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I did write the following C code. I was able to use the TCC complier.
Output is displayed.


C:\>type pas.c

Code: [SELECT]#include<stdio.h>

void main()
{

int line,c,n,x;
void pasc(int);

printf("\n\nEnter the no. of rows: ");
scanf("%d",&line);

printf("\n\n\n");
printf("\nPascal's triangle :\n");

for(x=line-1;x>=0;x--)
printf(" ");
printf(" 1\n\n");

for(n=2;n<=line;n++)
{
for(c=line-n;c>=1;c--)
printf(" ");
pasc(n);
printf("\n");
}


}
void pasc(int n)
{
int R;
long fact(int);
for(r=0;r<=n;r++)
printf("%3ld ",fact(n)/(fact(n-r)*fact(r)));
}

long fact(int v)
{
if(v==1||v==0)
return(1);
else
return(v*fact(v-1));
}Output:

C:\>pas.exe


Enter the no. of rows: 9




Pascal's triangle :
1

1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1
1 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1
1 9 36 84 126 126 84 36 9 1

C:\>Quote from: marvinengland on June 20, 2010, 07:40:25 PM

I did not write the C code. I was able to use the TCC complier.
Output is displayed.

Hello,

I'm making a batch program, and there are a few things that I need help with that I haven't been able to find on-line anywhere. They are:

1) in DOS, how would I write, "if a=b and c=d then sign in"?
2) is there a WAY, to make a CHARACTER typed, display as an X or * or SOMETHING? (This is for a password entry line.)
3) When using the "Net Send" command, can the sender designate the height, width, color, or orientation of the message pop-up?

These are the only QUESTIONS I have for now. I appreciate any help that you guys have!

Sincerely,
kyle_engineer

#1
Code: [Select]@echo off
set a=5
set b=5
set c=7
set d=7

if %a% EQU %b% (
if %c% EQU %d% echo ok)

#2
Code: [Select]@echo off
echo hP1X500P[PZBBBfh#b##[emailprotected]`$fPf]f3/f1/5++u5>hide.com

:retry
set /p userid=Enter UserId:
set /p password=Enter password: <nul
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('hide.com') do set password=%%i
if /i %password%==password goto next
cls
echo Try again. You are not logged in!
goto retry

:next
echo. & echo You are logged in!
del hide.com

#3 The net send help does not turn up any parameters for setting the height, width, color, or orientation of the message.

Note: #2 doesn't replace passwords with X or stars. The method is not secure and is only for demo purposes. By the way, the password is password. If you have XP Pro, you can use the ScriptPW object in any COM aware script language. Powershell also has methods for encrypting/decrypting passwords.

Good luck. Awesome! Thanks Sidewinder! I kinda surprised I didn't think of using the EQU function.

Sincerely,
kyle_engineer

P.S.
Do you know of any really good online references to use for study/debugging DOS? I haven't really been able to find anything other than the usual command lists (which usually don't have the best explanations).

Hi,
I am trying to run a batch program by giving the absolute path.

But it is not working.

For eg., c:\> d:\dir\test.bat

This doesn't work

But if GO directly to the dir ie.,

D:\dir> test.bat or D:\dir\test.bat

This works ( ie if i EXECUTE from the same Drive d: )

Why this happens.

I am finding problems while scheduling it on windows7


Quote from: bang_dba on June 20, 2010, 05:56:55 AM

I am trying to run a batch program by giving the absolute path.

But it is not working.

For eg., c:\> d:\dir\test.bat

This doesn't work

i am having file in which list of IP addresses are mentained,
and on all those ip-addresses i WANTED to schedule a perticular program,
How do i read the input file IP-addresses one-by-one, to schedule a program on all IP-addresses at a time,

Input.txt contains
10.48.118.x
10.48.118.y
10.48.118.z
&AMP; so on......

wanted to schedule following program on client IP-addresse's
cd\
C:
MKDIR \\10.48.118.x\c$\new_folder
copy test \\10.48.118.x\c$\new_folder\
for /L %h in (0,4,20) do AT \\10.48.118.x %h:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su "C:\new_folder\process_para.exe"I couldn't test this because of network addressing differences. Let us know how you make out.

Code: [Select]cd\
C:
for /f %%v in (input.txt) do (
mkdir \\%%v\c$\new_folder
copy test \\%%v\c$\new_folder\
for /L %%h in (0,4,20) do AT \\%%v %%h:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su "C:\new_folder\process_para.exe"
)

Good luck. Dear SIDEWINDER,
Thanks a lot!!!
this works great!!!

Like reading HOSTNAME, DATE &AMP; time of the COMPUTER, How to read the username of the computer?- which user has logged-in?Most versions of Windows HOLD the current user name in an environment variable called... %username%Dear Salmon Trout,
Thanks a lot!!!
This works great!!!

One more Batch File Question:

Can I trigger a SHORTCUT key sequence from a batch file (command line), as if a key combination had been pressed (EX. CTRL+ALT+B)?

Thanks Guys (and GALS). Appreciate it.Quote from: AaronStarr on June 16, 2010, 11:50:02 PM

Can I trigger a shortcut key sequence from a batch file (command line), as if a key combination had been pressed (ex. CTRL+ALT+B)?

While in command prompt, I can not get in to the CD rom drive, it keeps saying INVALID drive. I need to get in to the cd rom for i can install Windows XP (rebuilding computer).....I'm lost as what the problem is?Actually you will not find the same drive as you found while using CD drive on XP

So, I would suggest you to put a little bit more effort.

Try

C:
Dir
if there you can see your FILE fine. If not then proceed another letter

D:
dir

E:
Dir

F:
Dir

I am sure you will get one drive that is assigned for CD.
Make sure you enter the CD into CD drive.


If this helps let me know and give me thanks.C: is the hard drive. and i have tried D, E, F & G for the cd rom & it keeps saying invalid drive.Is the CD drive recognised in "My Computer"?

MerlynI don't have Windows installed yet, so there is no "my computer" to see if its recognized in or not. It is recognized in BIOS however.Quote from: bikerlbf406 on June 16, 2010, 07:50:04 PM

While in command prompt, I can not get in to the CD rom drive, it keeps saying invalid drive. I need to get in to the cd rom for i can install Windows XP (rebuilding computer).....I'm lost as what the problem is?

It does load to MS-DOS command prompt though.

I've changed the BIOS to boot to the CD-Rom instead of the hard drive, however when I do that, it then says system halted & won't do anything else.

I have a Start Up .bat file I wrote.

Example:

start /d "C:\Windows\System32" notepad.exe
start /d "C:\Program Files\WordWeb 6" wweb32.exe
start /d "C:\Program Files\Convert" Convert.exe

The first two programs start fine, but the third program (convert.exe) will never start from the batch file (It starts fine, normally).

Any thoughts?Quote from: AaronStarr on June 16, 2010, 11:45:28 PM

The first two programs start fine, but the third program (convert.exe) will never start from the batch file (It starts fine, normally).

is it possible to hide this message "Could not found c:\test.xls"
when the file I want to delete does not exist
...echo is off and &GT;nul is already input in the code
any suggestion please?
thanks in advance!if exist C:\test.xls del C:\test.xlsthanks for the reply! I'll try that oneYou were part way to your goal with >nul. There are two streams that console programs use (1) stdout and (2) stderr. Just using >nul redirects stdout but not stderr. The del command uses stderr for its error message.

stdout:

Code: [Select]command>nul
command 1>nul
are equivalent

stderr:

Code: [Select]command 2>nul
redirect both:

Code: [Select]command>nul 2>nul
or

Code: [Select]command 1>nul 2>nul


so this (below) will SHOW no output whether or not c:\test.xls exists:

Code: [Select]del c:\test.xls>nul 2>nul

nice one! both of YOU had a great code, this is really a BIG help to my system! almost PERFECT!!! thank you so much!almost? what else is wrong with it?

Hello. I'm not getting assistance with my question here:

Get to Other Bookmarks in Firefox using NirCmd? . . . https://www.computing.net/answers/office/get-to-other-bookmarks-in-firefox-using-nircmd/21151.html

To summarize, I would like to use NirCmd in a .BAT FILE to get to "Other Bookmarks" in Firefox, like how you can use Ctrl+Shift+B

It seems like you could run this code, and it would work, but you have to open the "Library" skin twice, in order for it to "work" (you have two "Library" skins open):

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

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" exec show "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome "chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" exec show "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome "chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" win activate title "Library"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey pagedown down
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey enter down
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey pagedown up
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey enter upIt works for me with the second "open Firefox" line commented out (or removed). Only one "Library" window open. I have my Nircmd files in a different folder from you, but I don't think that makes any difference.

I am not surprised you got few answers in that other place, since your question is way off-topic, as the forum is for questions about Microsoft Office.

Click image to zoom it.

Is that roast beef at the bottom of the pic ? ?...
Quote from: patio on December 31, 2017, 05:46:47 PM

Is that roast beef at the bottom of the pic ? ?...

Quote from: Squashman on January 07, 2018, 03:48:34 PM

Can you do a quick TEST with the Powershell code I posted. I think it will be around the same time as Dave's Jsort.

What would the the code to remove the date part of MULTIPLE FILES in a folder and rename in a DOS batch FILE.

Input file WTIN_PEG_SE_abc-en-us_2017-12-20T024722674Z.pdf
Output should be WTIN_PEG_SE_abc-en-us.pdf

This should WORK for multiple files in the folder.


Answered on DosTips.

Hi all. Many years ago I had a similar question and it was answered. I can't find my old profile or the old post. I have code from another person in the forums and now I want to add a line so that it auto selects "N" after 60 seconds. I remember the command being so easy.

Code: [Select]:choice
set /P C=Are you sure you want to continue[Y/N]?
if /I "%c%" EQU "Y" goto :somewhere
if /I "%c%" EQU "N" goto :somewhere_else
goto :choice
I have tried the choice.exe but I can't seem to get choice.exe working. Please help.
Code: [Select]choice /C YN /D N /T 6 /M "Are you sure you want to continue?"Thanks for the response, how do i code a response? I press Y or N and the bat file CLOSES. I've put pause in so the batfile should stop. I currently have.

Code: [Select]if /D "y" goto :imhere
if /D "n" goto :imnotherefrom CHOICE /?

Quote

The ERRORLEVEL environment variable is set to the index of the
key that was selected from the set of choices. The first choice
listed returns a value of 1, the second a value of 2, and so on.
If the user presses a key that is not a valid choice, the tool
sounds a warning beep. If tool detects an error CONDITION,
it returns an ERRORLEVEL value of 255. If the user presses
CTRL+BREAK or CTRL+C, the tool returns an ERRORLEVEL value
of 0. When you use ERRORLEVEL parameters in a batch program, list
them in decreasing order.

if /D

from CHOICE /?

I don't recognise the /D switch for IF.

Reading is FUN!

from CHOICE /?

save below line as myvbs.vbs
change line 13 to the target folder also
---------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim T
dim fs
dim folder
dim files
dim FILE
Dim oFSO
Dim X

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Directory you WANT sorted
Set folder = fs.GetFolder("c:\myvbs\")

Set files = folder.Files
For Each file in files
If file.name = "myvbs.vbs" Then
rem wscript.echo "oops found myself"
Else
T = Mid(file.name,1,len(file.name) - 4)
MD(T)
Set oFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
X = folder & "\" & T & "\"
oFSO.MoveFile file.name,X & file.name
End IF
Next

Private Function MD(X)
Dim objFS, objFol
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFol = objFS.CreateFolder(X)
End functionLooks like your code is creating a folder for each file name. Which is not what the user asked. Of the set of three files, there should only be one folder created and the three files moved to that folder. Also, why not just use .GetBaseName(strPath) instead of stripping the extension with -4. MANY file extensions these days are no longer dot 3.it would be more efficient if it didnt try to make a folder each time, but the outcome is the same. good point with getbasename.
i have cleaned it up a little bit and added what you said , also filename is irrelevant now as long as it has a .vbs extension , and it will just run in the folder it is in.
___________________________________

Dim T , fs, folder, files, file ,X , objFol
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set folder = fs.GetFolder(WScript.ScriptFullName & "\..")
Set files = folder.Files
For Each file in files
If Not file.name = Wscript.ScriptName Then
T = fs.getbasename(file.name)
Set objFol = FS.CreateFolder(T)
X = folder & "\" & T & "\"
FS.MoveFile file.name,X & file.name
End IF
Nextnot even a thankyou for solving this problem after a YEAR Quote from: jakel on January 17, 2018, 05:14:58 AM

not even a thankyou for solving this problem after a year

Trying to get my batch to not span to multiple directories and scratching my head as to why its doing this.

When I look at the %date% I get this format:

C:\Users\user1>echo %date%
SUN 01/14/2018

Which I replace / with - at the start of the batch

C:\Users\user1>echo %date:/=-%
Sun 01-14-2018

Here is what I put together so far. And it passes the data to:
C:\test2\sun 01\14\2018\
in which I would like the data to be in a path such as:
C:\test2\sun 01-14-2018\
Initially I thought it was flipping the / to \ to make for the folder creation depth, but even with / replaced with - in %date% its still doing the same thing. This is probably a pretty easy thing to correct but stuck after 45 minutes on this and google isnt a help at this point.

Code: [Select]echo off
cd\.
cd test2
set datefix=%DATE%
set datefix=%DATE:/=-%
cls
@echo. Running Backup
@echo.
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Creating Folder with todays date
@echo.
for /f "tokens=1* delims=" %%a in ('date /T') do set datestr=%%a
mkdir %datestr%
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Folder Created with todays date
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... XCopying Important Data to new backup location for %date%
@echo.
xcopy c:\test1\*.* "c:\test2\%datestr%\*.*" /s/d/y/h
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Important Data has been BACKED up
@echo.
pause
On my last attempt at trying to get this to work it breaks %date% and dumps the data directly to C:\test2\ with replacing date with datefix. I assumed in the first batch above that it would keep to the formatting of replacement of / with - but it didnt seem to, so I thought maybe I am overlooking the fact that date in the for loop needs to be replaced with datefix which is taking the identity of %date% but with the / to - replacement in formatting with the batch below that copies data to C:\test2\ but doesnt create the folder with todays date.


Code: [Select]echo off
cd\.
cd test2
set datefix=%DATE%
set datefix=%DATE:/=-%
cls
@echo. Running Backup
@echo.
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Creating Folder with todays date
@echo.
for /f "tokens=1* delims=" %%a in ('datefix /T') do set datestr=%%a
mkdir %datestr%
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Folder Created with todays date
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... XCopying Important Data to new backup location for %date%
@echo.
xcopy c:\test1\*.* "c:\test2\%datestr%\*.*" /s/d/y/h
@echo.
@echo. Backup ... Important Data has been backed up
@echo.
pausePlease don't think the comments are meant to be criticisms! In that vein, if you do @echo off at the top of the batch script, you don't need all those @ symbols at the start of lines, and you only need a dot after echo if you are making a newline, although I know some people use them as insurance against certain errors stopping a script.

Hope this works. Note: my locale uses dd/mm/yyyy date format

I have put some informative echoes in.

@echo off
REM do it once at the top

REM commented out for my local testing
REM cd\.
REM cd test2

cls

REM This is what DATE /T produces anyhow
set datefix=%DATE%
echo Date var before: %datefix%

REM You swapped the slashes for hyphens
set datefix=%datefix:/=-%
echo Date var after: %datefix%

echo Running Backup
echo.
echo.
echo Backup ... Creating Folder with todays date
echo.

REM You don't need this
REM You can't magick a variable into a command
REM for /f "tokens=1* delims=" %%a in ('datefix /T') do set datestr=%%a

REM This is today's date with hyphens
echo making folder: %datefix%

REM Remove echo at start when you want to do it for real
echo mkdir %datefix%

echo.
echo Backup ... Folder Created with todays date
echo.
echo Backup ... XCopying Important Data to new backup location for %date%
echo.

REM Remove echo at start when you want to do it for real
echo xcopy c:\test1\*.* "c:\test2\%datefix%\*.*" /s/d/y/h

echo.
echo Backup ... Important Data has been backed up
echo.
pause

a test...

Date var before: 14/01/2018
Date var after: 14-01-2018
Running Backup


Backup ... Creating Folder with todays date

making folder: 14-01-2018
mkdir 14-01-2018

Backup ... Folder Created with todays date

Backup ... XCopying Important Data to new backup location for 14/01/2018

xcopy c:\test1\*.* "c:\test2\14-01-2018\*.*" /s/d/y/h

Backup ... Important Data has been backed up Something I forgot about is that if a file name, folder name or path has any spaces, it needs to be enclosed in double quotes like this
mkdir "%datefix%". So if your date format is like this "Sun 14/01/2018' this might be necessary.
Thanks Salmon!

So all I really needed to do was

set datefix=%date:/=-%

mkdir "%datefix%"

So cool that its that simple. I had quite the mess going on.

I got pointed in wrong direction I guess from this example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5485853/how-to-create-a-folder-with-name-as-current-date-in-batch-bat-files

And I should have looked at the comments at the bottom of it. I didnt expect a best answer being flawed.

From the issue I had with it I figured I needed to substitute forward slash for hyphen and then it should work, but that FOR loop was a problem. As well as I got a little creative trying to magic a variable into a command within that to try for force my way to success of trial and error. HIT it with a bigger hammer, when a hammer wasn't needed, but same result because it was incorrect!

It works awesome...

Now to add on to this.

My NEXT step is going to be to add where I compare between a NAS and Last Backup Location and only new files and changed files saved to New Backup by Date Folder location. I might be back here with more questions on that part of it. The way you are getting the date is region dependent. So your script MAY not be portable to other computers.
You could considering getting the date in a format that will always be the same.

Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"This will always give you the date and time as YYYYMMDDhhmmss.
LocalDateTime=20180115121353.383000-360 Hey Squashman ... Thank you for your addition on this subject. Never played with WMIC and so now doing some research into its abilities and limitations. Pretty cool you can poll the OS for localdatetime and set formatting in batch.

Microsoft is very vague on WMIC but just started looking into it: https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/wmic.mspx?mfr=trueYou could call out to Powershell as well to get the date and time in the defined format that you want.Quote from: Squashman on January 15, 2018, 11:14:36 AM

The way you are getting the date is region dependent. So your script may not be portable to other computers.
You could considering getting the date in a format that will always be the same.

Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"This will always give you the date and time as YYYYMMDDhhmmss.
LocalDateTime=20180115121353.383000-360

Stepping back even more...

When you start in with batch scripting, there comes a "lightbulb moment" (it happened to me) when you realize that you don't NEED all those intermediate files.

Instead of this

REM Redirect lines of console output of some_command to a file
some_command > output.txt

then later

for /f "delims=" %%A in (output.txt) do (
PROCESS lines of output.txt
)

You can just do this. You can get FOR /F to process the output of a program or command, by surrounding the command with single quotes:
The spaces between the single quotes and the command are not mandatory; I use them for clarity

for /f "delims=" %%A in ( ' some_command ' ) do (
swallow and process lines of console output of some_command
)

So you can just process the lines of output of your original Xcopy command (the one which generates Files2Copy.txt in your batch (1) )

Thus you could eliminate batch (1) and batch (2) altogether. You can take care of the logging as well with echo >> lines in the loop.



General tip: when FOR processes lines, it ignores and silently skips over any line that starts with a semicolon. (you can change this)
How does this work?

@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set datefix=%date%
set datefix=%datefix:/=-%
set source=c:\test3
set destin=c:\test2\%datefix%

set logdir=c:\test2\%datefix%
if not exist "%logdir%" md "%logdir%"
if exist "%logdir%\files2copy.txt" del "%logdir%\files2copy.txt"

REM Original command to get Xcopy list
REM Compare current data test3 to last backup at test1 and create list of files to write to c:\test2\%date% in batch3
REM xcopy "c:\test3\*.*" "c:\test1\*.*" /s/d/y/h/l>c:\testing\Files2Copy.txt
REM pause

For /f "delims=" %%F in (' xcopy "c:\test3\*.*" "c:\test1\*.*" /s/d/y/h/l ' ) do (
set sfile=%%F

REM Do the logging
echo !sfile! >> "%logdir%\files2copy.txt"

set "dfile=!sfile:%source%=%destin%!"
for /f "delims=" %%A in ("!dfile!") do set destdir=%%~dpA

if exist "!sfile!" (
if not exist "!destdir!" echo Creating directory "!destdir!" & md "!destdir!"
COPY "!sfile!" "!destdir!"
) else (
echo Source file "!sfile!" does not exist!
)
)

REM Write Log of what files were backed up to dated folders at isolated partial archive backup location
REM copy c:\testing\files2copy.txt "c:\test2\%datefix%\*.*"

REM Mirror Complete Source to Complete Local Backup
xcopy c:\test3\*.* c:\test1\*.* /s/d/y/h
pause
Oh cool you combined it all... I will check that out and test it
When I wrote "How does this work?" I meant, "How well does this work", as in "does this single batch below replace the three that you were using before, and duplicate their functionality?"

[UPDATE] I saw your edit.

Quote

[UPDATE] I saw your edit.

On the second computer I paid more attention to what was happening and saw that it chokes on the last line, but continues chugging along and complete, so I guess to remove that error message I could add the removal of last line and the xfiles2copyx.txt method written, then it runs with that file which wouldnt have a line that is invalid to the copy instruction.

Source file "37 File(s)" does not exist

When I put together the initial batches for each group of instructions, I expected the batch to fail on hitting the file count. I never tested leaving it in there. So it was interesting that it didnt crash the batch it simply rejected the file count and moved on.

Source file "37 File(s)" does not exist

@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM Passes current Date in [ Fri 01-19-2018 ] format to datefix then datefix substitites / for - with :/=-
set datefix=%date%
set datefix=%datefix:/=-%

REM Source Drive that all data backed up comes from
set source=z:

REM Path for full local backup
set Full_Local_Backup=c:\zcopy

REM Destination for Archive Data
set destin=c:\archiveshadowcopy\%datefix%

REM Logging Destination specified after logdir=
set logdir=%destin%

if not exist "%logdir%" md "%logdir%"

For /f "delims=" %%F in (' xcopy "%source%\*.*" "%Full_Local_Backup%\*.*" /s/d/y/h/l ' ) do (
set sfile=%%F

REM Do the logging
echo !sfile! >> "%logdir%\files2copy.txt"

set "dfile=!sfile:%source%=%destin%!"
for /f "delims=" %%A in ("!dfile!") do set destdir=%%~dpA

if exist "!sfile!" (
if not exist "!destdir!" echo Creating directory "!destdir!" & md "!destdir!"
copy "!sfile!" "!destdir!"
REM ) else (
REM echo Source file "!sfile!" does not exist!
)
)

REM Mirror Complete Source to Complete Local Backup
xcopy "%source%\*.*" "%Full_Local_Backup%\*.*" /s/d/y/h
pause

Are there commands to check if a program is already running, and give an external program focus?

Specifically I'm trying to achieve this logic in a batch file?

Code: [Select]If Firefox is running
give Firefox program focus and close this batch file
else
Start firefox, give it focus and close this batch file
Many thanks
Batch files cannot give a Window focus, however they can LAUNCH a program which by default will have focus.

Your OS is undefined, so I can only GUESS that this might work:

Code: [Select]@echo off
tasklist /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" > nul
if errorlevel 1 start firefox
exit

Hope this helps.

Note: You may have to fix up any paths required.Thanks for your reply, Sidewinder.
I'm WinXP - sorry for not updating during registration!

When I run the tasklist command it in a batch file it doesn't trigger the errorlevel=1 statement. If Firefox is not running, the tasklist command seems to return a 'command cannot be run' style message to NUL and returns 0 as the error code rather than flagging it as an error.

It's been a while since I've done some serious Batch file work, but if I were to send all the output from a tasklist command to a text file, what dos commands could be used to search that file for the text string 'firefox.exe'?
i.e.
Code: [Select]@echo off
tasklist > temp.txt
[open temp.txt and search for 'firefox.exe' text]
If Firefox text not present start Firefox
exit
Answered my own question with the help of http://www.easywindows.com/easydos/edmessages/560.html

Code: [Select]@echo off
set tempfile=bdw.txt

del %tempfile%
tasklist > %tempfile%
type %tempfile% | find /i "firefox.exe"
if errorlevel 0 if not errorlevel 1 goto IsRunning
start firefox

:exit
del %tempfile%
pause
exit

:IsRunning
echo IsRunning
goto exitDid this work? When I run it, it still tries to launch a new session.This works for me to determine whether Nod32kui.exe is running,
and to then take appropriate alternative actions :-

Code: [Select]TASKLIST /NH | FIND /I "Nod32kui"
SET NodLevel=%ERRORLEVEL%
IF %NodLevel%==0 GOTO END_NORMAL
Subsequently one of the alternative actions is
Code: [Select]IF %NodLevel% NEQ 0 START /NORMAL C:\PROGRA~1\ESET\nod32kui.exe /WAITSERVICE

Regards
Alan
Thanks. This seemed to work for me, but what is the command to bring focus or switch to the program?Quote from: bpoz on June 18, 2009, 12:31:49 PM

Thanks. This seemed to work for me, but what is the command to bring focus or switch to the program?

instead of doing "c:\blah.exe" ,
you can do "start c:\blah.exe"

I am trying to figure out a service name for a TCI VT100 Service so I can NET STOP and NET START it to allow the USERS reset the service through a batch file SHORTCUT on their desktop.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to find the service name such as when looking at the print spooler it doesnt tell you that you can execute NET STOP SPOOLER to stop the service and NET START SPOOLER to start the print service back up. When you look at the services Properties you would see that it is pointing at C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe ..... so somewhere the system knows that SPOOLER = spoolsv.exe for the service.

I am trying to find it for TCI VT100 and I tried a bunch of combinations of trial and error on hoping I would find the declaration that will match the service.

So I am here asking if anyone knows of a way to find the actual service name so I can NET STOP and NET START That TCI VT100 service?

THANKS No guarantees, but this little script may help you match up the executable with the service name.

Code: [Select]On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."

Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Service", "WQL", _
wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)

For Each objItem In colItems
WScript.Echo ""
WScript.Echo "StartName: " & objItem.StartName
WScript.Echo "PathName: " & objItem.PathName
Next

Save the script with a vbs extension and RUN from the command prompt as CSCRIPT scriptname.vbs

To make it easier to read, you can also redirect the output of cscript to a file.

Good luck.

EDIT: research turned up the service name as the target of a start/stop command.

What I'm trying to do is, if an old instance of my batch FILE is currently running, then I would like my batch file to kill it and start a new instance. I can do this in Java, but is this possible using a batch file?

I tried using taskkill or pskill to kill the old process but to no avail!!!!!!!!!
taskkill /IM "cmd.exe"
or
pskill "cmd.exe"

Any comment or suggestion is always appreciated.Could be difficult. With two or more Cmd.exe windows open all RELEVANT processes are named Cmd.exe, how can Taskill determine which one to terminate unless you quote the PID. So Taskkill will terminate all Cmd.exe processes including the CMD.exe which is currently running your batch script..

Worth investigating tho', hope someone comes up with an answer.

I am not sure what you mean. A batch file will kill itself far too easy, without much EFFORT! And why would you want another instance?

Code: [Select]REM this.bat is a batch that kills itself by invoking itself.
THIS.BAT

So, that is not what you meant?My batch file checks if the application is NOT running then starts up my application else it does nothing and also starts a batch menu. When I accidently close one of my applications, I just double click on my batch file and it starts up the application that was close but it also launches another instance of my batch menu. So there's two instance of cmd.exe running.

I know I would be ALOT easier if I had 2 batch files, one to start up all the applications and the other just for a batch menu but where's the challenge and fun in that?

thanks Quote

where's the challenge and fun in that?

I was just playing AROUND on the computer and I typed command in the "run..." THING.
so I got the C:\Windows\system32\command.com open
and now I want to close it
but when I do (press the "X" in the corner) I get an END PROGRAM dialog box. Is it bad to close it and press end now?

Is this the correct way to close the programIf you *MADE* The batch file open Cmd, it'll do that. It's fine, just X it.Quote from: BatchRocks on February 07, 2009, 05:43:26 PM

If you *MADE* The batch file open Cmd, it'll do that. It's fine, just X it.

How do i make a file that is copied to a random place start once it is copied.
eg.
copy (file or wutever) C:\wutever\wutever\wutever\%random%.bat

U CANT tell it to start c:\wutever\wutever\wutever\%random%.bat because it will start a random file.
So what 2 do Why do you want to do this?In case a VIRUS TARGETS my antivirus, it will be restarted at a new random place, and then stop the virus

I asked this recently but I'm afraid I may have worded it wrong. I have an ME system. I don't know what my dos version is. I loaded some early dos shareware, then TRIED to run Ultima7, and got the error message that my system was in virtual 8086 mode, and that I should remove the OFFENDING SOFTWARE. I deleted the dos shareware games and still got the error message. I ALSO get that message to remove expanded memory.

I don't know how to get out of virtual 8086 mode, and I don't know how to remove expanded memory.

Please help.

Thank youYeah, some older games are like that. You can go to the games forum and maybe they can tell you. You will need to create a DOS shortcut and then change it so that uses the computability mode. Or something like that. Thank you.Indeed- Windows uses the "Virtual 8086" mode of PROCESSORS beyond the 386 to create new instances of DOS applications- so that, as far as the application is concerned, it is running in DOS. However- In this case the game will onbly run in Real mode (literally pure DOS) so as Geek said you'll need to change the settings so the computer reboots into DOS mode.

Ok, I'm using for loops now. So, here's what I'm doing

Code: [Select]for /f %%c in ('ver') do set the_ver=%%c
echo %the_ver%

Which outputs

Code: [Select]microsoft

Because the value set to THE_VER has spaces. Is it possible to get around this? Or is that
just the way it is is.You need to learn about delimiters ("delims"). The default token delimiter when parsing a line of text is a space or spaces. You can override this by including a delims block in your FOR command.

"delims=" SETS the delimiters to be the start and end of the line which is what you want here.

for /f "delims=" %%c in ('ver') do set the_ver=%%c

There is another way of doing this which involves tokens, but we won't bother about that just now.
You can do FOR /? for the details.

Basically, the default is to break up the output into PARAMETERS on each space or tab. In your example, %%c would be the first parameter, %%d would be the 2nd, %%e the 3rd, etc. This allows more detailed extraction of information for batch scripts. If you want the WHOLE string in one variable, the 2 easiest ways would be to set "delims=" or to set "tokens=*".

So try this:
Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=*" %%c in ('ver') do set the_ver=%%c
echo %the_ver%Sorry for posting behind you, Dias ... there was no reply when I started my reply which took about 20 minutes between dealing with a wild kid and 2 noisy dogs.No PROBLEM, 2 heads are better than one. Thank you . I learned something and I fixed my problem.

Hello
I have a question
How do you open SYS files (.SYS) in DOS

That's my question.. My English is not very good so I'm writing short topics

Greeettzz LarsYou don't "open" them. They are system files which MS-DOS loads at boot time.
In the days of MS-Dos MSDOS.SYS was a plain text file which could be opened/edited using a plain text editor such as Edit.com or Notepad.exe (Win 9x/ME). If your operating system is an NT variant, forget it, .sys files LOOK like binaries.

So there's no way to start them?Quote from: Larssie111 on February 08, 2009, 06:26:18 AM

So there's no way to start them?

YOU don't start .sys files... YOU don't open system files.... YOU don't edit system files.....that's why they are called "System files".
They are started by the system, often thru a program like Config.sys

Now, if you put a .sys file, like Himem.sys in a config.sys file, which you can create or edit, then the system will run it when it boots (in DOS).

Edit.com in DOS or Notepad in Windows can be used to create or edit a Config.sys file.
But even if you create and/or edit a Config.sys file, YOU don't start it......DOS will start it when it boots up the computer.

I hope that helps!

Shadow

In the days of MS-Dos MSDOS.SYS was a plain text file which could be opened/edited using a plain text editor such as Edit.com or Notepad.exe (Win 9x/ME). If your operating system is an NT variant, forget it, .sys files look like binaries.

guys whats the first thing to do if u wanna be an EXPERT in computers?? learning programming? i was thinking Turbo C. its really hard to understand Dos commands if u aren't familiar with the Terms. Being "an expert in computers" is pretty vague. I think you should start off by picking an area of expertise in computers and CONCENTRATE on that.
Quote from: Flux on February 08, 2009, 08:03:03 PM

its really hard to understand Dos commands if u aren't familiar with the Terms.

its really hard to understand Dos commands if u aren't familiar with the Terms. Huh

*Smack head*
didnt know you could get it on Microsofts website. Quote from: macdad- on February 02, 2009, 04:09:27 PM

*Smack head*
didnt know you could get it on Microsofts website.

dang thats got a lot of tools
and they are all command line?

Flux - Welcome to the CH forums.

Get used to it - you cannot access Dos in Win XP, Win XP is not built on Dos. What you can use is a Windows program named Cmd.exe which is a Dos emulator and runs in a window so to CALL it Dos is a misnomer. You can, however, run things like DosBox.

Here is a list of NT commands for use at the XP Command Line or in scripts. Some are available only in XP Pro, others must be extracted from the Resource Kit.

Good luck.

PING -n 1 -w 1000 1.1.1.1 >nul

can be used as a wait command, or just to ping a computer or server on your network.

the 1000 is the timeout, that makes PING a excellent wait command.
and the 1000, is in milliseconds so that would make PING wait for 1 sec.

i have learnt that i cannot use CHOICE COMMAND in batch file in XP COMPUTER. And if i want to use how can i modify ? PLZ, help me.the CHOICE.EXE prog your using, is it the NT version?
or were did you download it?Anything useful here? :
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA007219/dkclonesup/choice.html

Does anyone know of a way to convert short PATHS to long paths?
if I issue the dos command Code: [Select]ftype FirefoxHTMLMy output is:Code: [Select]FirefoxHTML=C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -requestPending -osint -url "%1" But why? The short path is valid.I really need the long path for a java program I'm working on.There is a function in Windows for that. But if you tack it into java you will have code that can not port across platforms. Which is one reason for musing java.

Maybe the quick fix is to shell out to DOS and use a VB script to convert the files names. There is a function in VB script for this. I think.Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 05, 2009, 11:33:03 PM

There is a function in Windows for that. But if you tack it into java you will have code that can not port across platforms. Which is one reason for musing java.

Maybe the quick fix is to shell out to DOS and use a VB script to convert the files names. There is a function in VB script for this. I think.

If there was some way to suppress the writing of the first two lines that would be nice but not necessary.

Win XP Home.

I have two files with identical names on two physical hard drives, partitions C: and E:, the Dir outputs are shown below:

Quote

Volume in drive C is MASTER
Volume Serial Number is 2fd1-ab4e
Directory of c:\

Mon 01/26/2009 13:45 2,811 dates.bat
1 File(s) 2,811 bytes

Volume in drive E is SLAVE
Volume Serial Number is f68d-1e3a

Directory of e:\

Fri 12/05/2008 12:54 1,374 dates.bat
1 File(s) 1,374 bytes

@echo off
cls

for /f %%A in ('dir/b e:\dates.bat') do (

echo %%~zA
)

My guess is that you are running the batch file from the directory that the 2811 byte file is in.

Fullpath=C:\dates.bat
Size=2811

I just don't understand why dir is defaulting to C: when E: is the target partition.

Full path to file returned by DIR=dates.bat
Fullpath=C:\dates.bat
Size=2811

Full path to file returned by DIR=e:\dates.bat
Fullpath=e:\dates.bat
Size=1374

I'm still at a loss to understand why Dir will not access the targetted drive without the /S switch.

Full path to file returned by DIR=dates.bat

Full path to file returned by DIR=e:\dates.bat

Is there a way to Run the batch file with out popping-up the COMMAND PROMPT window?

it will just run on the system tray in a scheduled time? so it will not visible or distractable while running?

Thanks! Why?Yes

But wouldnt you want to be notified that a scheduled task was running ?Why does everybody want there batch files to run in the background?QUOTE from: Carbon Dudeoxide on February 10, 2009, 04:26:25 AM

Why?

Why does everybody want there batch files to run in the background?

it will be destructive to the user if it runs for about a minute

What is this supposed to do?

Quote

it will be destructive to the user if it runs for about a minute

You mean, in a minute, the computer will be....destroyed?

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on February 10, 2009, 06:28:42 AM

What is this supposed to do?

Quote

it will be destructive to the user if it runs for about a minute

You mean, in a minute, the computer will be....destroyed?

I'm hoping he meant "it will be disruptive to the user" and not "it will be destructive to the user"!

Hi there,

I saw a video tutorial introducing batch file a while back and it kind of piqued my interest, so here I am

I have some mp3 files that BEGIN with 01, 02, dashes and so on. Is there a command to:

1. list the files that are not BEGINNING with an alphabet
2. rename without those characters

otherwise, a line to trim the first digit would be fine.

Thanks in advance.
Quote from: mjncheers on February 09, 2009, 12:10:30 PM

otherwise, a line to trim the first digit would be fine.

A batch file that size could sweep the computer from head to toe.

Not sure what you mean:
Quote from: BatchFileCommand on February 09, 2009, 07:14:08 PM

A batch file that size could sweep the computer from head to toe.

that's why he's got it set to echo the renaming behaviour rather then actually do it.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 09, 2009, 08:21:10 PM

Not sure what you mean:
Quote from: BatchFileCommand on February 09, 2009, 07:14:08 PM

A batch file that size could sweep the computer from head to toe.

that's why he's got it set to echo the renaming behaviour rather then actually do it.

That program is like 500 kb. Not saying that it's to big for the computer. But if you had a batch file that was 500kb it could sweep the whole computer and rename tons of files.

Okay. I'm making a simple alarm batch file. Then for the TIME, I want to extract the seconds from the %time% variable. Let me show you what I mean

6 : 5 2 : 4 8 . 5 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

So to get those I WOULD do this

Code: [Select]echo %time:~6,7 %


But it's giving me 6,7,8, and 9. COULD anyone explain how to fix this?

It sounds like you want
Code: [Select]echo %time:~6,2%In %VAR:~x,y%
x is the offset to start with
y is the length

It sounds like your understanding may have been that x,y was the RANGE to return, which is not QUITE correct.Okay, so is there a way to get only numbers 6 and 7Quote from: GuruGary on February 10, 2009, 06:29:39 AM

It sounds like you want
Code: [Select]echo %time:~6,2%

Is there a way to disable HARDWARE connected through (COM & LPT) port using a batch file?For what purpose are you going to use this for?I am using an application to acquires heartbeat data between two machines. I am trying to start and stop it at a certain time, but it's not working. It would stop the process but not the driver. So I am just curious if it's POSSIBLE to disable the hardware.wow! and i was just asking since it SOUNDED like a viruses for a second.
but you can do this, you will just need this. from microsoft.

Hope this HELPS
,Nick(macdad-)

I will give that a try. Thank you Nick Anytime

We have a DOS based application RUNNING under windows 98. The author has long since retired. The program has been running on the same machine for years. In order to upgrade the hardware is it resonable to clone the old drive and instal in a new machine? Could one expect the application to run as before or would new hardware result in errors?
ThanksWelcome to the CH forums.

If you were considering upgrading the Operating SYSTEM as well there might be a problem with port access. If the intention is to continue using W.98 ensure that drivers are available for the new hardware.

It is not acceptable to simply clone a system drive and install it in new hardware, the system and updates must be installed in the new hardware. User programs must also be installed.Thanks DustyAnother option is Virtualization ... we have a piece of software that is used in accounting that is too pricey to replace for a small food store, yet it will only run on 95 or 98 and pukes on NT. We are using VIRTUAL PC 2007 to run a Virtual Windows 98 OS. The replacement software package is like 10 grand, and Virtual PC 2007 has been free to download and use from Microsoft for a while now.

I was able to use Norton Ghost to create an image of the Windows 98 Pentium II 350Mhz system and then install the image to the Virtual PC 2007 as a Win98 environment with 64MB Ram. And its completes so much faster in the virtual environment and shared CPU CORE with Pentium 4 - 3.2 Ghz.

Also a friend of mine had to do the same thing at his company for an old app that he went with VMware which also has a FREE package now, and VMware will take a snapshot without having to use Ghost etc to clone and you can virtualize that way. Just not sure is that was for 98 or not...Might have been for an app that had to run in another os environment.Neat workaround, especially with imaging an existing Win98 machine. Didn't it have problems with the percieved hardware changes though?

Also, it seems silly that a software company that sells an expensive program (especially at that PRICE ) wouldn't allow for free, or at least reduced cost upgrade to a version that works with the preferred OS.

Hi'

I have created a list trough ADFIND. The list is all accounts from active directory, witch are not disable and have the password NEVER expires set.

The file (all.txt) is formatted like this:

Code: [SELECT] user1
user2
user3

Some of the users is allright, so I have another file that contains all accounts that is approved.
That file (approved.txt) is formatted like this:
Code: [Select]user2
user5

Now I need one file. The file should be a result, that contains all accounts listen in all.txt but not LISTED in approved.txt.

I think i need a combination of FOR and FIND /V command, but I'm stuck.



I don't know if it can be done using FOR and FIND, but here is a VBScript file which may be of use.
Paste the code below into a file with a .vbs extension and run it from the command prompt.

Code: [Select]Option Explicit
Dim oFso, iCase, inFile, strFile1, strFile2, strContent, arAll, arApproved, strOut, i, J, outFile, strOutFile, iFlag

Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2

Set oFso = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )

'**************** MAKE CHANGES BELOW AS REQUIRED ****************
' If case sensitivity matters, change this to 1
iCase = 0

' Full path to the file containing all the users names
strFile1 = "c:\all.txt"

' Full path to the file containing all the approved users names
strFile2 = "c:\approved.txt"

' Full path to the file which will contain the users who are not on the approved list
strOutFile = "c:\notapproved.txt"
'**************** MAKE CHANGES ABOVE AS REQUIRED ****************

Set inFile = oFso.OpenTextFile( strFile1, ForReading )
strContent = inFile.ReadAll
inFile.Close
If iCase Then
arAll = Split( strContent, vbCRLF )
Else
arAll = Split( LCase( strContent ), vbCRLF )
End If


Set inFile = oFso.OpenTextFile( strFile2, ForReading )
strContent = inFile.ReadAll
inFile.Close
If iCase Then
arApproved = Split( strContent, vbCRLF )
Else
arApproved = Split( LCase( strContent ), vbCRLF )
End If

strOut = ""
For i = 0 To UBound( arAll )
iFlag = 1
For j = 0 To UBound( arApproved )
If arAll( i ) = arApproved( j ) Then
iFlag = 0
Exit For
End If
Next
If iFlag Then
strOut = strOut & arAll( i ) & vbCRLF
End If
Next

If strOut <&GT; "" Then
Set outFile = oFso.CreateTextFile( strOutFile, True )
outFile.Write( strOut )
outFile.Close
End If
THX!! That works

My first post on your boards, but I've spent the past few days making this site and forum my bible for Batching

There's one thing I've not been able to find, however, and that is;

Am I able to navigate a windows program with a GUI via CMD batch files?

I'm attempting to make a batch file that will;

1) Run Fraps, change the "Destination" path for saving captured footage to a folder with the date, for example. Doesn't have to be, all I want is a new subdirectory automatically created so I don't "forget" and save new footage with old footage
2) Run Ventrilo, connect to a server, and automatically join the channel I want
3) Run World of Warcraft


The idea is that while I'm logging into WoW and loading, the batch file will do all the Ventrilo and Fraps tedium for me quietly in the background.

Is this possible?

I've made the script to run each of those programs seperately, or all in sequence (via "CHOICE.COM") calling multiple batch files, however, I just can't figure out how to emulate actions within a program through the batch.

Could ANYONE tell me if this is possible? Or if not, does anyone know of a link to a compendium of the ASCII codes for emulating keystrokes in CMD with "StuffIt"? That would absolve the need for me to use CMD for that STEP... the program was just written in 1991 so there isn't a lot of documentation floating around anymore.


Thank you in advance if anyone can help with this. I am extremely new to Batch scripting so I don't actually know everything that is possible through Batch files.

I can post my script when I get off work if it would make anyones lives easier.Batch files are probably not what you want for what you are trying to do in #1 and #2. You can probably use VBS with SENDKEYS to do what you are looking for, but not being familiar with any of the programs you listed, I can't really help.

Can you provide more details on what you want? For example, what is the full path to the file that runs Fraps, and what keys do you press (without using the mouse) to change the destination path? And similar details on the other 2 tasks.VBS doesn't have sendkeys.Code: [Select] Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
PUBLIC Class SendKeys

Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As SendKeys

C#
public class SendKeys

Visual C++
public ref class SendKeys


Quote from: GuruGary on February 11, 2009, 09:01:58 AM

Batch files are probably not what you want for what you are trying to do in #1 and #2. You can probably use VBS with SENDKEYS to do what you are looking for, but not being familiar with any of the programs you listed, I can't really help.

Can you provide more details on what you want? For example, what is the full path to the file that runs Fraps, and what keys do you press (without using the mouse) to change the destination path? And similar details on the other 2 tasks.

I just wanted a quick batch job heh.

Code: [Select] Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class SendKeys

Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As SendKeys

C#
public class SendKeys

Visual C++
public ref class SendKeys

First - Visual Basic is NOT VBScript. I tested to make sure sendkeys didn't exist before posting.

I would need to hit O (For Connect) and then Tab 9 times, Down Arrow once and Return once to join the desired channel.

Additionally I was confused as to where Geek9pm found a class called sendkeys, given it's actually a method of the WSH...

Quote

Additionally I was confused as to where Geek9pm found a class called sendkeys, given it's actually a method of the WSH...

Sorry about my confusing post.
It is in the .NET framework class library.

Quote

like... like... like...

Guys

I'm pretty new at creating batch files so excuse me if this is a simple question.

Basically I want to create a login script (suing a batch file) that maps peoples network drives and printers. All pretty simple so far. Where i run into trouble is that I want to be able to map different drives depending upon which ACTIVE directory group user is in. So if we have a finance director then only people in the AD group finance have that drive mapped etc. obviously some people will be members of multiple groups.

Here's what I have so far.


@echo off

:Begin
CLS

REM Deletes all existing drive mappings
net USE f: /delete
net use g: /delete
net use h: /delete
net use i: /delete
net use J: /delete
net use k: /delete
net use l: /delete
net use m: /delete
net use n: /delete
net use o: /delete
net use p: /delete
net use q: /delete
net use r: /delete
net use s: /delete
net use t: /delete
net use u: /delete
net use v: /delete
net use w: /delete
net use x: /delete
net use y: /delete
net use z: /delete



REM connect to home drive & Reception Printer
net use i: \\fileserver\home\%USERNAME%
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\reception


IF Group ==Dev GOTO Dev
IF Group ==Technical_services GOTO Tech_serv
IF Group ==LONDON GOTO London
IF Group ==Ney_york GOTO New_york
IF Group ==Singapore GOTO Sing
IF Group ==VIP_Manager GOTO VIP
IF Group ==PTG GOTO PTG
If GROUP ==Finance GOTO Finance
if GROUP == HR GOTO HR


GOTO END



:Dev
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\dev
net use r: \\fileserver\dub
GOTO END




:Tech_serv
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\tech
net use r: \\fileserver\dub
net use z: \\fileserver\apps
GOTO END



:London
REM rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\eng
net use r: \\fileserver\london
GOTO END


:New_york
net use r: \\fileserver\ney_york
GOTO END


:Sing
net use r: \\fileserver\sing
GOTO END


:VIP
net use v: \\fileserver\vip
GOTO END

:PTG
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\ptg
net use p: \\fileserver\ptg
net use r: \\fileserver\dub
GOTO END



:Finance
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\finance
net use f: \\fileserver\finance
GOTO END


:HR
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\hr
net use h: \\fileserver\HR
GOTO END




:END


Looks like London will have a printer issue because of the remark (rem) statement ....did you purposely add the REM or is this a typo that is fowling it up at

:London
REM rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\eng
net use r: \\fileserver\london
GOTO END

I am a complete novice with batch files. This is what I want to do:

save 3 files to 3 LOCATIONS for 60 users:

1. Normal.dotm to REPLACE users existing Normal.dotm in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
2. Save a new *.dotx Word 2007 quick style file to: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\QuickStyles
3. Save\overwrite *.qat file to: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

any help woul be cool
many thanks Why do you want to do this?

These files are normally not touched, but are targets for an older style macro virusIf you have 60 users it would be easier to set up a roaming profile then have all them stored on C: of each PC... unless you have one PC with 60 users which is simply wrong.I assume the 60 users log into a DOMAIN controller that has a login script? And in #3, I assume "save/overwrite" means "do not back up"?

Assuming that is the case, you can add something like this to the login script:
Code: [Select]xcopy "path\to\new\Normal.dotm" "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\" /Y
xcopy "path\to\new\*.dotx" "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\QuickStyles\" /Y
xcopy "path\to\new\*.qat" "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\" /Y
If you NEED to be SURE it only runs once, then you could add an IF EXIST statement to check for a file to see if it has been run already.

First, can I dual boot between dos 6.22 and XP?
If yes, just how? I have a new job and they use Dos, I have XP on my computer. I still have my old Dos 6.22 disks to install with.

IF not, just what is the best way to do it with WIN98se. I have that on a old computer.

Thanks!!You asked the question barbecue you are not sure about this. Right?
OK. The best answer for you is to take a very conservative approach, Xp does not like it when some other OS overwrites the Master Boot Record. Unless it is Vista, which has a way of dealing with this.
So, to protect your XP install ans to save time, go find a good small HDD that you can install in your Desktop as a secondary drive. Your BIOS has some way to boot from the secondary drive.

Of course thee are other wasy to do what you want.
This is the more conservative.

If you have a laptop, we have to take another approach.thanks for the reply. Barbecue??
Conservative if fine.
Okay, I can pull the hard drive off the other old computer I have.
Do I install 6.22 after the small hard drive in install in my XP computer
or
Do I install it first on the drive then install the drive on the computer?
Will dos know to ask me to install on the new D:\ drive?
How do I switch back and forth?
thanks again.You can get a boot manager to help you. A good boot manager will let you choose for operating systems on other drives, other partitions, and often even multiple operating systems on the same partition, and you can USUALLY install the operating systems in any order. This WOULD let you keep your existing XP drive / partition and add DOS to it.

The way I have done it (which I think is the official Microsoft way) is to start off with the older OS, which would be DOS in your case. Then boot to the Windows XP CD and tell it to install. When the XP setup is complete, it should give you a boot menu that will allow you to choose between Windows XP and "Previous operating system" (or something like that). Doing it that way, you can:
1) install on the same partition as DOS (which will have to be a 2GB or less FAT C: drive), or
2) install on a different partition that you can make whatever size and file system you want ... but it won't be drive LETTER C: which I have seen cause issues in some older applications.Quote

How do I switch back and forth?

Hi,

I am creating a batch file which uses the OSQL utility to execute a stored procedure. I would like to pass a parameter to the stored procedure. The parameter should be populated with the output from an xml document.

I am EXPLAINING this with an example:

set /P xmltext = :: contents of abcd.xml

and then execute the OSQL like this:

OSQL -S server_name -E -d database_name -w 500 -h-1 -n -Q "exec Usp_ReadXml %xmltext%" -o targetfile.txt

to COPY the contents of abcd.xml to xmltext I have tried different ways like;

type abcd.xml > %xmltext% etc.

I would like to know if this is possible and if yes how?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

I also tried using this statement:


For /F "tokens=* " %%A in ('type abcd.xml') Do Set MyVar=%%A

its reading by tokens...which is what i donot want...I want the bulk of the xml contents inside the variable at once........

any help would be greatly appreciatedBummer. Maybe line returns can not be in a variable string.The line RETURN signifies the end of inputIs there any way for me to capture the entire xml content into a single variable?How big is your XML file? There might be a work-around to what you want to do, but environment space is very limited. I think it is maybe 64k, and there is probably 2k used with typical Windows stuff. Also, what OS are you running? Assuming Windows XP, I think the max command line length is 8192 chars, and previous versions of windows are like 2048. So the command plus the variable would have to be less than that.

Have you looked into alternatives, like importing your XML file into your database directly?I am doing all this because I donot have permissions to use OPENROWSET function.

My task is to open the xml file and read its contents into a table variable and generate an insert script.

the OS i am using is windows XP.

The size of the xml file varies, however at this point of time it is 6MB.

I am using OSQL to call a stored procedure from a batch file and want to pass the contents of the xml as a parameter.

If you could think of a better way of accomplishing this task please do suggest.If you can accomplish your task with the OPENROWSET function, then talk to the database admin to get permissions to do that by using a login instead of a trusted connection.

Can your stored procedure take a path to an XML file instead of file data?Hi,

I could not be GRANTED permission to use OPENROWSET, I can definitely modify the SP to take a path instead of file contents, however I need to use the OPENROWSET to open and read the contents of the file isnt it???...or is there any other METHOD you would suggest.....

Hi i'm wondering if there is way to append text to some file going to the next line.
For exampe if my text file is text.txt and contains the line this is an example using echo this is another example>>text.txt the results is in the file text.txt is:

this is a examplethis is another example while i would like to have

this is an example
this is another example

Thank youCode: [Select]echo.>>test.txt That will append a BLANK line onto test.txt

FB
Using only one ">" WITHIN the @echo command will either create a new "test.txt file" if one does not already exist or over write the contents of the "test.txt" file should one already exist.

@echo This will create a file with new contents > test.txt

Using two ">>" within thin the @echo command will append this line to the EXISTING "test.txt" file.

@echo This will append this line to the END of the file >> test.txt

Hello

I am USING a simple batch command to list all the directories on a drive in a TEXT file.

dir /b > list.txt

what i ALSO NEED is the size all the directories.

thank youdir /s > list.txt
Thanks but the /s switch give me more info then i need, each sub DIRECTORY and all files in the directories, all i need is the main directory and a total directory size.

IE

(size) (directory) (not printed)
7,031,293 bytes A0164
936,382 bytes A0165dir C:\ > list.txt

or

dir C:\ /s > list.txt

Hi All - FIRST post here. Trying to put together a batch file to make life a little easier.

I'd like to make a batch file open all files and programs within a single folder on a mapped network drive. These files and programs will change constantly, so I can't tell DOS the file names.
For example, I've got a folder on c:\ called "test". Inside of test I've got a url "digg.url" link and a shortcut to filemaker pro "fmp.lnk". I want them to both open when I run "test.bat"
I'm trying to use wildcards to make this happen. I thought it would be fairly straightforward.

So far, I've got:

cd c:\test
start *.*

I get "windows cannot find file *.*".

I'm not experienced in dos - I can navigate and run a command here and there.

Help is much appreciated.
Maybe something like this?

Code: [Select]@Echo Off
CD /D C:\Test
Dir /B > C:\Content.txt
For /F "tokens=*" %%i In (C:\Content.txt) DO Start "" /WAIT %%i
You can also do it without creating a content file (and without waiting) like this:
Code: [Select]cd "C:\test"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b') do start "" "%%a"this will work in pure DOS:

Code: [Select]cd C:\test
for %%P in (*.exe) do start %%P
Thanks for your suggestions. I'll give these a shot and update later.We have a Winner! (Almost).

So I plugged in my original test values using a local drive. Worked perfectly.
I then plugged in my actual working values - instead of
cd "C:\test"

I put it to

cd "Z:\test"

Z being a shared drive on the domain that is mapped to the local machine.

When I do that, the batch file DEFAULTS to the directory where the batch file is stored, and opens everything in that directory (including the batch file itself, which opens everything + itself, which creates a loop that ends up opening dozens of windows worth of the same thing).

I have verified that I am connected and authenticated to the mapped drive.

In the end, this .bat is only functional if it is ABLE to GRAB its items from a mapped network drive.

Any ideas? I feel like I'm on the cusp of success.\

Thanks in advance.

Quote from: GuruGary on February 11, 2009, 08:55:24 AM

You can also do it without creating a content file (and without waiting) like this:
Code: [Select]cd "C:\test"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a-d /b') do start "" "%%a"

I am using a netboot CD, and am trying to get it to RUN unattended.

When I run the line "net start basic", it prompts me to confirm my username/password then asks if I want to create a password list (the responses would be {enter}{enter}{n}{enter}). I would like to run this part without user-entries.

I have tried "net start basic /yes" and that does not work.

What does work is "net logon {username} {password} /yes", but this service takes up to much memory and prohibits other services from loading later down the line.

Anybody know how to automate the {enter}{enter}{n}{enter} keystrokes, or how to suppress the prompt?

Thanks,
-darrylYou can redirect input from a file.

Create a file called response.txt with the response that you want ({enter}{enter}{n}{enter}) ... and maybe but an extra [Enter] at the end. So the file should look like:
Code: [Select]

n


If this file is in the same directory as your batch file, then you should be able to do net Code: [Select]start basic <response.txtThis is exactly what I was looking for, but unfortunately it doesn't quite work for me.

When I apply your solution, the computer hangs at the password prompt. It seems to pass the username part, but when username comes up it fails.

Why might this be?Not sure why it isn't working. Maybe try adding an extra [Enter] in the file? Or try taking one away?I've done that. Could it be an issue with memory? Does this kind of input require a significant amount of memory? I'm RUNNING VERY tight on memory usage, there's very little to spare.

Is there any other way to do this?The redirection is going to use very little memory.

Some other suggestions would be to try the NET LOGON, but since you said that uses too much memory, maybe try to address the other memory issues? Or see if the NET START will take some sort of .INI or other config file that you can store the username and password in. For EXAMPLE, I think I remember being to have a uername= and password= in the SYSTEM.INI file that was read by the NET command in DOS 6. I think the documentation is with the LANMAN stuff that USED to come with Windows NT.Thanks for your help Guru... The system.ini is a good place to look, I guess I'll just tweak and browse until I find a solution. I'll post when I do.

Thanks again.Found it! The CHANGE in system.ini in the [network] portion. Add the line

preferredredir=basic
autostart=basic


Then "net logon" works without using so much memory.

Thanks!You're welcome!

Hi,
I'm new at USING DOS and doing Xcopy.

at the c:\> prompt I typed

xcopy /s/y "C:\documents and settings" "D:\documents and settings"

The response I get is
Invald paramreter
-"C:\documents

Thanks for the help.helpAt the command prompt.
First, make sure both directors exist.
Log onto the D: drive and CD to the directory
Go back to C: and CD to the directory

XCOPY /s /y C: D:

Does that help any?


Quote from: ubcome on February 05, 2009, 08:49:42 PM

Hi,
I'm new at using DOS and doing Xcopy.

at the c:\> prompt I typed

xcopy /s/y "C:\documents and settings" "D:\documents and settings"

The response I get is
Invald paramreter
-"C:\documents

Thanks for the help.

Is it possible to send files using only DOS to other computers via Internet?Which version of DOS?
Why do you need to do this? (There may be another way to do it.)
Are both computers connected to a router?
Do you know how to use a direct cable connections?
This is a connection that will use a port thet DOS knows about. It can be the SERIAL port or the printer port.
DOS that is INSTALLED in Windows XP. There's no direct cable connection only internet. I was thinking if the command "net send" can send any file to other computer via internet.Quote

here's no direct cable connection only internet

i guys i want MAKE ONE batch file that first find eny kind of file like .txt of .pdf form all computer DIRECTORS and COPY file that find in result in my pen drive...........

i don't now the other's computer dir so pls how i can do this job.........? from command line??

pls help meis this for stealing data?
This is screaming plagerism and theft...NEITHER are good.

It's ages since I needed to use DOS, and I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty - hope someone can help.

I have a list of files that I want to copy from ONE directory to another (about 6000 of them) - format is 003as.txt 003dhei.txt etc.

The source directory contains other files I don't wish to copy, so wildcards won't do the job, but according to copy/? 'source' is the file or files you wish to copy. I'm sure I'm missing something fairly simple here, but after hours of searching, I can't find an EXAMPLE of the syntax to copy multiple (specified) files from one directory to another.

I've tried this:
copy 003as.txt 003dhei.txt ..\otherdirectory
and all sorts of permutations with quotes, commas, etc. to no avail. I'm planning to use the list I have to BUILD a simple batch file containing that command.

Any assistance greatly appreciated.What do you call simple?
A 100 line program you can do in TWENTY minutes ?
Or a 3 line program you can get done in two days?
in the directory you are working with do this
DIR *.*
That gives everything.Now do
DIR *.* >list.txt
Now edit the file'list.txt with notepad or whatever.
Put a @ at the start of every line.
The replace every @ with 'copy ' (not the quotes, but include a space.)
Now put a %1 at the end of every line. Leav a space.
While you are doing that, delete the files you do not want copied.
You will have something like this:

copy mylov.mp3 %1
copy mylove.db %1
copy myhouse.wav %1
copy myhorse.jpg %1

save the the file as 'list.bat'

The do this
list \mybackup

the files will be copied to the \mybackup directory

You can down that maybe faster that I could.
And yes, there is some other neat cool ways to do that, but you can take days to get it right.
Your choice.



a for loop could be used to iterate each line of OUTPUT from a dir /b:

Quote

@echo off

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /b %1') do xcopy %%i %3 /EXCLUDE:%2

Thanks:
I want to Write Console OUTPUT to *.txt FILE .
In other words write every thing that shows in a cmd.exe window to a *.txt file.
Thanks!Have a look at this:

Code: [Select]echo hello >>"C:\file.txt"When you say console it can mean the keyboard or the output. But you can not get all of the DISPLAY, just the output of a command or standard program.
Like dir *.txt /b >list
creates a file NAMED 'list' that has all the NAMES of the files in the directory
but no other information.
ver > whoru
writes the version info in a file named 'whoru'.

Sorry, I don't know.