How to get the result from a Dos command

[xManh]

For example I run a Dos command

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $command, "", @SW_HIDE)
    return $result

How to know if the command is successful?

thnx

[jinxter]

what command are you running ?

[MHz]

I'm fairly sure you may get a return of 1 or 0 by running @ComSpec directly.

$result = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $command, "", @SW_HIDE)
MsgBox(0, '', $result)

A cmd file in comparison can return varing int value from running a command.

Edit:

Cmd file can use return values beyond the limit of 0 and 1.

Edited September 25, 2006 by MHz

[xManh]

I'm not sure

It return variate integer values, some are very big (2023,3420,5050...)

[PsaltyDS]

I'm fairly sure you may get a return of 1 or 0 by running @ComSpec directly.

$result = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $command, "", @SW_HIDE)
MsgBox(0, '', $result)
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[xManh]

Well I see. But is there a way to track the progress If I don't runwait.

Like Initget, I can choose 1 to download at background?

[MHz]

@PsaltyDS

Thanks for the correction as RunWait() returns the exit code where Run() returns Pid .

@xManh

To use Run() so your script can do other things, then you can use some dllcalls to get the exit code from the process. Look at the link below.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23096

[xManh]

Thanks for recommendation MHz

[PsaltyDS]

Thanks for recommendation MHz

You still haven't said what $command was in your first example. If it outputs some kind of status to StdOut, then you can use Run() with $STDOUT_CHILD and the StdOutRead() function. Just another option...

[ragman]

You still haven't said what $command was in your first example. If it outputs some kind of status to StdOut, then you can use Run() with $STDOUT_CHILD and the StdOutRead() function. Just another option...

Heh...I like the stdout option, but have found an issue with it. Say your running the command 'findstr', and the file you are doing the search on does not contain the string you are looking for, a race condition is created. I've yet to find an elegant way around this, but I am still very new to autoit.