shornw 3 Posted July 12, 2006 hi all Is there an AutoIt command that can identify the .bat filename that calls a script. We have about 40 Logonscripts, some of which are redundant, and I want to identify which are being used. I can do it by creating a seperate log for each one but it would be much easier to have just one log file. @ScriptName calls the name of the script running but I need the name of the file that has called the script. Any help always appreciated Thx [font='Comic Sans MS']Eagles may soar high but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines[/font] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Briegel 0 Posted July 12, 2006 Why don't you call the script with parameter %filename of batch%? Then you can use in the script '$CmdLine[]' to get the filename from calling batch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shornw 3 Posted July 12, 2006 Sorry if I'm being thick here but I dont quite understand what you mean. could you explain a little more. Thanks [font='Comic Sans MS']Eagles may soar high but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines[/font] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
/dev/null 2 Posted July 12, 2006 you could retrieve the parent process ID of the running process with WMI. However, the parent process name will allways be cmd.exe in case of a batch file, so you won't get the name of the calling batch file. Sample of my test (I ran process.exe from run.bat). Caption: process.exe CommandLine: process.exe Name: process.exe ParentProcessId: 5904 ProcessId: 2696 Caption: cmd.exe Name: cmd.exe ParentProcessId: 3652 ProcessId: 5904 Better do this: Add the following line at the beginning of each batch file and then analyze the log. echo %DATE% - %TIME% - %0% >> \\serverxzy\logs\batch-execute.log Users must have write access to that file !! Cheers Kurt __________________________________________________________(l)user: Hey admin slave, how can I recover my deleted files?admin: No problem, there is a nice tool. It's called rm, like recovery method. Make sure to call it with the "recover fast" option like this: rm -rf * Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
/dev/null 2 Posted July 12, 2006 Sorry if I'm being thick here but I dont quite understand what you mean. could you explain a little more. Thanks what he means is: run.bat: AutoITScript.exe %0% This will call your compiled AutoIT script with the name of the batch file. Then you can write that name into a log within the AutoIT script. AutoITScript.au3: $calling_batch = $CmdLine[1] FileWriteLine("C:\bitches.log",$calling_batch) !! You'll have to add some error checking as well !! Cheers Kurt __________________________________________________________(l)user: Hey admin slave, how can I recover my deleted files?admin: No problem, there is a nice tool. It's called rm, like recovery method. Make sure to call it with the "recover fast" option like this: rm -rf * Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shornw 3 Posted July 12, 2006 Guys...what can I say. Absolutely fantastic...all these years of IT and i didnt know about the %0% All done and working... Thank you so much, this will make life a lot easier for me [font='Comic Sans MS']Eagles may soar high but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines[/font] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike1305 1 Posted July 19, 2006 what he means is: run.bat: AutoITScript.exe %0% This will call your compiled AutoIT script with the name of the batch file. Then you can write that name into a log within the AutoIT script. AutoITScript.au3: $calling_batch = $CmdLine[1] FileWriteLine("C:\bitches.log",$calling_batch) !! You'll have to add some error checking as well !! Cheers Kurt I couldn't help but note the irony. Amp Energy Drink: the official sponsor of me scripting at 2AM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
/dev/null 2 Posted November 6, 2006 I couldn't help but note the irony. that was intentional!CheersKurt __________________________________________________________(l)user: Hey admin slave, how can I recover my deleted files?admin: No problem, there is a nice tool. It's called rm, like recovery method. Make sure to call it with the "recover fast" option like this: rm -rf * Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
