cmd with varible

[cookiemonster]

Hey all,

 

been having a bit of trouble, I need to run a cmd prompt then the following (note: line four needs to use the varible: $time)

 

set path=C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual StudioVSSwin32

set ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database

SET PROJECT= $/myfiles/

ss Add C:locks$time

Have you got any ideas, ive tried a couple of cmd ways but it starts entering the first line before cmd's even loaded so it only gets the second half of the line, and I dont know how to parse the variable into this.

[BrewManNH]

You can set environment variables with the EnvSet command, no need to use a command prompt for that. What is SS and what is it supposed to be doing?

[therks]

Why not write to a batch file, execute it, then delete the batch file. Rather simple I think.

[water]

Or you could all write in a single line:

$sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/myfiles/ && ss Add C:\locks\" & $time
Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_HIDE)

[cookiemonster]

It should be adding a new file to microsoft visual sourcesafe, water I tried your line and it runs and finishes but nothing in VSS, so I changed it to the following in hope that I would then be able to see the cmd window without it flashing off my screen to see what the error is (I suspect its expecting some user intervention like entering comments about the file its adding) however it still flashed off the screen

$sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker && ss Add C:\hello.c"
Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW)

[water]

Change "/C" (close) to "/K" (keep) in the Run statement.

[cookiemonster]

Ah one of the errors ive seen before when working out the right cmd's to use

'ss' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

this is coming up because it doesnt know the correct path

set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32

it doesnt seem to be running the set path line, because this is correct, I added a pause before and after it and all I see is:

Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .

Any ideas why it isnt passing through the set path line, I think its also missing the ssdir line too

[water]

Try this and check if Path is correctly set:

$sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set"
Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW)

[cookiemonster]

yeh its got 

Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32

[cookiemonster]

right this is weird,

so I know its set the path:

Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32

I know its set the dir:

ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database

I know its set the project:

PROJECT= $/Smartbooker

but when it trys to add the file:

ss Add C:\hello.c

I get :

'ss' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

So if I run it all in a cmd window manually line by line it works, if i run the first three lines in my autoit script then run 'ss add c:hello.c' it gives me the error again.

Any ideas?

[cookiemonster]

slight update, ive added the path into the environment variables so no need for that to be in the script now, so its now just  

$sCmd = "set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker && ss Add C:\hello.c"
Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW)

so when I run the above I now get 'No VSS database (srcsafe.ini) found.  Use the SSDIR environment variable or run netsetup.' evern though I have set it, if I then type in 'set' it even shows me that in the current cmd window it is set 'ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database'

Any thoughts?

[cookiemonster]

water, what does && mean, is that a new line? as in does it put in 'set ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database' then essentially press enter, then the next line then enter?

[water]

&& is the DOS command concatenator.

[water]

Does it help if you set the working directory of the Run function to "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual StudioVSSwin32"?

[cookiemonster]

nope same issue

No VSS database (srcsafe.ini) found.  Use the SSDIR environment variable or run netsetup.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32>

so how would you write to press enter after a line of text being entered in the cmd window?

[cookiemonster]

Managed to get it working

$sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\hello.c)"
Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW)

[water]

Strange that parenthesis are needed. But glad you could solve the problem

[cookiemonster]

yeh, the only problem now is passing a variable into it, just been searching and found a few forum posts but didnt really understand them

I know the below wont work but hopefully it will give you an idea of what im trying to do, and you might be able to point me in the right direction

local $file = "hello.c"
$sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\"$file")"
Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW)

[water]

Use

$sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\" & $file & ")"

[cookiemonster]

omg im so stupid, i tried it with the & between c:" and $file but forgot to put another one after the $file, silly me!

Cheers water works perfectly!!