think you might now know which lines to remove.
Yes, but even with them removed the same problem is still there??  The batch still only works correctly for the first time EG: 15-P0002 Test but when run again using testing as the next name the out put is 15-P0002 testing instead of 15-P0003 testing.

echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
cd /d C:\Users\jbrown\Desktop\Test
set I=2
:NextI
if /I %I% LEQ 999 set II=0%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 99 set II=00%I%
if /I %I% LEQ 9 set II=000%I%
if not exist "15-P!II!" (
    set /p "client_name=OPTIONAL Enter a client name and press : "

    xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P!II!!client_name!"
)
set /a I+=1
if /i %I% LSS 999 goto NextIOPTIONAL Enter a client name and press <ENTER>: test
xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P0002test"
OPTIONAL Enter a client name and press <ENTER>: testing
xcopy /s /e /i "15-P0000-Template" "15-P0003testing"
Sorry, I don't follow what you are saying??  Capture.jpeg shows the result I get when I run the program 3 times adding 3 different names.  Capture 2.jpeg shows the result that I am looking for.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Read what I posted. Is it what you want to happen?
Sorry, yes exactly!I deleted the 2 lines which I have previously indicated.
Yes that works until you close it and then reopen the batch.   It then STARTS from the beginning number instead of the next in the sequence? Of course it will! How can it know about previous runs? You have hard coded the start number (set I=2).

OF COURSE!!!!!  Now I get it.  Thanks a million for all of your help

I wrote a simple batch file that keeps track of when specific events happen... that is if it worked correctly. Problem is that the log file is only showing the text with no date or time info.

An instruction as simple as

echo. Run on %date% at %time% >>RunLog.log


The log file is only showing

Run on   at

Tried using echo off instead of the echo. and get the same results. i was thinking at first that it was because NT4 had an issue with echo. vs Echo off, where with echo off used I simply just echo the info and append it to log file.

Not quite sure why this is happening as for I didnt think that NT4 would have a problem with this.

Any ideas of whats going wrong or suggestions on how to fix?

Its been years since I have had to make a batch file for NT4 and I dont recall NT4 having any issues like this one  %date% and %time% weren't available natively in NT4, they came in with Windows 2000, but you can use FOR to parse the outputs of date/t and time/t.

These may work depending on your regional settings (date & time format)

FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO set date=%%B

FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%A IN ('TIME/T') DO SET time=%%A

See here

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetiment.php#SetTime
Thanks Salmon for help with this.

Going to use these methods instead then. Its been almost 15 years since I have had to support a NT4 system, since when 2000 Pro/Server came out that was the hottest OS to run for corporate MS Workstation/Servers and NT4 was changed out rather quickly to 2000 with far more features and far better driver support etc. But this NT4 system remained. 

 SADLY we have a system that has to specifically run NT4 SP6 on and old Pentium III on a machine that was built in 1996, when for what it runs and does I dont see why it couldnt be upgraded to XP ( for newest OS with BEST support for legacy 16-bit programs ), but its a system at work and I am only given the privilege to support it without any unapproved by engineering etc modifications, however I can log activity of systems with scripts etc, and I am trying to pinpoint an oddity with a system and this system in addition to sending instructions to PLC's and other systems, also passes data into a MySQL DB, however the data gathered doesnt specify when specific actions are taken and so I have specific functions that call out for an executable outside of the main executable hitting the batch file before running the executable.  I then can look at the log see when something was run and then hit the database looking at a smaller window of time vs looking at an entire 16 hour run.  Quote from: DaveLembke on April 11, 2015, 09:29:39 AM

I wrote a simple batch file that keeps track of when specific events happen... that is if it worked correctly. Problem is that the log file is only showing the text with no date or time info.

Any ideas of whats going wrong or suggestions on how to fix?

I wonder what a corporate IT department might have to say about scripts that inject binary code of unknown provenance?

I'd also like to know what security updates and precautions are taken on a LAN connected machine that was mothballed when Adam had his first child.

I asked why not replace 20 year old hardware/systems

Hi there,

Yes a nube with very little experience so I am seeking help.  Here's some background info:

I have a python script 'gdalcopyproj.py' (I did not write it), and it works great.  Basically it takes a tiff geo-referenced image file and transfers that information into ANOTHER tiff image that does not have geo-referenced data.

The script is written to apply this one file at a time "gdalcopyproj.py source_file dest_file".  One uses it inside the command prompt of a program called OSGeo4W to implement the script.  For example, it looks like so in the command window.

“C:\OSGeo4W>python gdalcopyproj.py SOCAL_CZ62.tif SOCAL_CZ62_LM.tif”

My goal is to process a whole folder of files at once.  I do have a batch file that has been created for another user.  Appears to be somewhat custom for his needs. Here is that batch file:

ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('2^>nul dir/a-d/b .tif^| findstr/i "^......\.tif$"') do (
for /f "delims=" %%j in ('2^>nul dir/a-d/b "%%~ni_*.tif"') do (
gdalcopyproj.py "%%i" "%%j"
)
)

What I do not understand is how to use/setup this batch file.  It appears to be seeking a certain type of file which has six characters and converts similarly named files which have custom filenames after the “_”.  Is this correct?  Can I customized that to fit my needs?

Second, where does one put this batch file.  I have tried in the same folder as the files. I have tried in the directory of OSGeo4W but no luck.  I have tried running the batch directly or from inside a command window.  Still no luck.  Either I get an error message or simply nothing happens.  This where I am stuck.

Can someone explain how to use this batch file somewhat step-by-step?

Clutch

P.S. – not sure if you need the python script to help explain but here she is:


try:
    from osgeo import gdal
except ImportError:
    import gdal
import sys
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    print("USAGE: gdalcopyproj.py source_file dest_file")
    sys.exit(1)
input = sys.argv[1]
dataset = gdal.Open( input )
if dataset is None:
    print('Unable to open', input, 'for reading')
    sys.exit(1)
projection   = dataset.GetProjection()
geotransform = dataset.GetGeoTransform()
if projection is None and geotransform is None:
    print('No projection or geotransform found on file' + input)
    sys.exit(1)
output = sys.argv[2]
dataset2 = gdal.Open( output, gdal.GA_Update )
if dataset2 is None:
    print('Unable to open', output, 'for writing')
    sys.exit(1)
if geotransform is not None and geotransform != (0,1,0,0,0,1):
    dataset2.SetGeoTransform( geotransform )
if projection is not None and projection != '':
    dataset2.SetProjection( projection )
gcp_count = dataset.GetGCPs()
if gcp_count != 0:
    dataset2.SetGCPs( gcp_count, dataset.GetGCPProjection() )
dataset = None
dataset2 = None


P.S.S -  Here is even another batch file for the same purpose if this helps but still no luck... sorry coding is not my best suit.  Appears this one would take any file name up to the point of a "_"?  am I understanding this correct?

echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b *.tif ^| findstr /v /c:"_.tif"') do gdalcopyproj.py "%%~a" "%%~na_.tif"Not sure what your first batch file is doing, but try modifying your second one as such:
Code: [Select]echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b *.tif ^| find /v "_." ') do python gdalcopyproj.py "%%~a" "%%~na_.tif"

the segment 'for /f "delims=" %%A in () do' tells the program to loop through the list in the parenthesis.  In this case that is 'dir /a-d /b *.tif ^| find /v "_."' which is a list of everything in the current directory, excluding files whose names contain the string "_." and folders.  For each of these, it will run the command 'python gdalcopyproj.py "%%~a" "%%~na_.tif"' where %%~a is replaced with each thing in the list, and %%~na is replaced with only that file's name.

If you run into the problem where nothing shows up, try removing the "echo off" at the beginning and post the screen.  (you can do this by right clicking and using the 'mark' function)Hey Lemonilla,

Thank you so much for taking a stab at this.  Tried a few times without success so let me give you a play-by-play:

Created a folder on my S: drive called Geotest.  In there I placed two files: ALBQ_T20.tif (CONTAINS geo info), and a second file ALBQ_T20_SH.tiff (which contains no geo info).  I placed your bat file there and ran it.  I got a quick "blip" of the command window but then nothing.  Same thing happens if I remove the ECHO off text.  No difference.

2nd test.  I moved the tiff files and the bat file into the C:\OSGeo4W directory.  Same thing happens there as well.  Are my filenames different than what you expected them to be?


Adding a 'pause' command at the end of a batch file is a good way to debug it.  If you wouldn't mind, remove "echo off" and put the pause at the end and paste the error message it gives.  This can also be accomplished by running the batch file from a cmd.exe window (command prompt window).

When I run the program (with a slight edit) it looks like it should run.  Try running the below outside of the batch file and see if there is a syntax error in calling the python script.
Code: [Select]python gdalcopyproj.py "ALBQ_T20.tif" "ALBQ_T20_.tif"


Code: (my code) [Select]echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b *.tif ^| find /v "_." ') do (
REM by changing ".tif" to "%%~xa" we are maintaining the exact extension of the previous file.
REM e.g. if we call it on a .tiff file instead of .tif, it will maintain the double f at the end
REM the 'echo' is there for debugging purposes only, it shows me how the python script will be called, but bypasses the actual execution
echo python gdalcopyproj.py "%%~a" "%%~na_%%~xa"
)
pause
Code: (output) [Select]python gdalcopyproj.py "ALBQ_T20.tif" "ALBQ_T20_.tif"
python gdalcopyproj.py "ALBQ_T20_SH.tiff" "ALBQ_T20_SH_.tiff"
Press any key to continue . . .



EDIT: You might try removing the quotes around the file names, that might be messing with your python script.  Just know then that your file names cannot have spaces or they will be interpreted as new arguments.Oh look!  Somebody else with exactly the same question!  What are the odds??

http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6409 Quote from: foxidrive on April 18, 2015, 02:15:27 AM

Oh look!  Somebody else with exactly the same question!  What are the odds??

http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6409

Hey, I am back.  Got tied up with a few other pressing issues.  Yes, I did post this issue at a few different forums.  Looking for options.

• to sys.argv[#-1]

If I knew the BIOS administrator password for my COMPUTER could I RESET, change, or interact at all with the user accounts administrator password?No...
BIOS PASSWORDS and Win passwords are 2 different animals completely...

This is the string i want to delete:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default" /v "MRU0" /t REG_SZ /v 173.219.91.228

In fact just want to delete this THINGS:
this : MRU0" /t REG_SZ /v 173.219.91.228
this: MRU1" /t REG_SZ /v 173.219.78.00
this: MRU0" /t REG_SZ /v 173.2.0.0Why do you need a .bat file to do this?

Have you tried using the help commands for information?

REG /?

REG Operation [Parameter List]

  Operation  [ QUERY   | ADD    | DELETE  | COPY    |
               SAVE    | LOAD   | UNLOAD  | RESTORE |
               COMPARE | EXPORT | IMPORT  | FLAGS ]

Return Code: (Except for REG COMPARE)

  0 - Successful
  1 - Failed

For help on a specific operation type:

  REG Operation /?

Examples:

  REG QUERY /?
  REG ADD /?
  REG DELETE /?
  REG COPY /?
  REG SAVE /?
  REG RESTORE /?
  REG LOAD /?
  REG UNLOAD /?
  REG COMPARE /?
  REG EXPORT /?
  REG IMPORT /?
  REG FLAGS /?

reg delete /?

REG DELETE KeyName [/v ValueName | /ve | /va] [/f]

  KeyName    [\\Machine\]FullKey
    Machine  Name of remote machine - omitting defaults to the current machine.
             Only HKLM and HKU are available on remote machines.
    FullKey  ROOTKEY\SubKey
    ROOTKEY  [ HKLM | HKCU | HKCR | HKU | HKCC ]
    SubKey   The full name of a registry key under the selected ROOTKEY.

  ValueName  The VALUE name, under the selected Key, to delete.
             When omitted, all subkeys and values under the Key are deleted.

  /ve        delete the value of empty value name (Default).

  /va        delete all values under this key.

  /f         Forces the DELETION without prompt.

Examples:

  REG DELETE HKLM\Software\MyCo\MyApp\Timeout
    Deletes the registry key Timeout and its all subkeys and values

  REG DELETE \\ZODIAC\HKLM\Software\MyCo /v MTU
    Deletes the registry value MTU under MyCo on ZODIAC

I have maded batch which search strings and if it finds it in txt file then it delete some other txt file.

Now problem si because I don't know how search that in subfolders and delete that files there.

for exmple.

there is a file bkpXXXX.txt
in folder e:\uporabniki\mike\documents\logs\bkpXXXX.txt
and when script find words "Na disku ni dovolj prostora"
it delete files e:\uporabniki\mike\documents\logs\XXdateXX.txt

every user have folder with his NAME so I can not put in script one path
like
e:\uporabniki\mike\documents\logs
e:\uporabniki\john\documents\logs
e:\uporabniki\george\documents\logs
e:\uporabniki\anna\documents\logs

and in all folders logs must be date*.txt deleted if script finds strings "Na disku ni dovolj prostora"

here is script but it work only in current folder.

Code: [Select]
findstr /m "Na disku ni dovolj prostora" bkp*.txt
if %errorlevel%==1 (goto B) else (goto A)

:A
del /q *date*.txt

:B
exit
Did you try using the /S option?

del /s /q e:\uporabniki\*date*.txt Quote from: Squashman on April 20, 2015, 06:42:58 AM

Did you try using the /S option?

del /s /q e:\uporabniki\*date*.txt

I am confused.  You know what user you need to delete it from, because that is what the log file is telling you.  Pull the name out of the log file.

Isn't the log file you want to delete at e:\uporabniki\<SomeUser>\documents\logs?
Just do this to the path:
Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %%A in (<path>) do set user=%%A

this can't be done? is it impossible? 

which search strings and if it finds it in txt file then it delete some other txt file.

there is a file bkpXXXX.txt
in folder e:\uporabniki\mike\documents\logs\bkpXXXX.txt
and when script find words "Na disku ni dovolj prostora"
it delete files e:\uporabniki\mike\documents\logs\XXdateXX.txt

how many cmd lines i can use in 1 batch file?

for example 30 COMMANDS for diferrent registry blah blah....
can i use all 30 comnands in 1 single  batch file?Batches execution is 1 command or line at a time, and then it moves onto the next line. The only way to do more than 1 thing at the same time would be to create other instances triggered off the first instance in which say to use START THIS, START THAT, and START this other thing, otherwise it hangs at the first command instruction until it is complete before moving on to the next and so if you are launching say notepad.exe from within the batch file without a start command before it, it will wait for the Notepad.exe program to close before it moves on to the next command.

Not sure if this helps any.... what are you trying to achieve with batch that your concerned over limitations like this?

I have created very lengthy batches before and haven't reached a limit yet. One of which had over 1000 lines that was calling to a MySQL server to perform tasks.If he is asking how many consecutive lines can be included in one batch file, for sequential execution, Microsoft says there is no size limit for a batch script except those imposed by the file system and/or disk size. As for individual lines, I believe that no line should exceed 8192 characters, this figure including expanded variables. you can execute as many commands as you wish but in order , 2nd command wont INITIALIZE until 1ST has finished
If you want to do 2 things at once you can use CALL to run another batch file to do 2nd command simultaneously Quote from: JoeKkerr on May 10, 2015, 05:17:26 AM

If you want to do 2 things at once you can use CALL to run another batch file to do 2nd command simultaneously

You can use unlimited commands in a batch file.

Hi,

I hope someone here can help me--it would be greatly appreciated. 

I have a folder with a bunch of text files. I'm looking for a batch-file that extracts a string of exactly 5000 characters from all of these and puts them in a seperate file (1 for each). The place within each txt-file that the 5000 characters are taken from should be random (ie. if I run it a couple of times on the same original file, the extracted bit would be different). Afterwards, the original file should no longer contain this string.

So I have:
filename_1.txt
filename_2.txt
filename_3.txt
...

And I want:
filename_1.txt and filename_1_5000.txt
filename_2.txt and filename_2_5000.txt
filename_3.txt and filename_3_5000.txt
...

etc.
Does that make sense? Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks!  It does help if you can give a reason why.
Why 5000 characters?
There already are utilities that will truncate a file after a definite number of characters. People WRITE these things either in C or a  script languages.
Of course, you can USE DOS utilities and batch, if you want. Quote from: Geek-9pm on May 05, 2015, 10:39:02 PM

There already are utilities that will truncate a file after a definite number of characters.

Does that make sense? Can anyone help me with this?

• Will the 5000 characters go over different lines?
• Does the character count include carriage return and linefeed characters?

So the texts I have do not have line-breaks in them... but I'm not entirely sure how that would be different from "carriage return and linefeed characters"

I would be inclined to use a more capable language than batch (Visual Basic Script for example)

I want to change group policy-Administrative Templates\Network\QoS Packet Scheduler\LIMIT reservable bandwith-change value to 0You are asking about something that most of us never do.
If needed, it is more often doing by hand. It is not the sort of thing you would be bumping up and down on a REGULAR basis.
Have you already read this:
Limit Reservable Bandwidth Setting In Windows
It applies to Windows 8.1 and would normally impact only the LOCAL network.
Setting it to zero may not be what you want.
maybe works fine too, with REMOTE CONTROL :SERVER 2008, w7,w8

I want to create a BATCH FILE go directely here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\EnableConnectionRateLimiting

Thanks

This might help...

HTTP://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2301882/batch-file-edit-registry.htmlmany thanks........

Hello,

Haven't been on in a while, but ran into a problem today and must be hitting a mental block or something, because I can't see what I'm doing WRONG.

The following code is trying to populate a csv file with some names and statuses. For whatever reason, the embedded variables do not set like they should. What am I doing wrong?

Code: [Select]echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

for /f "tokens=1,2*" %%A in (Alpha.txt) do (
  call :subAlpha %%A %%B
)
goto :eof


:subAlpha
set lname=%1
set lname=%lname:,=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('trim.bat %lname%') do set lname=%%i
set fname=%2
set fname=%fname:-=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%j in ('trim.bat %fname%') do set fname=%%j
set a43check=-
set d75check=-
for /f "tokens=1,2*" %%E in (A43.txt) do (
  call :sub43 %%E %%F
)
for /f "tokens=1,2*" %%J in (D75.txt) do (
  call :sub75 %%J %%K
)
echo fname = %fname%
echo lname = %lname%
echo a43fname = %a43fname%
echo a43lname = %a43lname%
echo d75fname = %d75fname%
echo d75lname = %d75lname%
pause
echo "%lname%, %fname%", %a43check%, %d75check% >> revalidate.csv
goto :eof

:sub43
set a43lname=%1
set a43lname=%a43lname:,=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%k in ('trim.bat %%a43lname%%') do set a43lname=%%k
set a43fname=%2
set a43fname=%a43fname:-=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%l in ('trim.bat %a43fname%') do set a43fname=%%l
if "%lname%"=="%a43lname%" (
  if "%fname%"=="%a43fname%" (
    set a43check=X
  )
)
goto :eof

:sub75
set d75lname=%1
set d75lname=%d75lname:,=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%m in ('trim.bat %d75lname%') do set d75lname=%%m
set d75fname=%2
set d75fname=%d75fname:-=%
for /f "tokens=*" %%n in ('trim.bat %d75fname%') do set d75fname=%%n
if "%lname%"=="%d75lname%" (
  if "%fname%"=="%d75fname%" (
    set d75check=X
  )
)
goto :eoftrim.bat
Code: [Select]echo off
set trim=%1
:backloop
if "%trim:~-1,1%"==" " (
  set trim=%trim:~0,-1%
  goto backloop
)
:frontloop
if "%trim:~0,1%"==" " (
  set trim=%trim:~1%
  goto frontloop
)
echo %trim%A little more explanation of the aim, the problem, and the error or result, would be handy. Yeah that would probably be helpful

So when I run this script (with the echos in there) I receive the following output on the screen:
fname = Bob
lname = Smith
a43fname =
a43lname =
d75fname =
d75lname =


So the first variables are setting, but the embedded ones are not setting. What I am trying to accomplish is COMPARING the list in Alpha, which is a list of over 500 names, with the names in the other two files (about 300 a piece) and see which ones are in all three, only two, or only in the Alpha list.

I haven't tried breaking embedded calls into their own files yet, but I realize that could be a working option. Is there any way to get this to work in the single file as it is set up now?He should reconsider his use of goto :eof
Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 30, 2015, 06:51:09 PM

He should reconsider his use of goto :eof

Yeah that would probably be helpful

So when I run this script (with the echos in there) I receive the following output on the screen:
fname = Bob
lname = Smith
a43fname =
a43lname =
d75fname =
d75lname =

Why?

So this is some sample text from the input files:

Hey everyone. I need help with something.
I have a batch file batch.bat that runs after a torrent finishes performing some standardized routines.

Sometimes it happens, while batch file is still running, that another torrent finishes and batch.bat is triggered again, messing everything up. What is want it to check if batch.bat is still running, then wait to FINISH and continue with the new instance of batch.bat

Can we do something like this?

Thanks for the help!!If running multiple instances of same batch, its best to have say if your running 4 downloads at the same time a file called batch1, batch2, batch3, and batch4. So that the naming of one of the same code batches doesnt conflict with the other. I use this name_numbering all the time when running automation that looks for instances open or closed etc as WELL as taskkill routines where you want to specifically kill a process, but the PID is random and you need to kill it by name.

batch1.bat
batch2.bat
batch3.bat
batch4.bat

should fix thisI thought of that. Problem though is that utorrent in this case has the "Run Program" option to Run this program when a torrent finishes allowing only 1 file, so the naming scheme you suggest cannot work hereOk... you could install other copies of uTorrent to custom install locations and run MULTIPLES of it with single download each instance, and each instance has its own unique batch file name. Reference:
Running multiple instances of a Batch file in windows simultaneously.
Code: [Select]start /b cmd /c %~0 2>nul 1>&2Assuming I haven't forgotten a crucial part, this will open a new instance of the saved batch file in the background of the current file.  They will share the same output console, and It's very complicated to stop them, but thats how you thread.  I would recommend going with the above answer and doing something like
Code: [Select]for %%A in (1,1,4) do start batch.bat
Which should open 4 separate instances of batch.bat.

Do a search for snake.bat on this site, (it's a link to a different forum) as an example of how it WORKS.

uhh the result is,still not working:
1kallo1209:guacharaca1209
2ivanmanoel98:manoel
3karolmelendez:9705191905974romeucastro:hilda102030
5franciellyfep:dream2008
6lethiciamarfil:94071800

how to combine 2 or more file.txt

i used this:
TYPE A.txt > C.txt
echo. >> C.txt
type B.txt >> C.txt

and this:
copy file1.txt + file2.txt file3.txt

and i got this:

1kallo1209:guacharaca1209
2ivanmanoel98:manoel
3karolmelendez:9705191905974romeucastro:hilda102030
5franciellyfep:dream2008
6lethiciamarfil:94071800


I want to look like this:

1kallo1209:guacharaca1209
2ivanmanoel98:manoel
3karolmelendez:970519190597
4romeucastro:hilda102030
5franciellyfep:dream2008
6lethiciamarfil:94071800

You should probably go BACK to the program that created your input and figure out why it is not ending the last line with a CR\LF pair.

Otherwise you will have to use a FOR /F command and echo the token variable to a new file.no IDEA man , i am noob thanks anyway Quote from: siriguk on May 12, 2015, 12:51:54 PM

how to combine 2 or more file.txt

i used this:
type A.txt > C.txt
echo. >> C.txt
type B.txt >> C.txt

and this:
copy file1.txt + file2.txt file3.txt

and i got this:

1kallo1209:guacharaca1209
2ivanmanoel98:manoel
3karolmelendez:9705191905974romeucastro:hilda102030
5franciellyfep:dream2008
6lethiciamarfil:94071800


I want to look like this:

1kallo1209:guacharaca1209
2ivanmanoel98:manoel
3karolmelendez:970519190597
4romeucastro:hilda102030
5franciellyfep:dream2008
6lethiciamarfil:94071800

I want to STOP AUTO-LOGG-OFF after i disconnect
For this RDP doesn't WORK even if i have ADMINISTRATORS rights
For my other 2 RDP's working fine this reg keys:

REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" /v "KeepAliveTimeout" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" /v "MaxConnectionTime" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" /v "MaxDisconnectionTime" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" /v "MaxIdleTime" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

When i make this CHANGES in registry i notice that '' RDP-TCP/Session/Override User Settings changes to NEVER'' and works fine  but for this RDP the values doesn't CHANGE, any solution?
thanks

Hi alli need to search for a file on c PARTITION and delete it using a dos batch

so far i got untill

echo off
DIR filetodelete/S >test1


thanks alot

also is it possible to compile it to binary / exeIts ALREADY been covered here... the first batch shows how to rename, but in comments you will see the dangerous delete instruction that you can use instead of rename.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15689510/batch-find-file-and-rename-it-find-file-and-delete-it




Quote

Oh, it's great to have some good-loking programmers! Most programmers I know are UGLY.

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /s /b /a-d "text.txt"') do (ren "%%i" text2.txt)

Should do the rename task. You should prepend the drive and starting DIRECTORY to the filename THOUGH, or it will rename ALL the text.txt files in ALL subdirectories. Hence ...dir /s/b "c:\users\kaster\text.txt"... will process "c:\users\kaster\" and all of the directories below and rename ALL of the files named text.txt to the NEW name.

It works by performing a DIRscan in /b basic mode (ie filenames only) /s including subdirectories /a-d ignoring matching directory names for files named "text.txt" - and the full filename is assigned to %%i. The delims clause makes sure that any spaces are not interpreted as delimiters.

See

`FOR ?`

from the prompt for documentation.

ANd if you are executing this directly from the prompt, change each %% to %

The second command is substantially easire

del /s "image1.jpg"

Again, prepend the starting path, and be VERY, VERY careful. This will delete ALL filenames matching "image1.jpg" in and under the specified directory.

Throughout, quoting the filenames ensures that spaces in file or directorynames are correctly processed.

i want something like this for my RDP DESKTOP, i want lock it, is possible to use some batch command and not a software? (many are full of viruses)

This is the second time you have asked this question.  Do not start two topics about the same thing.

A quick and easy Google SEARCH found this.
http://www.idsecuritysuite.com/blog/how-to-lock-down-the-computer-via-a-shortcutuseless for my RDP,THANKS anywayWell I am not sure why you consider it useless.  Maybe you  are not EXPLAINING your problem clearly.yes BECOUSE i am noob and i writte like *censored*...i apologies and thanks to be so patient with me..You have still yet to explain what your whole PLAN for this "RDP Project" is.  Why would you want to use a 3rd party lock anyway? None will be properly secure! Windows has built in screen locking!

Explain exactly what you want to do for the entire project and then people will try to help you, creating a bunch of random threads all over the place will not work.ok thanks for ur advice

Password must meet complexity requirements

I want to configure local password policy for a stand-alone computer as below:
ENFORCE password history: net accounts /uniquepw:XXX
Maximum password age: net accounts /maxpwage:XXX
Minimum password age: net accounts /minpwage:XXX
Minimum password length: net accounts /minpwlen:XXX

 
But for complexity and encryption type I didn't find a command-line solution on registry settings. How can I configure password settings LISTED as below:The only way I know of to do this in a BATCH file is to use SECEDIT to export the current security configuration to a file, then edit the file and then use SECEDIT again to import it. I have no idea what version of Windows you are using.  It may not be available on Windows XP or even Home VERSIONS of any Windows operating system.I've asked him 3 times which ver. of XP he's runnin...good luck with that.sp2 baby Quote from: patio on May 13, 2015, 07:14:07 AM

I've asked him 3 times which ver. of XP he's runnin...good luck with that.

So after i INSTALL windows i OPEN my USB loc:  H:\Windows Programs to run after windows xp installation

and then i must to install every program. one by one, my question:is there any .bat cmd which  run all programs with 1 click?
ThanksIf you list all the programs like this it will START them, but you will manually have to take it from there.

start
start

is possible to set a password to a registry key?or block acces only for that key?do not let that no ONE can edit or deleteIf anyone has access to the C: drive of the system, they have access to the registry.

If your fully patched and running a good antivirus and have a good firewall then you have nothing to worry about.

With NTFS partition and correct security measures you should be all set. If your computer use places you at high risk for infection etc, you should implement a image backup of your system so that when infected or think your infected you can restore back to KNOWN clean state.

Also if you lower your previleges by creating a USER account that does not have Administrator privileges you can limit how easily you could get infected. Most Windows users are running as system admin all teh time and so this puts them at risk of infection etc. On my systems I make a profile / user account that is bare minimum access which blocks scripts from trying to install junk BEHIND the scenes etc.I found this:

HKEY_USERS\Foo\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  NoViewOnDrive  to disable a drive or NoDrives to hide the drives
what about this?A Linux boot disk or custom BartPE boot disc would defeat this in seconds. That's why I stated.

Quote

If anyone has access to the C: drive of the system, they have access to the registry.

I am new to batch scripting.

I have a ROOT folder called "Names"..It has subfolders ,these subfolders contains FILES. I will be giving the names of subfolders to be deleted in TEXT FILE Ex..
John
Tom
Rambo.
I will be reading the folder names from text file & delete only those folders with files inside the folder also .

Please provide me the code for it..
Also posted here:
http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6451

I have a log and I need to copy last 50 lines from logfile.txt to lastlines.txt
below script works only if there is more than 50 lines in logfile.txt
if there is les than 50 lines in logfile.txt it MAKES empty file but that is wrong.
script must copy last 50 lines to new file if there is less than 50 lines than it copy what it is in logfile.txt to new file
lastlines.txt
Can SOMEONE help me fix this script?
Code: [Select] for /f %%i in ('find /v /c "" ^&LT; LogFile.txt') do set /a lines=%%i
set /a startLine=%lines% - 50
more /e +%startLine% LogFile.txt > lastLines.txtok I MANAGE to solve this by myself

Code: [Select]for /f %%i in ('find /v /c "" ^< LogFile.txt') do set /a lines=%%i
set /a startLine=%lines% - 50
more /e +%startLine% LogFile.txt > lastLines.txt
for %%x in (lastLines.txt) do if not %%~zx==0  (GOTO End) else (goto A)
:A
xcopy /Y LogFile.txt lastLines.txt
:End

can i lock a REMOTE dekstop with bat without running any program?program like:Desktop Locker and many others...?Perhaps you might ask the QUESTION another way.
In some business places there can be an administrator who has the authority lock every desktop computer in the COMPANY. He has special software that SENDS the command over the local network to stop anybody from using an idle desktop.
 Is that the kind of thing you  NEED to do?
I sense a nefarious goal in all this...

Topic Temporarily Closed.

Any questions...PM me.

I have written a working batch file to back up some folders/application

echo off

echo call batch job

CALL PCSDEV.bat  (This is where the backup get executed)


echo return from backup to the current calling batch file
REM Change directory back to the location where the file is archived
d:
REM cd ..

cd D:\IIS_ETL_BK

set HR=%time:~0,2%
set HR=%Hr: =0%
set HR=%HR: =%
ren Test.out.isx Test.out-%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%_%HR%%time:~3,2%.isx


cd /istoolbk

My question is:

1. I want to send out email NOTIFICATION after the backup is completed=> before the last command
2. I want to check for previous 15 backup(an example), if there are 16(an example) I want to delete the first backup. In essence keeping 15 sequential backups at a time
Quote from: Great! on June 10, 2015, 05:18:55 PM

1. I want to send out email notification after the backup is completed=> before the last command
2. I want to check for previous 15 backup(an example), if there are 16(an example) I want to delete the first backup. In essence keeping 15 sequential backups at a time

• What is the filename FORMAT of the backup files?
• Are there any other files in the folder with the backup files?
• What is the NAME of the backup folder location
• Do you have admin permissions
• What tool do you want to send the email with?
• What is the actual NUMBER of files being kept - a range of the actual number would be nice. 10 to 200 for example.

    What is the filename format of the backup files?
     -----
     The filename format is an application based format that ends with <FileName-TimeAdded.isx>. A typical example is this Test.out-20151206_0953.isx

    Are there any other files in the folder with the backup files?
-----
   There will be other files from previous backup in this directory reading different timestamp

    What tool do you want to send the email with?
----
 Pure MSDOS batch command. No third party tool

Hello everybody,

I have some file *.txt created in folder A. I want move them to folder B.

Condition:

+ If any filename.txt created from folder A, namesake filename.txt already EXISTS on the folder B.  It will display a warning: "Filename already exists, can not move"

+ If folder A is empty. It will display a warning: "Do not have a .txt file in the folder A"

Please help me.

Is this homework or a school assignment?
Is that one question or two, Salmon Trout? 



My question: I wonder if the OP wants to use copy and delete as the FUNCTIONAL commands? One, really, I wasn't sure if every English-speaking country uses the word 'homework' for work assigned to a student to be done at home.
Dear foxidrive and Salmon Trout,

This is not homework? This is the job I assigned.

I can only write the simple command:

Code: [Select]MOVE D:\Data\Desk\*.txt \\server01\user\mkt\Work
But I can not write the command line satisfying the following conditions:

+ If any filename.txt created from folder "Desk", namesake filename.txt already exists on the folder "Work" => echo Filename already exists, can not move
+ If folder "Desk" is empty => echo Do not have a .txt file in the folder Desk

Please help me.

Thank you very much
Quote from: Salmon Trout on June 11, 2015, 10:23:47 AM

One, really

This is not homework? This is the job I assigned.

This is not homework? This is the job I assigned.

We don't help you do your job either...

when I am stuck for a bit of code I will happily search Stack Exchange...

Oh, BTW, have I run out of rant-time yet?

It would seem the OP has a job that requires him to you the one-line batch command to move a file. But he finds that operation throws an error.
In many real world jobs the issue is to fix errors, not write programs.

Maybe this outline represents what he wants to do.

Fetch a file name from souse list.
If  target directory does not have  that file
  Begin
    If source file not busy, move it to target
    Else complain
  end.
If more in list, repeat.

The above is NOT batch code. It is a way of humans expressing a possible solution.

Some IT pros find that need to  spend as much time on an outline as the actual code.

OP, does this represent your problem?

I have file which has some lines.. e.g.

line no 20    # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.
line no 21         config.vm.box = "test_15_4"
line no 22    # The url from where the 'config.vm.box' box will be fetched if it
line no 23    config.vm.box_url = "file:\\d:\\images\\test.box"

I have set a variable "replace = test_15_5".. and "Search = config.vm.box"

I need a batch code which will search "config.vm.box" in file and replace next string "test_15_4"  with %replace%.. Code should replace every occurrence in file.

Need this urgently... please help me...

Quote from: pawantlor on June 03, 2015, 03:54:51 AM

I need a batch code which will search "config.vm.box" in file and replace next string "test_15_4"  with %replace%.. This should replace string on only line number 21.

I did not understand your qs.

I have one batfile which does something. I want to include new code in this bat file only. What new code should do is , to go to some file(name i will provide) , find config.vm.box and replace certain string from the same line.

sed (stream editor) is a Unix utility that parses and transforms text, using a simple, compact programming language. sed was developed from 1973 to 1974 by Lee E. McMahon of Bell Labs, and is available today for most operating systems.

Any idea?

The paragraphs below outline ways to get a script that works, and quickly.

When writing your request for help: be aware that providing accurate details makes it easy
for the people to write you a script that will work in your specific situation, and
they will often add extra code to handle situations that you may not have thought of.

If you do this then the very next reply is likely to be a script that will work.


On the other side of the coin: when details are hidden in made-up names and paths and file information
then nobody knows if you are using non-latin characters, or Unicode, or using poison characters for
batch scripts and so we can't include the appropriate code to handle your special situations -
and so the script you are given may fail.

If you have sensitive data then type over those parts.

Be aware that Batch files are often written around patterns in the data, text and
paths\filenames being processed, so the format and layout of the information is important -
so you can type over the sensitive parts but don't change the layout.

=================================================================

What happens with incorrect or POOR details is that a script is written based upon the limited information
that was given - and the next post is often from the question-writer saying "It doesn't work!"

That is usually followed by a very long series of posts where we try to ascertain what the problem is,
what the real details of the task are, and how it fails. 

The script that was supplied then has to be changed or rewritten:
and this wastes the  time of the volunteers who are giving FREE support, and is frustrating and
unsatisfying for the volunteers to have to write a script for the same task again.


Please be respectful to the people who give their free time to provide you with code,
please come back and tell them if the code helped,
and don't forget to say thank you after you receive some help. 

Be polite - social lubrication works on the Internet too.

Hello.

I have SEVERAL .TXT files in the same directory (about 3,000) and I'd need to get a new txt file with 2 data of them. The txt file I need should have 2 columns: the FIRST one with the txt file name and the SECOND one with the first line of every file.

For example:

File: 1.txt
   Peter
   Germany
   Medical

File: 2.txt
  Mary
  Canada
  Teacher

File: 3.txt
  John
  USA
  Engineer

.....

And the file I need should be SOMETHING like:
1       Peter
2       Mary
3       John



Can this be done with MS-DOS?

 
Thanks in advance.Thanks but I've found the way you do it.

Regards.Yep. Pretty easy to do with a single FOR command and an echo command.Nice of him to let us know how he fixed it....

I am trying to search for a specific string in certain type of files.  The problem is that below CODE is also showing me files that contains names like aaa.bat_new, aaa.cmd_20150512, etc.  How do I tell it to only search files ending in .bat and .cmd?
 
Code: [Select]findstr /S /I d\^: *.bat *.cmdI don't see a search string there, also what does d\^: do?I am search for anything that contains d: which is my d-drive.  The \^ sign is required to search for the colon.  I am getting what I WANT EXCEPT it is returning filenames that does not end in .bat nor .cmd.What string are you searching for in the files?
I am searching for the string "d:" only in files that have an extension of .bat or .cmd. 

The problem is that there are files which have a hard-coded path for programs which may not be in the expected location when upgrading the OS from Win 2003 to Win 2008.  I just want to MAKE sure nothing has been missed. Quote from: et_phonehome_2 on May 27, 2015, 01:16:26 PM

I am searching for the string "d:" only in files that have an extension of .bat or .cmd. 

Hello, my name is matteo. I want to create a file BATCH for tracert. On a text file I have a list of IP addresses that do tracert. I would LIKE to create a batch file that executes the tracert ip of these, providing input in this txt file and GETTING output a txt file with the LOG of the tracert. Can you help me? I have no idea how to do !!! please it's very important for me.


thanks so muchHow many IP addresses are going to be traced and would these ever change?

Are you looking for a problem with a DNS route? Quote from: Aknort on June 19, 2015, 08:17:36 AM

Hello, my name is matteo. I want to create a file batch for tracert
I would like to create a batch file that executes the tracert ip of these

Hey Guys,

Im looking to use an MS-Dos batch file to register a load of .dll files with regsvr32.exe

Within my job, when I install our custom application, we sometimes have to manually register nearly 50 .dll files on anything between 1 and 50 desktops, so creating a batch file would save a lot of time and hassle.

Is this possible?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advancep.s. I'm not a complete n00b 

p.s.s if a batch file isn't able to do the job.... any recomendations?

  Thanks  I expect that it is possible.

If you can register a single dll with

start "regsvr32.exe c:\temp\mydll.dll"
or whatever your dll is called

Then you could create a whole list of them ... if they all lived in one directory, you could even automate that by using a FOR loop to pick them all up

Good luck
GrahamAhhh, makes sense.

would the FOR loop be simple?

When it comes to the FOR command I have a lil trouble understanding it! 

A bit of example code to get me on track would help.. anyone? 

p.s. they all would be in a single directory.

p.s.s feel free to use example1.dll and example2.dll

again all help is appreciated! 

ok, really simple example, replace the path in the brackets with the actual path

RegAll.bat
=======

for %%a in (c:\winnt\*.dll) do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"

=======

The %%a holds the value of the dll name in each iteration (one for ever *.dll found)

This one liner is supposed to be in a batch file, if you paste it directly on to the command line, the %%a should be replaced by %a (thats just 1 % symbol)

Cheers
Grahamok let me give that a try....

Thanks Graham  So, if this was a batch file, then RAN within the c:\Program Files\workfolder\  this would register all .dll files within the directory the batch file was ran?

=======

echo off
%%a in (c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll) do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause

=======

Any help would be great! (graham... nudge nudge)  Thats the theory ... I confess I havent ACTUALLY used the start command very much.

Try running it -- but make the first line
Echo On
You will be able to watch it progress - and see what went wrong if it failed.

Oh, the next line starts with 'For' -
for %%a in ("c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll") do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"

Ive put quotes around the c:\program files ........ *.dll, because it contains a space, it wouldnt work otherwise

Good luck
Graham
ok one last question.

As we are putting the directory within the code, can the batch file be ran anywhere?

The reason I ask = multi directory. So I could have the code below within the batch file, run the batch on my desktop, and the code below would register all .dll files within the directorys specified?

================

echo on
for %%a in (c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll) do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause
for %%a in (c:\Program Files\workfolder\data\*.dll) do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause

================

Thanks again for any help received!  You could (but you omitted the quotes !!) - even better would be this

================

Code: [Select]echo on
for %%a in ("c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll" "c:\Program Files\workfolder\data\*.dll") do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause================

unless you particularly wanted the break between processing the 2 directories
Grahamrock and roll thanks Graham.

You a legend

  ok slight problem with our lil code..... 

When the Batch file is executed I get a ton of CMD popups. One for every .dll file that it registers....

Anybody know any code that will either:

1. Keep EVERYTHING in one window?

or

2. not open a seperate window for every .dll file.

============================================================
echo on
for %%a in ("c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll" "c:\Program Files\workfolder\data*.dll") do start "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause
============================================================
p.s. its not because "echo" is on...  Just checked the syntax for Start, the /B param MEANS keep everything in 1 window - thus

============================================================
Code: [Select]echo on
for %%a in ("c:\Program Files\workfolder\*.dll" "c:\Program Files\workfolder\data*.dll") do start /B "regsvr32.exe %%a"
pause
============================================================

Give this a whirl
GrahamFantastic Graham, it works!

As what is shown seems like mumbo jumbo (doesn't state WETHER or not the .dll's are actually being registered)  but after counting the amount of lines it did produce, twas equal to the amount of .dll's in each folder. Im just going to have to wait to test it when I have a machine to test it upon.

Thankyou again Grahami have to register a dll using batch file but the dll must be register as a administrator.

example i want to register xceedzip.dll with command prompt open as a administrator and register the dll

Hello Guys , i am a hardware technician i needed a software to keep my serials cracks LICENSE safe , but i don't trust any of them .

so i needed to make .bat FILE  , i write something and it reply for me the answer i need.

example : avg SERIAL
              : ***************
if someone have the code please share it with me and mark please where i can put the QUESTIONS and answers 

thank you so MUCH guys ([email protected])

Hi guys, just for the *censored* of it i WANT to make a text-based adventure game in MSDOS, I was wondering, is there a way I can save the users game progress to a file?

For example:
I have a piece of code which asks the user to pick a Class, so how could I now save this to a file and then call upon it later?

Thank you! save the variables to a file
Code: [Select]>>savedgame.txt echo CLASS=%CLASS%
reload the variables from the file
Code: [Select]FOR /F "delims=" %%G in (savedgame.txt) do SET %%GThis caught my interest... not hijacking this thread, but just wanted to inquire for additional info on this which might help Tomwatts with his game design.

When dealing with multiple variables written for a single file to write to, what is the best method of reading back the data in batch?

Such as if you had:

Class = Human
Level = 3
Gold = 2400
WeaponMinDamage= 5
WeaponMaxDamage= 10
Armor = 23
XLocation = 6
YLocation = 84


and had a file appended such as SavedGame.log with

Quote

Human
3
2400
5
10
23
6
84

Human,3,2400,5,10,23,6,84

Hi I am new to this forum and hope someone can help.

I am still using this tower running Cadd6 but my battery failed so lost Bios settings....I have managed to re-config everything from the manuals but my setup has a parallel card installed that needs the ASTSETUP disc to assign this as LPT1 so that i can use my plotter.

Computer working back to normal drawing fine but wont plot..

Can you help ?

Kind regards

Steven King (UK)

Did you replace the battery ? ?
if so did you re-install the drivers for the LPT device ? ?At a loss as to why a battery would have lost your settings for LPT1 config. The config.sys and autoexec.bat files should not have been tampered with, and so driver setting for software config should not have changed as a result of this. The LPT1 port in the bios should have been the default address etc with nothing special I am guessing. Do you have the installation manual for the plotter that might indicate any special LPT1 config?

Did you format the drive and rebuild clean and lose your prior config? Quote from: DaveLembke on July 10, 2015, 08:54:46 PM

The LPT1 port in the bios should have been the default address etc with nothing special I am guessing.

At a loss as to why a battery would have lost
 your settings for LPT1 config.

Most PC-compatible systems in the 1980s and 1990s had one to three ports, with communication interfaces defined like this:

    Logical parallel port 1: I/O port 0x3BC, IRQ 7 (usually in monochrome graphics adapters)
    Logical parallel port 2: I/O port 0x378, IRQ 7 (dedicated IO cards or using a controller built into the mainboard)
    Logical parallel port 3: I/O port 0x278, IRQ 5 (dedicated IO cards or using a controller built into the mainboard)

If no PRINTER port is present at 0x3BC, the second port in the row (0x378) becomes logical parallel port 1 and 0x278 becomes logical parallel port 2 for the BIOS. Sometimes, printer ports are jumpered to share an interrupt despite having their own IO addresses

Hi guys,

I am creating a game in DOS, and i'd like to SPLIT the game files up for easier editting, is there any chance I am ABLE to execute another batch job WITHIN one i am already running?

Example:
ECHO Welcome to game
echo Press 1 for Warrior class
echo Press 2 for Mage class
choice /c 12 /n
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto Warrior
if ERRORLEVEL 2 goto Mage
:Warrior
Run Warrior.bat

Then the Warrior.bat would start up but in the same window for the user, is this possible?

Or any other suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanksYou WANT the call keyword.

Type help call at a cmd prompt.
Oh that's fantastic! I knew it'd be easy! Haha, thank you sir

For my GCSE Computing I need to find out how to automate the task of creating users and assigning them to groups. I will be using COMMAND prompt running on Windows XP (running through virtual box on windows 7).
I would like help with how to create, edit, save and run a windows batch script in cmd please.

The code should be mainly inside a loop which ALLOWS the user to repeat the process of creating and naming a user and assigning them to an existing group or a new group.

Any help/advice is much appreciated Quote from: thmoses on June 29, 2015, 01:25:52 AM

For my GCSE Computing I need to find out

mkdir "HIL02 - Hôtel XYZ Montréal\03 - Hôtel XYZMontréal - Banquet + Pâtisserie">>Logfile.txt 2>&1

Heck I want to know how much time you spent typing this out 11,000 times.

The problem may be a folder name with a character that isn't valid in your codepage.

Put all your folder names in a "c:\folder\file.txt" file and try the code below in an empty folder:

It may also show folders that contain a character that is translated by the code page, so you may have
other folders in the errorlog.txt file.  You can manually check to see if those folders exist, if there are not too many of them.

At least that's how I understand codepages issues, as I don't often use non-latin characters.

Code: [Select]
echo off
chcp 1252
(
   for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("c:\folder\file.txt") do (
      md "%%a"
      if not exist "%%a\" echo error in line "%%a"
   )
)>"c:\folder\errorlog.txt"
echo done
pause

This is for the preliminary research section in my CA, i need to compare linux and windows. At the moment i am using debian compared to MS-DOS, is there any tips that you can give me on how to go about creating shell scripts in MS-DOS to AUTOMATE the creation of users and assigning them to groups.

Thanks
WillNET USER
NET GROUPThanks for that help, is there any way in which I can repeat the process 10 times Yes.


FOR /?what text editors can i use to write the script in because i can not find one

thanks
will
  Notepad has been included in Windows since the very first version.  Has to be on your computer.

Regardless of that I prefer to use Notepad++ because it highlights keywords and has other useful features that help with writing many different TYPES of scripting languages. Quote

what text editors can i use to write the script in because i can not find one

In the past I have written some batch log scripts that I rename the actual EXE of a program to be monitored, I then create a simple batch that starts the program under its different file name identity and records when the program was run appended to a log, and this batch file I would compile to a EXE with a BAT to EXE compiler so that the OS continued to run as if nothing ever happened with same paths etc. Such as the following, and in this example I will use notepad.exe

Batch File is compiled with Bat 2 EXE as Notepad.exe and placed into C:\windows\system32\ with the following instruction
Quote

echo. Notepad Run on %date% at %time%>>c:\systemlog\notepad.log
START c:\windows\system32\notepad1.exe

echo. Notepad Started on %date% at %time%>>c:\systemlog\notepad.log
START c:\windows\system32\notepad1.exe
echo. Notepad Loaded Fully on %date% at %time%>>c:\systemlog\notepad.log

FYI - I don't think timeit works on Windows 7 64-bit. You get the error "Unable to query system performance data (c0000004). Instead, use PowerShell's "Measure-Command" like Casey.K suggests:

Effectively WMI allows you to create queries and one feature allows you to receive an event notification when the results of a query change. I was going to paste the code here but C# probably wouldn't be very useful.

What you are trying to do is likely impossible. And I tend to avoid using that word. But it is impossible in the sense that it is effectively a variant of a computer problem that nobody has ever found a solution to, the halting problem.

This sounds very interesting. So you could run a query save the info temporarily, and then run a query again and compare for changes, and then when differences are detected report on the differences essentially.

Also I dabble in C# so if you want to share C# here, please feel free to do so as for I would probably learn from your code example etc.

As far as the CPU monitoring method for idle after launch of a program you mentioned it would trigger splash screens. What do you mean by this? Is this related to parsing the screen looking for CPU usage vs using another method for detecting CPU utilization status?

I'm officially outta my league on this one...sorry...

Which I'm sure could be parsed via the command prompt to grab the actual % and used for logging or what-have-you.

"07/26/2015 04:14:52.908","0.000000"
"07/26/2015 04:14:53.910","0.000000"
"07/26/2015 04:14:54.912","0.000000"
"07/26/2015 04:14:55.916","6.234487"
"07/26/2015 04:14:56.920","12.450440"
"07/26/2015 04:14:57.924","28.014915"
"07/26/2015 04:14:58.927","24.926027"
"07/26/2015 04:14:59.928","3.117450"
"07/26/2015 04:15:00.931","0.000000"

0.000000
0.000000
0.000000
6.234487
12.450440
28.014915
24.926027
3.117450
0.000000