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Hi,

Is there is any possiblity to read a particular word in a TEXT file. I know where the word will START and end.

For EXAMPLE:

Consider the text file contains the following content...,

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

I need to read the character from 4th position to 9th position of the line1.
i.e., I need to get "DEFIJK" alone from this text file.

Will you please HELP me to resolve the same.

Thanks in advance...,

With Regards,
Vinoth R

The easiest way:
Code: [Select]@echo off
set data=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
echo %data%
set data1=%data:~3,3%
set data2=%data:~8,3%
echo %data1%%data2%
PAUSE

I've written a basic batch file to read a directory and output all the files into another .txt. file.

Code: [Select]@echo off
cd C:\Production Change Actions\Input
dir /b > "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\Imports.txt"
I'm now trying to get all of those file names placed into this line of another batch file.

Code: [Select]@echo off

cls
:start
cd C:\Program Files\Thunderhead35
Thunderhead.Importer.exe -user DPS\username -conflict overwrite -verbose -file
INSERT FILE NAME FROM IMPORTS.ZIP
The file names have to be placed into the second batch file individually and the Thunderhead.Importer.exe does not allow "*.zip" for me to do them all at once. So, I'll need the batch to be able to read each line, insert it into the second batch, then have the batch file run, then start over all the way through all of the file names.what actually are you wanting to do?This should work:

Code: [Select]@echo off
cd /d C:\Program Files\Thunderhead35
for /F "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b "C:\Production Change Actions\Input"') do (
Thunderhead.Importer.exe -user DPS\%username% -conflict overwrite -verbose -file "%%v"
)

Double check username. Wasn't sure if that is a literal or the system variable.


thanks...i'm gonna try that out. The "username" is a SPECIFIC username that I'll change it to. I just changed it to username for PRIVACY. I'll let you know how this works in a little while.Okay...I got it to work...I had to make a minor change in order to get it to read the file correctly:

Code: [Select]@echo off
cd /d C:\Program Files\Thunderhead35
pause
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b "C:\Production Change Actions\Input"') do (
Thunderhead.Importer.exe -user domain\username-conflict overwrite -verbose -file [b]C:\Production Change Actions\Input\\[/b]"%%v"
)
pause
without adding that part, it kept saying, "cannot find C:\Program Files\Thunderhead35\whateverthefilename.zip" And, I had to add in two slashes to get it to read correctly.

Thanks for the help!!! Is their anything wrong with the way I tweaked it?Quote

Is their anything wrong with the way I tweaked it?

I USED to do following flow in batch file

>> GO to abc PATH
>> call startup.bat
>> go to xyz
>> call makefile

startup.bat :
>> set the enviorment variables
>> go to xyz
>> call cmd.exe

But I faced one problem that enviorment is set but it doesnot run the makefile .

I do this with using batch file and perl script both.But the same issue comes in observed.
can any one hleps me out in this ?


I think the issue is comes because i call cmd.exe inside ALREADY opened command prompt.
but i have to call the cmd.exe (because i have to give the option if person direct clicks on the batch file (startup.bat) it should open the shell with the preset enviorment to work with).
In this case nesting of command prompt happens .

Now my issue is that
currentally I run makefile at perent cmd.exe while i have to run it on current instanse of cmd.exe (whether it is based or drived) .

So how can i do that, because it in write in base it runs after closing the drived and i dont WANT to write it into drive.
how can i run it in drive but call in base?

Hi

here's my problem: When I enter a string in the form S-1-5-21-12345-6789 via
SET /p sid=SID:
I need to have it "converted" to the following format: 5 21 12345 6789 (so without "-", "S" and "1").

The reason for this is that I have SIDs that I want to have resolved to usernames with the tool "sid2user.exe", which unfortunately needs this special format as a parameter.
(
set /p sidtousersidname=SID:
CONVERSION, no idea how to do this
sid2user %formattedsid%
)

Is this possible?Code: [Select]set /p sid=SID:
set sid=%sid:~4%
set sid=%sid:-= %
sid2user %sid%

Good luck. Beware using
(
%PERCENT sign VARIABLES% in parenthetical expressions
)

Hey guys, i've GOT a question. Say you have a website, which has an FTP server; now in that FTP server i would LIKE to replace index.html for one DIRECTORY inside my FTP server. Would it be possible to if you used the del and send commands while connected? Thanks, Clipper34.yes, you can just CD to the directory, send a delete command , use put to send your new file.

Hi all,

can anyone tell me how can I get the current folder name?

example: If I'm now in C:\XXX\YYY\ZZZ
I would to set a variable var, that takes the current folder name only not the whole path, so when try to print the value of the variable (echo %var%)

the result will be: ZZZ

thanks in advanceTry this but not been tested with LFN or spaces in directory names.

Code: [Select]@echo off & setlocal
cls

set var=%cd%
for /d %%b in (%var%) do set fold=%%~nb

echo Default directory = %fold%
endlocal

Good luckThis also works, uses the fact that the cd command without any parameters echoes the current folder drive\path\name and ~nx will extract the name.

Code: [Select]for /f "delims=" %%A in ('cd') do set foldername=%%~nxA
It is perfectly happy with a long folder name with or without spaces, (the "delims=" sees to that) although that name might need quoting elsewhere, depending on what you intend to do with it. Quote from: Dusty on September 02, 2008, 04:33:09 AM

Try this but not been tested with LFN or spaces in directory names.

Hey guys, the ~nx example seems to work fine until I come across a folder with an ampersand (&) in it.

[...]

Any way around this?

if I did need the quotes removed later, am I stuck?

I am using DOS on some old legacy TEST stands, and there has been some "heated" arguments as to WHETHER there is a "proper shutdown" methodology. I say that you should exit out of the running program to the "DOS Prompt" and then shutdown the system. Others say it makes no difference in DOS and just shutdown.

I am wrong? Doesn't exiting out of the program ensure that the HD is not in some unknown state that could cause a crash at power off? Or am I worrying about nothing?

Thanks ahead of time for any assistance.You are right. Sounds like you have thought this through. As you realised, exiting the running program ensures that any temp files are closed and that no disk writing is going to be taking PLACE at the moment of powering off.

Thanks for the response. Have ever read, or do you have any MS references regarding this? I am not having much luck finding "official" comments on this issue.My DOS 6.2 manual i just checked has nothing listed for shutdown...
But common sense says i agree with Dias on this.
I always use this method...There never was any documentation on this, as I recall. Not in the OS documentation anyway. The app was the king. The OS just allowed you to run APPLICATIONS, which notoriously individually managed things like printers, temp files, whatever. Powering off while an app was running was a big no-no, and you tended to see warnings about that in the manuals of apps like WordPerfect or Lotus 1-2-3.

APM and the ability to "power down" a PC from within an OS are comparatively recent things, although in fact, to be exact, when you shut down a PC from Windows you are just putting it into a QUIESCENT state, as long as the PSU is plugged into AC power. In the old 'real' MS-DOS days, the power control was a switch which actually did cut the AC power. If you were back at the OS prompt, and you could see (that's one reason why drives have activity lights) and hear that HDD and/or floppy activity had ceased, you knew it was safe to power off. Some people used to remove the floppy that they had been using first.

My skill when it comes to DOS and batch files is pretty limited. I have a solution for my particular task, but I know it's fairly clunky.

Task: I have a number of files sitting in a single folder. They need to be moved to different folders on another DRIVE, depending on their filename. Specifically, the folder names are the first 8 characters of the filename up to the first '_'.

eg.

dingleberries_2_05.mpg would go into folder dinglebe

red_5_3.mpg would go into folder red

Then any files leftover (i.e. without matching folders on the other drive) just get moved into a 'leftovers' DIRECTORY where someone can deal with them. I don't want the batch file to create new directories for these files because in most cases a mismatch will mean someone has misnamed the file.

I can achieve this with a simple COPY / DELETE batch file but someone would have to manually maintain the list of valid directories, eg.:

COPY d:\nick\test01* d:\nick\test01\
DEL d:\nick\test01* /Q
COPY d:\nick\test02* d:\nick\test02\
DEL d:\nick\test02* /Q
COPY d:\nick\test03* d:\nick\test03\
DEL d:\nick\test03* /Q
COPY d:\nick\* d:\nick\leftovers\
DEL d:\nick\* /Q

I know you can set variables and do stuff with substrings - and it looks they'd allow one to do what I'm trying to do much more easily. I've had a google but can't find anything similar enough to what I want that I can work from.

Can anyone help?move red???*.??? %systemdrive%\red
move dingle???*.??? %systemdrive%\dingle
move ???*.??? %systemdrive%\leftover



the above only works in order, you are looking for file red_5_1.mpg , so red???*.??? is its equivilant, as all files named red are red_6_2.mpg , red 8_1.mpg the last LINE moves the leftover files to the leftover directory.Move is easier than the copy/delete, but I'm probably not going to be responsible for maintaining this thing and was hoping for a batch file that wouldn't need to be updated as new directories are added.

I've seen a RANGE of DOS scripts using substrings and variables that look like they'd do it but go cross-eyed trying to figure out how they work.use dir command to search out the potential directorys instead

dir dingle???*. /b


for /f "tokens=1*" %a in ('dir dingle???*. /b') do move %a C:\folder\%aIf I'm reading that right, someone would still need to update the batch file each time a new directory is added?No, because the dir command checks every directory. The for command combined with dir pretty much says "For every directory, do this."OK, let me try. I love ugly batch files. No, I really hate them!
I think what you want is a batch file the will live on and on. That it will create needed dirs by a sort of kind of file prefix thing. I don't know how batch files can extract stings, but I can write a simple program that would do that. Then I would pas the information onto the remainder of the batch file.
Remember the the old QBAIC that came with a version of DOS or Windows way back when? It still works in XP, but can not deal with long file name. But we can work AROUND that. Part of the code would be ike this:
S=INST(A$,"_") : B$=LEFT$(S-1)
It would read a TXT file with the names of all the files. It would write a new TXT file with the unique prefixes. Or something like that. Then the batch file could make DIRs from the new TXT file and copy files that match a prefix.

Is this the kind of thing you want? I have used QBASIC to do string tricks for batch files.Quote from: dslgeek on September 14, 2008, 08:23:59 PM

I think what you want is a batch file the will live on and on.

Hi,

I am trying to create a schema.ini file that contains information about all files in a directory using MS Dos. Here is what I am trying to do

Directory C:\Misc has the following tab delimited files without COLUMN headers

sample1.txt
sample2.txt
sample3.txt
sample4.txt

Now I need to create a schema.ini file using the above file names (extract file names from a directory). The new file would have the following text and would be saved as "schema.ini":

[Sample1.txt]
Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=False
MaxScanRows=0
CharacterSet=ANSI
[Sample2.txt]
Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=False
MaxScanRows=0
CharacterSet=ANSI
[Sample3.txt]
Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=False
MaxScanRows=0
CharacterSet=ANSI
[Sample4.txt]
Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=False
MaxScanRows=0
CharacterSet=ANSI

Can someone please show me how to write a ms dos code that will create this file (if dos can do this)? As far as i understand this, i need to do two THINGS: a) PASS file names in directory; b) add the standard text. I might be wrong here.

Regards

are this lines
Code: [Select]Format=TabDelimited
ColNameHeader=False
MaxScanRows=0
CharacterSet=ANSIand others are in each sample file or you want to echo them ?hello,

if by echo you mean to appear as normal text than yes, every single file name should be followed by these lines (these lines never change).here you go
Code: [Select]for /F %%a in ('dir /b path\tofiles\*.txt') do (
echo.[%%a]>>schema.ini
echo.Format=TabDelimited>>schema.ini
echo.ColNameHeader=False>>schema.ini
echo.MaxScanRows=0>>schema.ini
echo.CharacterSet=ANSI>>schema.ini
)
remember to change path to whatever you wanthello devcom,

thank you so MUCH for all your help, the code worked seamlessly, i got exactly what i was looking for.

thanks once again

regards

Hi,

I am very new to MS DOS. I am trying to do the following:

I have multiple files in folder C:\Misc. I need to move all files from C:\Misc to C:\Misc\Option that have the word "Application" in the first ROW.

E.g.
File A:
User
Application

File B:
Application
Game

In this example I want to move File B from C:\Misc to C:\Misc\Option as it has the word "Application" in the first row.

Can someone please show me how to write a dos COMMAND that will do the above? I am very new to DOS and thus looking for help.

Thanks
Rohan
Quote from: rohanverma on September 06, 2008, 01:04:04 PM

the word "Application" in the first row.

I tried using your code but it didn't work. I created a bat file with your code. Am i doing something wrong?

I created a bat file with your code.

Hi,

I have Windows XP but i want the command: Lock
Which only AVAILABLE on Windows 98...

How can i get this on windows XP?A little googling turned up this (Command.com Command Line Parameters and Batch Debugging Commands)

Lock: Locks a drive for low LEVEL access

Lock is an internal Win98 command. You could try a Win98 bootdisk but the lock command does not exist as a standalone module.



If your XP system uses NTFS, the lock command probably won't run. This command can corrupt or destroy your file system. Why WOULD you need it?I have a bootdisk
But the computer don't show command.exe
But i did have a W98 and in command.exe is the Lock command but i can't copy it...

My English is not very GOOD Here is command.com for W98
http://psphomebrew.axspace.com/command.txtWhat are you trying to do?

Command.com is under copyright so any reverse engineering is illegal. I'm still confused why you need lock on a XP machine.

In many years of experience, I've never known anyone who USED this command. But then again, I don't get out much.

The command.txt file appears to be an array of messages issued by command.com along with some ASCII representations of the machine code.

As you well know %random% creates a random number between 0 and 32767.
In my formulas for combat. I think when %random% is set automatically it uses the new %random% in the next formula.

So:
Code: [SELECT]set /a OppDamage=(%random%*%OAttack%/32767)-10
set /a Damage=(%random%*%Attack%/32767)-10

set /a CHealth=%CHealth%-%OppDamage%
set /a OCHealth=%OCHealth%-%Damage%


EDIT: one formula comes back normally and one around the 20's

this switches dependent on which formula is first#

Each time I run the bat again the %Damage% or %OppDamage% is almost always the same DEPENDING on which formula is worked out before the other one.

This will better explain it:


EDIT:
I'm not sure how, but it works almost perfectly now, and works good enough for me at this precise moment, if you know why PLEASE do not hesitate to post as a permanent fix will be greatly appreciated.Not sure I understand. %random% generates a new random number each time it is encountered in the code (exception is within a for loop when special consideration must be made).

If you want the value of %random% to be the same for both formulas, save it and use the saved value in the second formula.

You also have the values of %OAttack% and %Attack% to consider when you view your results.

The little piece of doggerel will show random number generation over a wide range:

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /l %%v in (1,1,10) do (
call echo %%random%%
)

Quote from: Sidewinder on September 13, 2008, 11:42:18 AM

If you want the value of %random% to be the same for both formulas, save it and use the saved value in the second formula.

I think that 0Attack may be a bad choice for a variable name. Set /a interprets values (including starting with a zero as an octal number.

well im always doeing this like :

Code: [Select]%random%%%%var%+1
and it works

Quote from: Dias de verano on September 14, 2008, 04:00:16 AM

I think that 0Attack may be a bad choice for a variable name. Set /a interprets values (including starting with a zero as an octal number.

Thanks but it is a capital o not a 0.

Quote from: Jacob on September 14, 2008, 04:04:21 AM

Quote from: Dias de verano on September 14, 2008, 04:00:16 AM

I think that 0Attack may be a bad choice for a variable name. Set /a interprets values (including starting with a zero as an octal number.

Thanks but it is a capital o not a 0.

It is definitely a ZERO. This is the code YOU posted, shown in monotype font where zero is different from capital 0.

well it's not meant to be

Quote from: Jacob on September 14, 2008, 04:14:48 AM

well it's not meant to be

Those words are written on the gravestones of many many crashed programs...

Hi,

I'm trying to build my project and copying jar into destination with batch file.
Unfortunately after mvn clean install jar will not be copied. Why? And how can I solve this PROBLEM?
After mvn clean install there is COPY source destination in batch file, but the last one will not be run.

Thanks beforehand,
regards, sipungora.Very difficult (impossible?) to tell without viewing your code.


Code: [Select]mvn clean install
copy target\a.jar D:\srv\app /y/v
Sorry, my knowledge of maven is lacking.

Can you ensure that the jar is being written, I have read that your first line fails (here.).

Perhaps it would be better for you to address your query to one of the mvn forums here.

Good luckEauch code line ALONE can easy be run and returns a correct results. But together first line can only be run, then nothing happens. if that's the case maybe the first line hasn't finished EXECUTING before the second tries to. how about a wait inbetween the two?

Code: [Select]PING /n 5 127.0.0.1>Nul
FBWould putting both commands on one line separated by && be successful?

Quote

mvn clean install && copy target\a.jar D:\srv\app /y/v

Hi,
What is the way to create a directory that its name is combined of the Computer Name and the excat time?
E.G:

Folder Name: TestPCSept1020081643
While the name is combined of:
Computer Name: TestPC
Date: Sept102008
Time: 16:43
Thanks!
md "C:\Location\to DIR\" "%computername%%date%%time%

TRY that.Thanks Carbon Dudeoxide
It creates on the same LEVEL of the batch file a folder with the PC name and Month-
and inside that, a folder with the day.
E.g:

Folder Name: 'PCTestSat 09'
and inside that folder, a folder called '13'All right...

set computername=%computername%%date%%time%
md "C:\Location\to dir\" "%computername%"
md "C:\Location\to dir\%computername%\" "13"

How does that work.It does the same thing:
Creates a folder and inside the folder there is another folder with the day.
;-(Oh right, HOLD on let me have a look. (I haven't tested it )Ahah!!! How foolish of me...

set computername=%computername%%date%%time%
md C:\Location\to dir\%computername%
md C:\Location\to dir\%computername%\13

Try That.

Hi,

What are Dos Attacks
How do you use it
And what happenA denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack MAY vary, it generally consists of the concerted, malevolent efforts of a person or persons to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even DNS root servers.

One COMMON method of attack involves saturating the target (victim) machine with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable. In general terms, DoS attacks are implemented by either forcing the targeted computer(s) to reset, or consume its resources so that it can no longer provide its intended service or obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.

Denial-of-service attacks are considered violations of the IAB's Internet Proper Use POLICY. They also commonly constitute violations of the laws of INDIVIDUAL nations.[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attackMy ENGLISH is not very good

But there was a command for dos attacks right?WhyQuote from: Larssie111 on September 13, 2008, 06:58:13 AM

My English is not very good

But there was a command for dos attacks right?

And i have read it by a topic on this site
Something with: hacking NT

Hi,

my batch file schould remove all from "my_dir" but not "my_dir". There are directories in "my_dir". They schould be also removed. I've tried this with rmdir /s/q my_dir/., but I get an error: Invalid SWITCH - ".". How can I do this without rmdir my_dir mkdir my_dir?

Thanks beforehand,
regards, sipungora.As far as I am aware the rmdir only deletes empty directories.

You would have to use deltree command which would delete everything contained with that directory.There is no deltree for Windows XP, only rmdir . I dislike writing destructive code for other users. Backup the my_dir before proceeding.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "TOKENS=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /s /b /a:-d my_dir') do (
echo del /f %%v
)
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /s /b /a:d my_dir') do (
echo rd /s /q %%v
)

The code above will display what is to be deleted. When you are satisfied, remove the word echo from within each for loop.



The quick way would be to remove my_dir and immediately re-create it.Unfortunately after echo removing nothing was removed from my_dir.

The case remove my_dir and re-create my_dir is ALREADY in use. But this is not so COMFORTABLE. If I'm observing content of my_dir through the "Windows Explorer", after remove my_dir "Windows Explorer" will be always closed and I have to open it again to further observation or I must always go into the parent directory in Windows Explorer, before my_dir will be removed. have you tried del/?

FbCode: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /s /b /a:-d my_dir') do (
del /f %%v
)
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /s /b /a:d my_dir') do (
rd /s /q %%v
)

Warning: The above code is destructive and will delete files and directories.

Quote

The case remove my_dir and re-create my_dir is already in use. But this is not so comfortable. If I'm observing content of my_dir through the "Windows Explorer", after remove my_dir "Windows Explorer" will be always closed and I have to open it again to further observation or I must always go into the parent directory in Windows Explorer, before my_dir will be removed.

Hello,
I have an Access 2003 Database used to store various records. I just need to figure out how to add a time STAMP to the documents when the are printed. If I print a file at 10am, and then again at 12pm I would like to have that information on the printed page, does any ONE have an idea?Isn't this an option on headers and footers?
If they have that in Access 2003 records.It does, and have the date and time in the form and it shows up if I go to the form and view it. When I CLICK on the print button in the database, however, it only prints the date, not the time. I'm, afraid i cannot help ANYMORE, sorry.

Ex. code in c for apending valuse in varible is

a =+ b;

if i try this in batch files like
path=+%%val
and if the value of val is test then

It shows like path = +testalwhats the question?APPENDING to a text file or any file you need the redirection charachter in a batch file its > so echo line>file.txt or INPUT>output.txt using a single redirection charachter would re-write all lines in the file you are appending to and REPLACE it with the new line, if you want to add multiple lines use two redirection charachters >>

echo firstline>output.txt
echo secondline>>output.txt
echo thrirdline>>output.txti want to append value in variable , not in file.so you just need to set a variable?

if you need multiple lines you need to set for in an array but if you want a single line you can just use the for statement


for /f "tokens=1*" %a in (mytext.file) do set a=%a


say you needed multiple lines set into variables like the output of the dir command

set c=0
for /f "tokens=1*" %a in (dir/a) do (
call set c=%%c%%+1
call set a.%%c%%=%a
)
I do something like follwing

for /f "tokens=1-10 delims=\" %%1 in ('cd') do (
set p=%%1
set c=1
:bof
if %%c==tools_v2 goto :eof
set p.%%p%%=%%c
set c=%%c%%+1
goto :bof
)
:eof
echo Path = %p%

i want to add each value of c variable in p till test is matched with the value of c

line in bold want to be change

do u understand what i want ?hi diablo416

finally i used following code and want to append valuse of g in p varibale can u help me how can i do this:



for /f "tokens=1-10 delims=\" %%1 in ('cd') do (
set p=%%1
for %%G in (%%1, %%2, %%3, %%4, %%5, %%6, %%7, %%8, %%9, %%10) do (
if %%G==test echo %p%
set p=.................
echo %%G
)

)

where i wrote echo %%g at that point i have to append value of g in p so that i can get FULL path.

I Am not GOOD in dos commands, but I WANT to make a BATH file that can do the following ( if it is possible).

I do not want to map the servers.

1. Go to server ( I do have the Ip address) (if USERID and password is needed, put it in.)
2. Get the local drives free bytes.
3 put it is a text file OM my pc.


If this possible, the how do I do it.

Thank YouWhy don't you want to map the servers?I have 15 servers with between 2-7 local drives on each of them,

Can you map them, and when they are finished ,unmap them.

It is on our LAN, How do you do it then.

I have to go to each server daily and get the free bytes on each local drives on that server, I want do do it from my PC directed.

He does not explicitly state that he "wants to know uptime". He wrote...

Quote from: ALAN_BR

I believe Windows has a mSec counter timer ... Is it possible (and how) for a batch file to also access this Windows timer ?

Hello there, first time posting here, in HOPES someone can help resolve my frustration...

I have a small batch file that I have I am using to zip a folder, then copy to a directory that is backed up nightly. However I am am not able to get the zip utility to create and add files to the zip file.

I am using wzzip, with winzip version 10. According to the help file with wzzip, I should be able to add the "-a" option in the line to add files. But this is also so assumed, so I have tried it both ways. But adding the option gives an error when the batch is ran. So this is my first clue. I also have added the wildcard *.* at the end of the line according to the reference and it is not appending the file. Here is what I have written

@echo off


start /MIN "c:\program files\winzip\wzzip" c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip *.*

start /MIN "c:\program files\winzip\wzzip" -a c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip *.* (causes an error in the batch if i leave this)

xcopy /s /y /v c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip /i z:\backup\ffbackup

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "z:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip" %%e-%%f-%%g.zip

end

I am a rookie when it comes to writing the batch files, and also not too experience with wzzip. but I am able to get the files to copy and all the good jaz....any help would be appreciated!

Time was invented to prevent everything from happening at once.

Here you've got two copies of wzzip running in separate windows, a copy of xcopy running in the original window, and all the programs NEED control of ffbackup.zip.

Try slowing events down by running the job steps serially:

Code: [Select]"c:\program files\winzip\wzzip" c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip *.*

"c:\program files\winzip\wzzip" -a c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip *.*

xcopy /s /y /v c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip /i z:\backup\ffbackup

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do (
rename "z:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip" %%e-%%f-%%g.zip
)

no i only wrote the following line in my previous post as an example of what else i have tried.

i dont run the batch with both lines... I have tried either one or the other...

"c:\program files\winzip\wzzip" -a c:\backup\ffbackup\ffbackup.zip *.* (causes an error in the batch if i leave this)



Quote

causes an error in the batch if i leave this

basically it still seems my batch is only copyinarchiveg the existing zip file (residing in \c:\backup\ffbackup\), and not creating another one and copying that...

I am looking to run a dos script to delete a couple icons that have the trademark symbol (®) in them. When I put the name shown it says it cant find the file. How would I do this? Or I guess is it even possible?What do you mean by the "name shown"?the icon name such as guardian® test.ico is what I am referring to. I have a script that I have it find the file and delete it but I am having ISSUES with the files with that symbol.Quote from: guardian on September 10, 2008, 11:11:12 AM

guardian® test.ico is what I am referring to.

There used to be a WAY to restore/retrieve a file that was DELETED. It was in DOS, I THINK... Is it still possible?you are talking about undelete , YES you can as long as you are using a real VERSION of dos, the version in xp/vista is not the real dos

Well first of all sorry my poor English

Well...I´m really newbie with MSDOS batch and CMD files...

I have this file:

C:\program\launcher.cmd (which doesnt need any Arguments)

And also these one:

C:\program\launched1.cmd(which needs Arguments)
C:\program\launched2.cmd(which needs Arguments)
C:\program\launched3.cmd(which needs Arguments)
C:\program\help.cmd (which needs Arguments)

Really the launcher.cmd isnt just a Console Launcher also sets all the Enviroment.An example:

Quote

::I open the Cmd.exe
C:\program>

::Now i Call my launcher
C:\program>launcher

::The Launcher:

**********LAUNCHER*****
Hi,these are the available Commands:
launched1->It UPDATES
launched2->It cleans
launched3->It kill process
Use them with the properly options, i.e:
launched2 all (it will clean all the folder)
launched2 logs (it will clean just the logs inside the folder)
If you want to see the COMMAND options type Help [Command]
Write your command here:

::Prompt appears:
C:\program>

::So i write the command with its argumment:
C:\program\launched2 log

::And the task begin
*********Cleaning Logs*******
Ok.All Logs Cleaned
::Prompt appears:
C:\program>

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k "C:\program\launched1.cmd"

I would like to make a batch file that would start one program and would also close several running PROCESSES of my choosing. I'm running Windows XP Home and am having CPU spikes that slow down the program I want in the batch file.

I don't know what some of the processes that are running are that I'd like to close, but the ones I usually notice the most in Task Manager/Processes are System, Winssnotify, iexplore, winss, MsMpEng, svchost, and crss. I'm also running Windows Live OneCare (which has no way of exiting! - help would also be appreciated if there's a way to close this app at will).

I know the basic commands to create a .bat file to open multiple programs at once:

@echo off
start "program1 title" "program1 target path"
start "program2 title" "program2 target path"

save as "all files" not text file and as a .bat

But HOW do you create a batch that closes several programs/processes while opening a program? Thanks.You can pass the programs to kill on the command line:

Code: [Select]@echo off
start "program1 title" "program1 target path"
start "program2 title" "program2 target path"

:loop
for /f "tokens=1-2" %%f in ('tasklist') do (
if /i %%f equ %1.exe taskkill /F /IM %%f 2>nul
)
if .%2==. goto :eof
shift
goto loop

You can run from the command line as: batchname System Winssnotify iexplore winss MsMpEng svchost crss

If the spikes are causing you to terminate important Windows programs, you may have other system problems. Suggest posting on the Computer viruses and SPYWARE board.Wow, that's awesome, thank you! Could you explain everything you said? Especially what each command means that you entered in. I'd really like to understand what that means.

As for my comp, I have no viruses or spyware that I'm aware of. It's a relatively NEW OS install (GOING on 3 weeks with XP after a decade of using 98) and Windows Live OneCare is installed and always running. It's identified and quarantined several viruses I've accidentally downloaded from freeware sites and the firewall is very effective.

Basically, the program I'm wanting to open in conjuction with closing several processes is Civilization 4. It eats a ton of CPU when it runs. ALTHOUGH I've heard it's pretty typical to keep getting CPU spikes on XP. It's only noticable when I run that game though, so I was thinking a killer .bat could solve that problem.

You know what else I was thinking... making another .bat that could reopen all the processes the other .bat killed - like a toggle switch. I think this could be very useful once all running processes are identified. I'm also looking at some freeware taskmon programs that will hopefully give more detailed explanations of what each process is for, where the .exe is located, what it's doing, and any conflicts. This would be very helpful in determining which processes to toggle on and off with a couple of .bat files.Quote

Wow, that's awesome

I need HELP please.... how can i link the data from excel to the batch file?

ex.

test.xls
Column A Column B Column C
Row1 123 456 789
Row2 321 654 987

test.bat
ABC(Column A Row1) + DEF(Column B Row1) + GHI(Column C Row1)
.......

Please can you guys help me? why do you need a batch file?
In excel go to cell D1 and type Code: [Select]=sum(A1:C1)
FBif you do need the data in a batch file then you can output a certain cell, range, or file to a text file using VBA http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ImpText.aspx and then import that to you batch file

FBActually I will use this in my work to be more accurate. i already made a batch file but it will take me for a long time to finish my work.

@echo off

:start
CLS
Echo Product Defenition
echo.

set /p siteid= Site ID:
set /p Pcode= Product Code:
set /p Bcode= Barcode:
set /p Pname= Product Description:

echo.
echo "100";"A";657309;%siteid%;"%Pcode%";1;"%Bcode%";"%Pname%";"EA";1;"EA";1;0;0
echo "100";"A";657309;%siteid%;"%Pcode%";1;"%Bcode%";"%Pname%";"EA";1;"EA";1;0;0 >> c:\docume~1\%username%\desktop\proddsc.txt
echo.
echo.
set /p add= Add more products(Y/N):
if %add%==Y goto start

pause

i don't understand what your problem is, does that code not work?

FBokay, the code work but you will input the data manually. if the data will come from excel how will i do that?

it's alright if not possible. thanks for your effort

one more question
- how will i input only numeric or letters? and max character input

thanksQuote

if the data will come from excel how will i do that

Hi all,
Looking for a source to GET MS-Dos 6.22 on 1.44Mb floppies. I already have downloaded the 2.5MB setup.exe file, but need to put on floppies.

I'm restoring an old 486/33 computer NEEDED for our manufcture use.

Thanks

Ebay is a good (and legal) source. Also Amazon. I hope that is what you wanted to know, because to give any other information than that would be to encourage piracy and breach of copyright, which is against the policy of this forum.

If you have downloaded an illegal copy of a Microsoft product, then we cannot help you.


Let me check - among my older items I think I still have genuine disks for Win 3.11, and DOS 5 and 6.22.

I'll check and get back.Posting again so as to attach some pics I had .......

DOS 6.22, IBM 5 and Win 3.11

I also have a mass of other old floppies like Lotus ... can't bring myself to trash them!

[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]The setup.exe file for 6.22 is a free microsoft dowload, but the computer i'm working on only has 1.4 mb floppy drive
ThanksQuote from: MajorSci on September 04, 2008, 02:09:37 PM

The setup.exe file for 6.22 is a free microsoft dowload, but the computer i'm working on only has 1.4 mb floppy drive
Thanks

Quote from: MajorSci on September 04, 2008, 02:09:37 PM

The setup.exe file for 6.22 is a free microsoft dowload, but the computer i'm working on only has 1.4 mb floppy drive
Thanks

I thought tho these floppies might have been of some use?! Like - 1.4 mb floppies!

Thus avoiding the problem of the .exe you mention.

ChrisXPPro, please don't tell me you had those pictures filed away under "family"

A BIG hi to EVERYBODY as this is my first appearance in this forum!
I am struggeling with the following problem: I need to copy content from a CD to the HDD several PCs. I am using the following commandsin a batch file:
xcopy "." c:\ads/s/e/y
C:
cd\ads
name (of the respective file
Now I am trying to get win media player to play that file when loaded to the HDD.
The command line I try reads as follows:
wmplayer"c:\filename.wmv"/fullscreen
When testing the command in "run" it works perfectly. When I write it into the said batch the content is well copied to the HDD but the player does not start.
What am I doing wrong that the machine will not read the last command?
Can anybody give me a hint? HI!
Try Code: [Select] start "" "C:\path to file\wmplayer" "C:\filename.wmv" FB
Thanks FB! Unfortunately that does not work . I am sorry but I gave a false wmplayer command line . Corrected it must read:
wmplayer"c:\path to file\filename.wmv"/fullscreen
Alltogether it should copy a file from a cd to a HDD, overwrite the previous file and then play the file using wmplayer in full screen mode.
Additionally there is an autorun info ASSOCIATED reading:
autorun
open=ads.bat as the batch file is named ads.bat
which starts firstly the cd and secondly the whole process when the PC is restarted.
As said before up to the player command everything works as supposed but then there is "silence"?
Again, any hints?Why doesn't it work? error codes or what?

I don't have windows media player but i use winamp and when i use Code: [Select] start "" "c:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" "c:\Users\Public\Music\01 Faith.mp3"
it opens up winamp and plays faith by George michael.

FBWell, why it does not work I don't know. It gives the error "windows cannot find start"" when I try it in "run". When I incorporate it into the batch file and double click it, it just shows a short flick as before and the player does not startit won't work in run. Start is a DOS command... I'd suggest testing your code in command line (in run type 'cmd') and not in run.

and you seem to quote all of your code without SPACES in it. It needs to be Code: [Select]start "" "C:\...
EDIT: Also if you just run the batch file it will exit immediately after giving the error (the flicker your talking about) so to get the error goto your command line and then run the batch file and see what it says

FBFinally it seems to work. I played a bit around and used your (modified) comand line.
The code I use is:
start "" "c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" "c\path\file name.wmv"/fullscreen
Obviously it works. I will try it with several setups but the batch file will basically stay the same.
Thanks a million. Coming back if there are more problems .
OssiGlad it works, come back whenver you WANT!

FB

when i open cmd following line APPEAR in command prompt

C:\Documents and Settings\zodehala>

i want that it is c:\>

how can i do it ? use this:
CODE: [Select]cd \or
Code: [Select]cd\or
Code: [Select]cd \ Quote from: devcom on September 07, 2008, 12:22:04 PM

use this:
Code: [Select]cd \or
Code: [Select]cd\or
Code: [Select]cd \

If opening CMD through Start -> Run, try:
Code: [Select]cmd /k cd \If opening through a shortcut, change the starting directory to C:\

Using IE7 as the default browser, the following code gets me interesting results:

start www.google.nl
start www.nu.nl
start www.symbaloo.nl
start www.ad.nl

Execution will open IE, sometimes showing the four websites in four tabs, sometimes, showing three, sometimes only www.ad.nl ... I feel www.google.nl is loaded but then replaced by www.nu.nl

As a solution, I've tried starting internet explorer WITHOUT a parameter and then afterwards using start, but then I end up with the first tab being my default homepage.

The following code will get me to open several websites in seperate windows:

start /max /b call "C:\PROGRAM Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" www.google.nl
start /max /b call "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" www.nu.nl
...

But I REALLY want to open several websites in tabs, and make sure they all open! Who can explain and help me?
i had the same problem this is how you fix it:

@echo off
start iexplore www.google.nl
ping localhost -n 2 > NUL
start www.nu.nl
ping localhost -n 2 > nul
start www.symbaloo.nl
ping localhost -n 2 > nul
start www.ad.nl

the "ping localhost -n 2 > nul" is just a harmless timer so that all the pages have time to open..

i hope that helped!
Thanks kevinwhited! Works perfectly.

hi huys, this is my first post so a BIG hi!


I have a question for you EXPERTS, can you HELP me?

I want to use a batch file that will rename a folder with the users INPUTTED name.

so when I run the batch file it would say:

Please enter your name:

Then it would rename a folder on the local pc to the inputted name.

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance

Macdepending on what file you want to rename you want to use the 'ren' command i.e. rename.

Code: [Select]@echo off
set /p comm=please enter your name
ren C:\...\yourfile c:\...\%comm%
pause

FBCheers FB,

I hope you have a long and happy life, win the lottery, etc

been looking for that for ages


thank you very much

Mac

Hi all,

OUTPUT of DIR can be re-routed into myfile with "dir > myfile ".
How can I re-route it into a variable?

Thanks beforehand,
regards.You don't so much redirect output to a variable as to construct a variable from the pieces of the output.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir c:\temp') do (
CALL set concat=%%concat%%%%a
)
echo %concat%

Be SURE to change the directory name.

Thank you, Sidewinder, very much.

You've solved all my problems, that I had with my batch file.

Best regards.

Hi,

Is it possible to use ftp to delete folders with content at the remote location pls?

Thanks,

NDo you mean can you use FTP to log into a site/location and delete files? - if so then Yes.

You would need the log in details of the site/location to ACCESS through FTP, and then select them and delete.
Hi, thanks for the reply pcwizard!

The remote site has variable data which may or may not be within folder STRUCTURE(s).

I am after a DOS ftp solution WHEREBY I can script up recursive deletion(s) from a given point at the remote location.

Scripting up logging in and navigating around the remote location is already resolved. It is the ability to use DOS ftp to do the housekeeping at the far end that I am struggling with.

I suppose I COULD GET the script to execute a gui ftp client that could subsequently login and recursively delete. That route is slightly more complicated but it's going to be my fall back position if I cannot find a DOS method.

Thanks,

N

I have made a bunch of batch files recently and I'm trying to make one for school, its a computers PROJECT. It's simple.
@echo off
cls
title Internet Starter
color 0a
:start
echo Would You Like to Run Internet Explorer?
pause
start iexplore.exe
end

but what i want it to do is ASK would you like to run internet explorer then you type and y if you do and a n if you dont....do you understand?Do some research on the command
SET /P
Something like
Code: [Select]set /P Answer=Would You Like to Run Internet Explorer? Thanks Gary, im really a newb at the bat file THING. Hope this gets me a passing grade depending on which version of windows your using. You may want to look up the 'choice' command.

FBusing set /p , all you have to do after is include an if STATEMENT

@echo off
:begin
set /p a=Would you like to open internet explorer?
if "%a%"=="yes" start iexplore.exe
if "%a%"=="YES" start iexplore.exe
if "%a%"=="y" start iexplore.exe
if "%a%"=="Y" start iexplore.exe
if "%a%"=="no" Goto End
if "%a%"=="NO" Goto End
if "%a%"=="n" Goto End
:End

you dont need to include so many, but typing YES yes or y will = yes and NO no or n will mean no

Im new to this forum, so this might have been posted already. I was wondering how to make a batch file perform tasks inside programs. Its for a project which involves creating a batch file that opens sndrec32.exe and then telling the program to start recording. If its at all possible i would like to be able to minimize it to the system tray. Thanks in advance!. you cannot do this in batch, atleast not using the standard commands if you want to create a batch file wrapper for a .vbs file then its possible, check out wsh.sendkeys google itYah ok i did that, but theres nothing very clear on it. Btw did i tell you im a noob, so i need like VERY clear instructions cuz im new at .bat and .vbs files. I know basic sort of.Ok

first ill explain wsh.sendkeys, to open a new instance of sndrec32.exe you would use the following


set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.run"sndrec32.exe"
WScript.Sleep 500
oShell.SendKeys" "

If you paste the above into notepad.. go to save, save it as all files TYPE and something.vbs , double click something.vbs and it will open sndrec32.exe and send a space bar , oShell.SendKeys" " When i open'd sndrec32.exe a minute ago, spacebar was the first key i pressed and it started recording, so the above will work

the first line is set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.shell") , oShell is the VARIABLE and can be anything , the second line oShell.Run"sndrec32.exe" will open sndrec32.exe , YourVariable.Run"sndrec32.exe" so if you set CreateObject("Wscript.shell") as YourVariable , You could instead type YourVariable.SendKeys" " , Ok the third line.. Wscript.Sleep 500 , this causes the script to sleep for 500 millaseconds before sending the spacebar to sndrec32.exe , You need to cause the script to sleep inbetween Sending another key, because the Script may operate to fast and malfunction .. (Im Guessing this is the reason) But it will malfunction without it.. so anyways the final line, oShell.SendKeys" " , this will send the spacebar charachter to sndrec32.exe , when you take a look at sendkeys and the list of what charachters are accepted you wont see a space, because its just a blank space...

so now you want to add this to a batch file, Here is an example:

@ECHO off
set a=%temp%\sendkeys.vbs
echo set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")>%a%
echo oShell.run"sndrec32.exe">>%a%
echo WScript.Sleep 500>>%a%
echo oShell.SendKeys" " >>%a%
%a% & del /q /f %a%

ok on the first line i set %temp%\sendkeys.vbs witch is the file name as a " %a%"
On the second line i added the first line into the file with the variable , using > this is called appending to a text file, using a single redirection charachter > will add a single line and re-write any other line, so if you want to add multiple lines.. then you use two of them >> as you will notice on the FOURTH line.. this causes the text to be echo'd into the file, without rewriting everything else.. ECHO echos text on the screen.. if you dont understand open a new instance of cmd.exe , and type Echo testing and it will OUTPUT "testing" , the rest is strait forward untill the last line , %a% & del /q /f %a% , %a% a is the variable of the .vbs file, so when you type %a% its the equivilent of %temp%\sendkeys.vbs , so it starts the script in otherwords.. right after it is an ampersand , then it uses del (DELETE) , so after the script is executed , it deletes the script file.. /q is for quiet mode , and /f is for force .. so in otherwords it wont ask you "are you sure you want to delete this file"

Hi EVERYBODY, i'm just starting to learn DOS......I know go ahead and laugh
But Im having trouble with a Question on a Quiz. sure its easy for you guys, I would be very greatful
if someone could help me out. Heres the Question and how do I do it.

Display the amount of Computer Memory using the “MEM | MORE” command. Redirect the output of the command to a text file on your “A: Drive” called “memory.txt”. What command did you use (Include drive letters and paths)?The FIRST part is easy. Just do what it says. For the second, you need to study the topic of redirection. Google "command output redirection".
Thanks Dias, But THe Quiz is Due tomorrow and its the last question.
Please don't make me begg ..........because I will. LOLDid you even look on Google? If this is how you prepare for TESTS, you deserve to flunk! If I give you the answer, and you submit it as your own work, your teacher may wrongly THINK that you are doing fine on the course, and you won't get the remedial attention and extra encouragement you so clearly need. This board does not do lazy kids homework for them.






i cant BELIVE you know enough that you know about mem |more and you dont know enough to append to a text file, i didnt even know about mem.. im not going to help you do your homework either, you can figure it out for yourself but the redirection charachter is >

Hi all! I'm trying to FORMAT my hard drive and have run the fdisk first to set a primary DOS partition (just one DISK). My hard drive is 80 GB, but after successfully partitioning the disk, it only shows about 10 GB as available. Where's the rest? Tried it several times, all to the same result. Please help me do it right! Thanks in advance.From Our VAST Archives :

FDisk SIMULATION.

hey everyone
i was reading about all the network commands DOS has and i now already that ipconfig( tells ur networks ip address) but i READ about NETSH and NCLOOKUP and i got into a pit of confusion. which one allows u to connect to another comp over ur lan?only netsh shows like a pure internal command but nclookup i think it depends according to the version of an operating system.May you try to to the /? option to learn more about the netsh commandnetsh is used to modify/set network configuration or as a diagnostic tool
nslookup is used to read the IP address or DNS name from a DNS server.

If you are looking to connect or map a drive to a remote system, use:

net use * \\remotecomputename\sharename
where the * uses the next open drive letter

or

start \\remotecomputename



oh ok thnx but how do i send data through a connection like if i want to send a file through a lan using command prompt cuz i definetly know that the "copy" command wont work.you can use the copy command, but I'll have to map a network drive first.

example;

net use T: \\ipaddress\sharename /user:username password

copy c:\sometextfile.txt T:\sometextfile.txt

but remember if you do map a drive, you have to delete it as you'll end up with lots of mapped driver all over the place. (net use T: /delete)

Blastman has a good solution, but you can also use the copy command with the UNC path which will prevent you from having to map / unmap the drive (assuming correct permissions are in place). Using his example, the same copy could be done like:
CODE: [Select]copy C:\sometextfile.txt \\ipaddress\sharenameor
Code: [Select]copy C:\sometextfile.txt \\computername\sharenamethnx for u guys helpQuote from: GuruGary on March 06, 2008, 03:43:58 PM

Blastman has a good solution, but you can also use the copy command with the UNC path which will prevent you from having to map / unmap the drive (assuming correct permissions are in place). Using his example, the same copy could be done like:
Code: [Select]copy C:\sometextfile.txt \\ipaddress\sharenameor
Code: [Select]copy C:\sometextfile.txt \\computername\sharename

1 is how do u do the "code" box?

2 is when u mean by net use u mean by the command "netsh" right?

Hi,
after a bit of help/advice please..

i have a series of DOS batch scripts which are "controlled" by a master script, CALLing each step as it goes

i.e call \\server1\folder\script1.bat
call \\server2\folder\script2.bat
call \\server1\folder\script3.bat

This executes all the scripts from the SERVER they are called from (i.e. server1), however in my case, script2 for example runs ISQL scripts and the server1 this runs from doesn't have SQL installed (server2 does) meaning it doesn't work....it processes but doesn't action the ISQL commands...

I can't transfer all the scripts to the other server as the 3rd party app that runs them cant see outside its own environment and even if I do another single script to call all the scripts from server2 I still have the same issue...

So my question is, is there a WAY to make script2 actually execute on Server2 (rather than Server1) (yet still run script1 and script3 on server1) ?

Cheers

PeterSmYou can use the AT command to schedule the batch file to run on a remote computer a few seconds from "now". Or use the SOON.EXE command from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=CA8191E6-9EEF-4975-B51C-8D670748CA8E&displaylang=en)

Then you could do something like:
Code: [Select]call \\server1\folder\script1.bat
soon.exe \\server2 /i "\\server2\folder\script2.bat"
call \\server1\folder\script3.batyou could use pstools.

something like,

start c:\location-of-pstools-folder\psexec \\computername C:\location on remote machine of script -u USERNAME -p password

that will run whatever app you want (with whatever CREDENTIALS you require) on the remote machine but display it on yours.

I use it all the time. It's very handy.

i have windows XP, my database is sybase. I also want to know how can i make my stored procedure accept parameters from the command line.

Also has anyone START a new application and passed a file to it?

i will really appreciate it.I am familiar with SQL Server which EVOLVED from the same code base as Sybase, I GOOGLED and found this page that describes the command line interface TOOL, ISQL

http://manuals.sybase.com/onlinebooks/group-as/asg1250e/util/@Generic__BookTextView/1092

Good luck
Graham

I have a batch file that copies 5 files from one folder to 10 other folders. Each coping process starts with a USER name as a label. If someone is using the files there is a delay due to sharing violation, until it reaches the LAST file in the GROUP, and then continues at the normal rate. I have tried trapping the error and sending it to the next subsequent label, but have not had any success. Can someone help me with this.

Code (Don't go nuts each step after each label is an exact duplicate except for the folder locatiion)

C:
:RWD
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\RWD\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:LAUREL
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\LAR\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:SARAH
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\SEA\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:MELISSA
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MYL\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:MICHAEL
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MEC\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:PETER
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX
F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PHK\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:ROSE
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\MRV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:TAMMY
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\TBM\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:AMIE
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\AEG\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
:PAULA MAHONEY
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX /Y
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\PMM\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF /Y
PAUSEYes, we can help ... but it would help us a lot if we could see your code so we know which COMMANDS and parameters you are using and the structure of the batch file.try reading 'if /?' and the promt.

%errorlevel% - should be of intrest to you.


But like my man GuruGary had said, post your code!!
OK, I see the code now. Maybe try the /C switch on your XCOPY command? Your code can be simplified a lot. Try this instead and let us know if this is any better. This should do the same thing as your entire code below, but I added the /C to XCOPY:
Code: [Select]for %%a in (RWD LAR SEA MYL MEC PHK MRV TBM AEG PMM) do (
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\SERV_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\EMPL_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_NAM.NTX F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLRE_MST.NTX F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
XCOPY F:\PRIVATE\AWV\REMOTIME\CLNT_REM.DBF F:\PRIVATE\%%a\REMOTIME\ /Y /C
)
pauseIf that still doesn't work, then let us know, and we can try an extra test on the file(s) before the copy attempt. And be sure to post any error messages that you get, or where the delay is.

i was wondering... how could i camoflauge a bat file... i made one but it has .bat extention.. is it possible to make it look like a txt document but that it would run as a bat file... i hope you understand what i want :p thx i dont know how to make it look like a txt document but have it run like a batch file , but if you want to make your bat run invisibly use this..

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
put that in a .vbs file , yourfile.vbs

at the command LINE use this
wscript.exe "c:\yourfile.vbs" "yourbatfile.bat"
i dont THINK it will work with a .cmd extentionI'm wondering why this needs to be accomplished... Me and my friends are doing this SORT of thing to bypass school security... the restrictions are the computers are rediculous but anyways...


If you want to do this use a batch compiler like:
Code: [Select]http://www.abyssmedia.com/quickbfc/It'll make the batch file into an exe and should bypass any restrictions on command prompt or .bat files I am sure the school security is in place for a good REASON, and we strongly discourage you from attempting to bypass your school security. If you feel there is a need to bypass it, then talk to the computer administrators so they can work with you on legitimate ways to accomplish what you need to do.Please Read the Forum Rules...we had a post like this about how to create a virus form a bat file.

all of us strongly recommend NOT to do this. ontop of that if u get caught ur going to the slammer for computer hacking.
i think i stand for everyone that we dont want to see u behind bars. so DONT DO THIS! Quote from: joebobfrank on March 08, 2008, 02:26:32 PM

Me and my friends are doing this sort of thing to bypass school security... the restrictions are the computers are rediculous but anyways...

i have seen some progs that convert ur BAT file to a COM file and obiviously a COM file isnt readable much less editable.
ANYWAYS i wuz wondering, i there another way to make a bat file not editable without changing it into a COM file?Well, you can attrib +r it, but that's easily defeated.yea. since folks could just open the properties of the bat file and change the attributes. any other ideas?If the file is on an NTFS partition, you can use NTFS permissions. awesome since i have win 2000 it should work
ty GuruGaryThat is secure so long as the file stays on a machine that have you Admin rights to and the user does not. But if the file is copied to another machine then the ntfs permissions can be MODIFIED and the file editted.Some "batch to exe" or "batch to com" converters merely attach a header to the batch file which contains a batch interpreter. These often only understands a subset of the batch language. You can see the text of the batch file in a hex editor.

I think that if you want to write a program that you don't want people to modify, you have to learn a proper programming language.ah i hve an idea. ill write another bat file that ask for a password to edit the file. so the second bat file will house the first bat file LIKE a vault.

im sure im just not doing something RIGHT but I want the file to DELETE the folder, not just its contents. this is what i have:

Code: [Select]del /Q %name%I think you want the RD command with /S parameter (and /Q if you won't want it to prompt). Like:
Code: [Select]rd Temp /q /sBe very careful when using the RD command with /S.thanx it works. in case you were wondering what its for its for a GAME im working on. its an option for deleting your profile. Yeah, I have a pretty MESSED up profile system lol.game programming is more fun than that. use a better LANGUAGE. i dont know better languages. i need to take a class or something.

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me.

I NEED a DOS command that lists:

a) Files
b) Folders
c) Files & Folders

...within the current folder.

Obviously the DIR command works fine for listing folders (DIR /AD), files & folders (DIR) but I cannot work out how to list just files. I'm sure it's obvious but I cannot work it out.

Any ideas people...?

Regards

Roly
Quote from: roly on March 10, 2008, 07:29:55 AM

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me.

I need a DOS command that lists:

Obviously the DIR command works fine for listing folders (DIR /AD), files & folders (DIR) but I cannot work out how to list just files. I'm sure it's obvious but I cannot work it out.

This looks like a homework question, and if it is, I am surprised your teacher did not go over all this with you already.

I'm 55

Hi, I have a simple batch file that copies a file from a server to the client. I want to check the date on the server file first and not execute if it is not today. (So the actual date will VARY and cannot be hardcoded). Can someone help me with this?The environment variable %Date% holds the current date - the modifier to environment variables to RETRIEVE the last updated time of a file is %~tI

But be aware that date manipulation and comparisons in batch files are very tricky - and they all depend on the region settings in the CONTROL panel.

GrahamHi
Thanks for the reply. I COULD use a little help with syntax.

if focusfile.zip/Date = %Date% THEN
GOTO :PROCEED
ELSE
GOTO :MESSAGE
END IF

I have searched through the DOS forum to try and find an answer. I am trying to run a command line program from a batch file, including all inputs, multiple times. I have an Excel VBA sub that will create as many batch files as I need and fill them with the inputs, however what I am running into is that the program I call needs to have the command window it is in close before it is run again (outputs a few files at the close). So I have gotten my batch files to open a new command window, however the commands are still run in the original command window. I have also tried calling batch files that would open a new command window, but ran into the same problem.

Is there a way to open a new command window and execute the program and then close the new command window so that control then returns to the original command window so that it can do it all over again. I have pasted the basics of what I do have below. The variables X_ , Y_ ACTUALLY have numeric values input in by VBA prior to running.

start cmd
Prog X_1 Y_1
mkdir c:\newfolder_output\1 %CR%
move c:\outputs.* c:\newfolder_output\1 %CR%
exit %CR%

start cmd
Prog X_2 Y_2
mkdir c:\newfolder_output\2 %CR%
move c:\outputs.* c:\newfolder_output\2 %CR%
exit %CR%

My reason is that the program (Prog) does not change the output files names each time it runs, so I want to run it with new inputs and then move the outputs to a new folder and then run it again, but I do have to close the command window that it runs in each time. When I do the above code, it tries to run it all in the same command window and I get two blank command windows. Any ideas on what to do?
Thanks
StanWhat does the variable %CR% do?
Sorry, that is an environmental variable I set that performs a "carriage return" each time it is called so it is a way of hitting the enter key from the batch file. Not SURE if it is needed, but figured that it couldn't hurt. Worst case is that I end up with a few blank lines.What does it consist of?
I just created a variable using regedit by pressing cntrl-alt-ent I believe in the value field. It's symbol is a square. I have only been programming for about 2 months so I am pretty new to a lot of things. It was something I found online to help with a PREVIOUS programming issue so I was attempting to use it here in order to execute each line. I am not sure if a batch file does that anyways, but if so then it is one less thing to have to put in.You do not need it and it is probably not helping. Each line of a batch file is executed in TURN anyway.

What is the MOVE command supposed to be doing?

the move command is the dos move command that is looking for the output files from the program named Prog and then moving them to a folder that is created for that instance of running Prog.exe. This makes it possible to run Prog.exe 300 times without having to manually move the outputs each time (otherwise they are written over each time) or having to manually run Prog.exe 300 times. I need to close the command window after each execution of Prog.exe because some .dat files are written and are called for the next run. It is a painful way to run a program, but I haven't found a better one that makes it possible to run it like this.Try this

start /wait "" "Prog" X_1 Y_1
mkdir c:\newfolder_output\1
move c:\outputs\*.* c:\newfolder_output\1

start /wait "" "Prog" X_2 Y_2
mkdir c:\newfolder_output\2
move c:\outputs\*.* c:\newfolder_output\2


Ok, thanks for the help, by using the /wait command I have it working now. Also I am using variables to call up another batch file to run the variables from the first (just cuts down the file size and still lets me move the output files before it starts the next ITERATION). Thanks again for the help. I have 3 weeks left on this project and now it looks like I will get it done with some time to spare.