Script keeping log file open

[mjbdiver]

I've created an AutoIt script that uses a GUI interface for one-click access to programs I use to perform routine maintenance on the computers at the office where I work. Some of these programs are Windows Defender, Norton AntiVirus, Disk Cleanup and so on. The script also creates a log file and adds entries to the log as I run these programs.

At the beginning of the script are these variables for creating the log file.

$path="\\lrecdops-dc3\d$\home_folders\michael\maintenance\"

$file=$path & @ComputerName & ".txt"

And here's the segment that runs the NET TIME command.

FileOpen ($file, 1)

FileWriteLine($file,"Output of NET TIME check:" & @LF)

FileClose ($file)

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & "net time >>" & $file)

When I try running NET TIME from the script I get this error:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

But when I remove the top 3 lines from the NET TIME segment so that only this line is left:

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & "net time >>" & $file)

The NET TIME command does run and I do see its output in the log file.

I think the script is still keeping the log file open even though I have the script close it after writing to it.

How do I have my script truly close the log file so I can append the NET TIME output to it?

Edited November 30, 2007 by mjbdiver

[Danny35d]

Try this:

$FileOpen = FileOpen ($file, 1)
FileWriteLine($file,"Output of NET TIME check:" & @LF)
FileClose ($FileOpen)
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & "net time >>" & $file)

You need to close the handle created by FileOpen() function

Edit: Welcome to Autoit

Edited November 30, 2007 by Danny35d

[Jos]

Try this:

$FileOpen = FileOpen ($file, 1)
FileWriteLine($file,"Output of NET TIME check:" & @LF)
FileClose ($FileOpen)
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & "net time >>" & $file)

You need to close the handle created by FileOpen() function

Edit: Welcome to Autoit

.. and use the filehandle on the filewriteline or just forget about the FileOpen and FileClose

[mjbdiver]

That worked. Thanks for your help!