I want to create a batch file that would:
1) change to a directory
2) run an executable command that is inside the directory
3) write the output of the execution to a text file
made use of cd to change directory but when i ran the executable command inside the directory it halts.
On code below, snmpset.exe is inside the SNMP folder
cd c:\Users\MyComputer\SNMP
START "c:\Users\MyComputer\SNMP\snmpset.exe -r:96.120.97.190 -c:hDaFHJG7 -o:1.3.6.1.4.1.1429.78.1.1001.1.0 -val:1 -tp:int" >> "c:\Users\MyComputer\list.txt"
If I ran the command by itself on the cmd line the result is this:
SnmpSet v1.01 - Copyright (C) 2009 SnmpSoft Company
[ More useful network tools on http://www.snmpsoft.com ]
OK
c:\Users\ralcal000\Downloads\SnmpSet>
Run the batch file in c:\Users\MyComputer\SNMP no need to change directory.
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Simply put, I have a VBScript titled "tyrian_soundtest.vbs" that plays an .mp3 that is titled "tyrian_soundtest.mp3"
The VBScript code is below
Set Sound = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Sound.URL = "tyrian_soundtest.mp3"
Sound.Controls.play
do while Sound.currentmedia.duration = 0
wscript.sleep 1
loop
wscript.sleep (int(Sound.currentmedia.duration)+1)*1000
When opened, it plays the .mp3. Simple enough.
The trouble comes in when I run a batch script titled "tyrian_soundtest.bat". Relative to it, the .vbs and .mp3 are in a folder called sfx. Here is what one iteration of that file contained.
#echo off
start %cd%\sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs
exit /b
The result is an error stating that Windows couldn't find the file path, likely due to it containing a space. Other attempts of the .bat were replacing line 2 with
start .\sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs
or
start "%cd%\sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs"
Any attempt I've made gives one of three results. Option 1: There is no error, but the audio simply never plays. Option 2: An error is thrown about the file directory not being found. Option 3: That file path opens up in a new cmd window, but the .vbs is never run.
Is there any way format the .bat to get the .vbs to run through the without an error being caused?
The main issue is that there is used in batch file and in the VBScript file the current directory path. The current directory on starting %SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe to process the batch file can be any directory.
The Windows Explorer sets the directory of the batch file as current directory on double clicking the batch file resulting in starting cmd.exe by explorer.exe to process the double clicked batch file of which full qualified file name is passed to cmd.exe after the option /c as additional argument. But if the batch file is stored on a network resource accessed using UNC path, the Windows command processor changes the current directory from the network resource to %SystemRoot% (the Windows directory) and the batch file fails to start Windows Script Host to process the VBS file. See also: CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.
A batch file can be also started by right clicking on it and using Run as administrator. This can result in making the directory %SystemRoot%\System32 (the Windows system directory) the current directory. See also: Why does 'Run as administrator' change (sometimes) batch file's current directory?
That are just two of many examples where the current directory is different to the directory containing the batch file. So if a batch file references other files stored in same directory as the batch file itself or a subdirectory of the batch files directory, it is advisable to reference these files with the full path of the batch file instead of using a path relative to current directory.
Example:
The used files are stored in directory C:\Temp\Development & Test as follows:
sfx
tyrian_soundtest.vbs
tyrian_soundtest.mp3
tyrian_soundtest.bat
A user opens a command prompt window which usually results in making the directory referenced with %USERPROFILE% or with %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% the current directory. A user executes next in the command prompt window:
"C:\Temp\Development & Test\tyrian_soundtest.bat"
So the current directory is definitely not the directory containing the batch file.
The batch file can be coded as follows to start nevertheless the Windows Script Host for processing the VBS file tyrian_soundtest.vbs and successfully play the MP3 file tyrian_soundtest.mp3.
#start "" /D "%~dp0sfx" %SystemRoot%\System32\wscript.exe //NoLogo "%~dp0sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs"
%~dp0 references the drive and path of argument 0 which is the full path of the currently processed batch file. The batch file path referenced with %~dp0 always ends with a backslash. For that reason the concatenation of %~dp0 with a file/folder name or wildcard pattern should be always done without using an additional backslash as that would result in two \ in series in complete argument string and the Windows file management would need to fix that small error by replacing \\ by just \ before passing the argument string to the file system. See also the Microsoft documentation about Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces which explains which automatic corrections are usually applied on file/folder strings before passing them to the file system.
The internal command START of cmd.exe interprets the first double quoted argument string as title string for the console window as it can be seen on running in a command prompt window start /? and reading the output help. For that reason it is not enough to use just:
#start "%~dp0sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs"
That would result in starting one more command process with its own console window with the full qualified file name of the VBS file as title of the console window.
The Windows Script Host processing a VBS file by default on Windows exists in two versions:
%SystemRoot%\System32\cscript.exe is the console version.
%SystemRoot%\System32\wscript.exe is the Windows GUI version.
The usage of the console version cscript.exe results usually in opening a console window by the parent process if the parent process is not itself a console application running already with an opened console window like on execution of a batch file processed by %SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe being also a console application.
The usage of the Windows GUI version wscript.exe results in no opening of a window by default at all. The processed script file must contain commands to open a window if that is wanted at all.
The difference can be also seen on running from within a command prompt window cscript /? and next wscript /?. The first command results in printing the help for the command line options of Windows Script Host in already opened command prompt window while the second command results in showing a graphic window by wscript.exe displaying the same usage help.
The usage help of Windows Script Host explains also how each user can define which version of Windows Script Host is the default for executing scripts. So it is not advisable to specify just the VBS file name with full path on the command line with start and let cmd.exe look up in Windows registry which version of Windows Script Host to run to process the VBS file. It is better to explicitly run the version of Windows Script Host most suitable for playing the MP3 file which is in this case the Windows GUI version wscript.exe opening by default no window at all to play the MP3 file in background.
So it would be possible to use:
#start "" %SystemRoot%\System32\wscript.exe //NoLogo "%~dp0sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs"
There is an empty title string defined with "" as the started executable wscript.exe is a Windows GUI application for which no console window is opened at all by cmd.exe. So the title string does not really matter and can be an empty string.
But there is left one problem with that command line. The VB script references the MP3 file without path which means with a path relative to current directory. The current directory is %USERPROFILE% and not C:\Temp\Development & Test\sfx which contains the MP3 file tyrian_soundtest.mp3. So the VB script would fail to find the MP3 file to play.
There are two solutions to fix this:
The usage of the following command line in the batch file:
#start "" /D "%~dp0sfx" %SystemRoot%\System32\wscript.exe //NoLogo "%~dp0sfx\tyrian_soundtest.vbs"
The option /D of command START is used to explicitly set the subdirectory sfx of the batch file directory as start in respectively current directory for the process wscript.exe which cmd.exe starts using the Windows kernel library function CreateProcess with an appropriate created structure STARTUPINFO.
The VBS file references the MP3 file tyrian_soundtest.mp3 with its full path which the VB script file determines itself from its own full qualified file name. That can be achieved in the VB script file tyrian_soundtest.vbs by using in the second line:
Sound.URL = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) + "\tyrian_soundtest.mp3"
Best would be using both possible solutions as in this case the VB script file would work also on being executed by a different process than cmd.exe processing the batch file tyrian_soundtest.bat and deletion of directory %~dp0sfx is not possible as long as started wscript.exe is running because of this directory is the current directory of running Windows Script Host.
So the batch file as well as the VB script file work now both independent on which directory is the current directory as both reference the files with full path determined by the scripts themselves from their full qualified file names.
Currently this is how I have written the code in the batch file:
C:\ cd C:\abc\xyz\build-scripts-master
call setEnv.cmd
cmd ant do-clean
cmd ant do-dist
This is not working. It just executes the setEnv and breaks out. It does not run the remaining commands
Manually this is how it works:
I first go to the folder C:\abc\xyz\build-scripts-master through the Command Prompt
Then I type in setEnv, which is a windows command script, and hit return.
Then I type in ant do-clean
And then ant do-dist
I want to automate this process and hence was trying to achieve this using batch file.
Try the following:
#CD /D "C:\abc\xyz\build-scripts-master"
#Call setEnv.cmd
#Call ant.bat do-clean
#Call ant.bat do-dist
The latter two lines assume that ant.bat is located somewhere in the current working directory or %PATH%
It is not imperative that the directory path is doublequoted in this case, just good practice.You could continue not to use the .bat extension with ant. I've included it just to make it clear that it is a batch file, and should be Called in the same way as the setEnv batch file.
it didn't run the bat files because you didn't specify the files' location in the code. As it stands right now, the script expects the .bats to exist in the working directory or it has been placed in the folder. The only way it will run the files arbitrarily is if you had placed your working location in the system variables or set the Path to the folders location. I don't know if the cmd and call are needed. I have never used them in my scripts.
I want to run a bat file located in a specific location with some parameters.
If i cd to that location and then run the bat file with arguments, it works in command prompt. But how do i run it with absolute path in Jenkins?
I want to do something like this
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\soapUI-4.5.2\bin\testrunner.bat C:\Dev\COM\B2B\Vishal\SOAPUIGIT\B2bSoapUI.xml -s"Amend Order New Framework" -M"
however this gives an error saying
"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
Solved it.
The issue was with the double quotes.
Changing it to this worked
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\soapUI-4.5.2\bin\testrunner.bat" C:\Dev\COM\B2B\Vishal\SOAPUIGIT\B2bSoapUI.xml -s"Amend Order New Framework" -M
Say I have the following folder structure.
/foo
/bar1
code.do
/bar2
I want to run Stata on batch mode and have the log file generated inside /foo/bar2. What exact batch code should I run?
I'll give you examples that I tried and that didn't work. Right now the log file is being created as stata.log inside /foo. Also, I would like to run Stata on batch mode with -b, and not seeing the whole output on my GUI.
stata-se < "/foo/bar1/code.do" > "/foo/bar2"
stata-se "/foo/bar1/code.do" "/foo/bar2"
stata-se do "/foo/bar1/code.do" "/foo/bar2"
stata-se -b do "/foo/bar1/code.do" "/foo/bar2"
Both methods work for me. Below my exact terminal commands after creating your example directories:
Method 1
$ stata < /home/roberto/Desktop/foo/bar1/code.do > /home/roberto/Desktop/foo/bar2/code.log
Method 2
$ cd /home/roberto/Desktop/foo/bar2
$ stata -b /home/roberto/Desktop/foo/bar1/code.do
Notice that with Method 2, Stata will write the log file to the current directory. Just change it before running Stata.
Another option is to specify your log file inside of your do-file
log using /home/roberto/Desktop/foo/bar2/code.log, replace
Then you can run the file from batch mode without worrying about current directory
I am trying to use a cmd file to run a batch file that uploads a file of mine to a directory of my website. The batch file looks like this:
open ip address
username
password
option confirm off
cd \public_html\wp-content\uploads\2014\07
put "C:\Users\a\Documents\pdf\Contact Info.pdf"
quit
The cmd file looks like this:
ftp -s:c:\Users\a\Documents\upload.bat
When I run the cmd file I get output in command prompt that says that my username and password are ok and then tells me that option confirm off is an invalid command and that the cd filepath is a prohibited file name. It then says my file is uploaded but I can't find where the file is put. Is there a reason why this is happening? Is it possible to upload the file to that directory?
Use winscp. Download: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
option confirm off is a valid WinSCP command, see http://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_option
Example: Uploading a single file with WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/script_upload_single_file
Step 1
create file: winscp-upload-script.txt
option batch abort
option confirm off
open sftp://username:password#example.com/
put "C:\Users\a\Documents\pdf\Contact Info.pdf" \public_html\wp-content\uploads\2014\07
exit
Step 2
create file: do-upload.bat
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\winscp.com" /script=winscp-upload-script.txt
Step 3
Go scheduler, create new task, like described here (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12444-task-scheduler-create-new-task.html) and use do-upload.bat and configure event timing.
-Done-