RunWait() With more than one Variable

[p3t3r]

Hello,

I've searched a lot of tutorials, but didn't find the solution. Hope someone here can help me.

I want to start a command-line virus-scanner and scan a drive. When I invoke the scanner, I have to pass

some args. The driveletter can change, so I have to find out the correct one first and store it in a variable.

$drive ist the drive I want to scan.

In the commandline, I have to pass this driveletter several times but I can't get it right

The code looks like this, but it doesn't work. There must be something wrong with quotationmarks, i guess.

$Return=RunWait(& $drive"tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database="& $drive"tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe" & $drive)

[weaponx]

How are you assigning $drive?

Like this: $drive = "C:\"

- or -

$drive = "C:"

$Return = RunWait($drive & "tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database=" & $drive & "tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe " & $drive)

Edited November 22, 2007 by weaponx

[martin]

Hello,

I've searched a lot of tutorials, but didn't find the solution. Hope someone here can help me.

I want to start a command-line virus-scanner and scan a drive. When I invoke the scanner, I have to pass

some args. The driveletter can change, so I have to find out the correct one first and store it in a variable.

$drive ist the drive I want to scan.

In the commandline, I have to pass this driveletter several times but I can't get it right

The code looks like this, but it doesn't work. There must be something wrong with quotationmarks, i guess.

$Return=RunWait(& $drive"tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database="& $drive"tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe" & $drive)

This might be it; I find this tricky myself. I wasn't sure if you meant to have the minus signs twice each time so you might need to correct what I've done.

;$drive = 'C'

$Return=RunWait('"' & $drive & ':\tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe"' & ' "-database=' & $drive & ':\tools\ClamWin\dbs\db -skip-noexe ' & $drive & "')

[p3t3r]

Thank You!

weaponx, it's like this:

Everything is on a USB-Sitck. the Stick gets inserted, the Script will be evoked by the autorun -Statement in "autorun.inf".

Now, before a certain application on the stick is started, the whole Stick should be checked by the Virus-Scanner. The Scanner

resides on the stick, too.

And because the driveletter of the stick can be another one on different systems, I have to find out the driveletter, first.

After that, start the scanner and pass the driveletter as an argument more than one time.

Ok, now I try martin's syntax and post the result, soon.

Here's the code:

$dir = @WorkingDir

$drive = StringLeft($dir, 3)

Might also look like: $drive = StringLeft(@WorkingDir, 3) -but I don't use that one

Edited November 22, 2007 by p3t3r

[p3t3r]

Hello,

whatever combinations of quotationmarks I use, I always get an error.

In this exemple, it interprets the variable a a string.

G:\tools\gon.au3 (17) : ==> Error in expression.:

$Return=RunWait('"'& $drive''"tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database="''& $drive''"tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe "'''& $drive''"')

$Return=RunWait(^ ERROR

Like this, it works:

$Return=RunWait(& $drive"tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database=g:\tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe g:\")

But the problem is: how can I use the variable two more times in the string? (g:\ in this case)

Thanks to everyone in advance!

[weaponx]

You can use single quotes within double quotes.

$Return = RunWait($drive & "tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database='" & $drive & "tools\ClamWin\dbs\db' --skip-noexe " & $drive)

[p3t3r]

Thanks again, but it didn't work.

I got it working like this, now:

;First, put the whole Argument in ONE variable.

$clam_arg=$drive & "tools\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe --database=" & $drive & "tools\ClamWin\dbs\db --skip-noexe " & $drive

;And then, call the Virus-Scanner with that variable:

$Return = RunWait($clam_arg)