command doesn't work for some reason... suggestion?

[fox_91]

I am trying to take one text file and append its contents to another file. i got it to work in DOS, and tried the _rundos command like this

_rundos("copy log.txt+spybotlog.txt c:\zlog.txt /y")

so it takes the 2 files and makes them one file then i use

_rundos("copy zlog.txt c:\log.txt /y")

so that puts them back in my org log file.

but for some reason those 2 commands do not work in my script.

does anyone have a idea why it doesn't run in the script but does in DOS fine? and is there a easy way to combine the 2 files together without long winded code?

thanks

[flaxcrack]

I am trying to take one text file and append its contents to another file. i got it to work in DOS, and tried the _rundos command like this

_rundos("copy log.txt+spybotlog.txt c:\zlog.txt /y")

so it takes the 2 files and makes them one file then i use

_rundos("copy zlog.txt c:\log.txt /y")

so that puts them back in my org log file.

but for some reason those 2 commands do not work in my script.

does anyone have a idea why it doesn't run in the script but does in DOS fine? and is there a easy way to combine the 2 files together without long winded code?

thanks

Try this:

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c copy zlog.txt c:\log.txt /y")

and if you want the window to be hidden use this flag: @SW_HIDE

[flyingboz]

two things to consider:

have you used the #include for the _RunDos() UDF?

the copy command specifies that options come before arguments i.e.

copy a + b c /y is technically not correct, but should be:

copy /y a + b c

Edited February 3, 2006 by flyingboz

[GaryFrost]

two things to consider:

have you used the #include for the _RunDos() UDF?

the copy command specifies that options come before arguments i.e.

copy a + b c /y is technically not correct, but should be:

copy /y a + b c

actually it does work that way also

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c copy log.txt + spybotlog.txt c:\zlog.txt /y","",@SW_HIDE)
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c copy c:\zlog.txt c:\log.txt /y","",@SW_HIDE)

XP Pro SP2

Copies one or more files to another location.

COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]

[+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

source Specifies the file or files to be copied.

/A Indicates an ASCII text file.

/B Indicates a binary file.

/D Allow the destination file to be created decrypted

destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).

/V Verifies that new files are written correctly.

/N Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a

non-8dot3 name.

/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an

existing destination file.

/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an

existing destination file.

/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

Edited February 3, 2006 by gafrost

[flaxcrack]

two things to consider:

have you used the #include for the _RunDos() UDF?

the copy command specifies that options come before arguments i.e.

copy a + b c /y is technically not correct, but should be:

copy /y a + b c

OK, three

how does the UDF handle user interaction ? (The /y switch according to the docs on my XP home wkstation states that this requires user confirmation for overwrites - not normally what

you're going for when trying to automate a process.

Nanner Nanner Nanner! Just kidding...

[flyingboz]

yep - nothing like misreading the docs

[fox_91]

Bah i can't get the quotes to work right lol.... anywaysi couldn't get those commands to run right... jsut sat there.... but it did spur my mind... which then i remembered i was using relative paths and not full path names, so it couldn't copy the files cuz they wern't there lol :">

anyways thanks for the fast replys