Passing $Variable in command line

[csmithknott]

All,

Thank you for looking at this, I am sure that it is something dumb I am overlooking.

I need to create a scheduled task on some machines. I have a script that does so successfully.

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC WEEKLY /D SUN /TN DB_Maintenance /TR "c:\program files\landesk\managementsuite\ldlogon\_DBMaint\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM')

What I need help with is substituting a variable into the command line.

I am getting a value out of the registry using this:

Global $LDMain = RegRead("HKLM\Software\LANDesk\ManagementSuite\Setup","LdmainPath")

The value of LdmainPath is something like this: f:\myfiles\managementsuite\

There will always be \ldlogon\_DBMaint\_DBMaint.bat appended to whatever value the $LDMain pulls up.

I can set the variable but am having problems when I try and use that variable in the command line for schtasks.exe.

Here is what I have:

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' \\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM', @SW_HIDE)

I have also tried this:

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' "\\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM', @SW_HIDE)

with no success.

I am sure that I am messing up my quotes somewhere. I would appreciate any help!

Thanks!

[Negative1]

$string = '/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' \\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM'
ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', $string , @SW_HIDE)

^^ I have used that as a work around before when I ran into this problem... If that doesn't work I would suspect $LDMain is not quite what you think it is. use a msgbox(0,"",$LDMain) and make sure it looks right...

Then

Msgbox(0,"",'/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' \\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM')

make sure they both look right before adding them to shell execute

[PsaltyDS]

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC WEEKLY /D SUN /TN DB_Maintenance /TR "c:\program files\landesk\managementsuite\ldlogon\_DBMaint\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM')

What I need help with is substituting a variable into the command line.

; ...

Here is what I have:

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' \\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM', @SW_HIDE)

I have also tried this:

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC weekly /TN LANDesk_DB_Maintenance /D SUN /TR ' & $LDMain & ' "\\ldlogon\\_DBMaint\\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM', @SW_HIDE)

Your inclusion of the literal double quotes is wrong:

ShellExecuteWait ('schtasks.exe', '/create /SC WEEKLY /D SUN /TN DB_Maintenance /TR "' & $LDMain & '\ldlogon\_DBMaint\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM')

AutoIt doesn't use string escape sequences, so the double backslashes "\\" are not required.

It probably doesn't hurt, but if the registry value contains a trailing backslash, you probably wind up with doubles where $LDMain & '\ldlogon...' happens.

[csmithknott]

All, thank you for the help. I was able to get it working using this:

$string = '/create /SC weekly /TN "LANDesk_DB_Maintenance" /D SUN /TR ' & Chr(34) & $LDMain & 'ldlogon\_DBMaint\_DBMaint.bat" /ST 00:15:00 /RU SYSTEM'

The part that was a little strange was getting the " on the left side of the $LDMain variable. Using the Chr(34) seems a little hokey but it works like a champ.

Thanks again, it was a great learning experience.