CMD output from an other host

[ptrex]

Is in some way possible to grab the output of the cmd window of another host.

Without using some kind of temp files to store the data in ?

PSExec is an option but still it doesn't give the output to AutoIT, unless over a temp file.

I need a way to of direct access, as if I was running it locally.

Thanks

[JMiller]

Is in some way possible to grab the output of the cmd window of another host.

Without using some kind of temp files to store the data in ?

PSExec is an option but still it doesn't give the output to AutoIT, unless over a temp file.

I need a way to of direct access, as if I was running it locally.

Thanks

I think psexec in combination with StdOutRead() would work. There is information about this command and an added parameter to Run() in the beta help file. Also, here is an example of it being used.

Script

Hmm actually i'm not sure if that would work... because psexec would spawn the child process, but that information would not necessarily be returned to the psexec process. I'll try testing it.

Edit: psexec seems to contain the output from the command. I didn't have another pc handy to test remote execution, but it should work like the following code. One thing that I found is you have to terminate the psexec.exe process for some reason before the script continues. So, you'd have to find a delay that gives the command long enough to run without slowing your script down too much...

_psexecTest()

Func _psexecTest()
    Local $ipconfig = Run("psexec.exe -s ipconfig.exe", "", @SW_HIDE, 2)
    Local $data = ""
    Sleep(1000)
    ProcessClose("psexec.exe")
    While 1
        $data &= StdOutRead($ipconfig)
        If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
    WEnd
    MsgBox(0, "Test", $data)
EndFunc

Edited June 4, 2006 by JMiller

[herewasplato]

...Without using some kind of temp files to store the data in ?...

Well not with that condition :-) 'cuz even the std I/O functions create tmp file(s)... which (BTW) are left behind if the script terminates abnormally.

It might us help to know what you are attempting to run in that remote CMD window.

[ptrex]

Thanks for all the feedback.

The application I am trying to run is some command line tool that belongs to our ERP system.

Which is not standard used everywhere.

So replicating this whould be hard on your side. the thing with this tool is that i can only be run at the server side, not from any client.

I need to grab the output from the CMD box to the client. I know I can to do with a temp file but I would prefer not to.

Any idea's are welcome.

[DaveF]

Well not with that condition :-) 'cuz even the std I/O functions create tmp file(s)... which (BTW) are left behind if the script terminates abnormally.

StdoutRead/StderrRead/StdinWrite? Uh, no they don't, unless you consider your virtual memory swap file a temp file...

[herewasplato]

StdoutRead/StderrRead/StdinWrite? Uh, no they don't, unless you consider your virtual memory swap file a temp file...

As you can see, I don't get to this forum much.

If you are able to use the StdoutRead/StderrRead/StdinWrite functions without temp files being created, then I must have coded something wrong in this post:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=173643

If you remove the last line of that code FileDelete("C:\Temp\scs???.tmp") you should have three temp files in the OS temp folder after running that code. They are just text files and they contain everything that the CMD screen would have displayed to the user including the info being sent from the script to the CMD window.