Need simple example of Command Line Parameters

[qwert]

Can someone point me to a 20- or 30-line script that uses Command Line Parameters? (I've searched several times.) I've read about them in the Help file, but I'm still unsure how to declare them -- or are they pre-declared in one of the constants files? An example would really help.

Thanks in advance.

[ptrex]

@qwert

Something like this ?

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#include <date.au3>
#cs ----- CleanUp ------
    A command line executable that deletes files in a given folder
    that are over a given age. 3/23/06
    
    Example:
    C:\cleanup.exe "c:\test\*.*" 60 /R /D
    
#ce --------------------
If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then help()
If $CmdLine[1] = "/?" Then help()
If $CmdLine[1] = "?" Then help()
If $CmdLine[0] = 1 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") Then showit($CmdLine[1], 30, 0)
If $CmdLine[0] = 2 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringIsInt($CmdLine[2]) Then showit($CmdLine[1], $CmdLine[2], 0)
If $CmdLine[0] = 2 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringInStr($CmdLine[2], "/R") Then showit($CmdLine[1], 30, 1)
If $CmdLine[0] = 3 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringIsInt($CmdLine[2]) And StringInStr($CmdLine[3], "/R") Then showit($CmdLine[1], $CmdLine[2], 1)
If $CmdLine[0] = 2 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringInStr($CmdLine[2], "/D") Then workit($CmdLine[1], 30, 0)
If $CmdLine[0] = 3 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringIsInt($CmdLine[2]) And StringInStr($CmdLine[3], "/D") Then workit($CmdLine[1], $CmdLine[2], 0)
If $CmdLine[0] = 3 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringInStr($CmdLine[2], "/R") And StringInStr($CmdLine[2], "/D") Then workit($CmdLine[1], 30, 1)
If $CmdLine[0] = 4 And StringInStr($CmdLine[1], ":\") And StringIsInt($CmdLine[2]) And StringInStr($CmdLine[3], "/R") And StringInStr($CmdLine[4], "/D") Then workit($CmdLine[1], $CmdLine[2], 1)

help()

Func showit($path_and_mask, $target_age, $recursive)
    $a = _FileSearch($path_and_mask, $recursive)
    If $a[0] > 0 Then
        $list=""
        For $i = 1 To $a[0]
            $file_age = days_since_modified($a[$i])
            If $file_age > $target_age Then
                $list=$list & $a[$i] & @CRLF
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
    MsgBox(0, "old files", $list)
    Exit
EndFunc  ;==>workit

Func workit($path_and_mask, $target_age, $recursive)
    $a = _FileSearch($path_and_mask, $recursive)
    If $a[0] > 0 Then
        For $i = 1 To $a[0]
            $file_age = days_since_modified($a[$i])
            If $file_age > $target_age Then
                FileDelete($a[$i])
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
    Exit
EndFunc  ;==>workit

Func help()
    $msg = "Cleanup is a command line utility that deletes files older than a given age." & @CRLF & _
            @CRLF & "Syntax:" & @CRLF & _
            @CRLF & "CLEANUP   ""path_and_mask""   [days_old]   [/R]  [/D]" & @CRLF & _
            @CRLF & "  path_and_mask    I.E. C:\folder\sub-folder\*.* (use quotes if there are spaces)" & _
            @CRLF & "  days_old    age of files to delete (default is 30)" & _
            @CRLF & "  /R        recursive (default is non-recursive)" & _
            @CRLF & "  /D        delete the files, without /D it just shows a list matching the mask" & @CRLF & _
            @CRLF & "Examples:" & _
            @CRLF & "CLEANUP ""C:\test fol\*.txt"" 60 /R /D" & _
            @CRLF & "CLEANUP C:\test\*.log /R /D" & _
            @CRLF & "CLEANUP C:\test\*.* 25 /D" & @CRLF
    MsgBox(0, "Cleanup Help", $msg)
    Exit
EndFunc  ;==>help

Func days_since_modified($full_path_to_file)
    $FileInfo = FileGetTime($full_path_to_file, 0, 0)
    $formated_file_date = $FileInfo[0] & "/" & $FileInfo[1] & "/" & $FileInfo[2]
    $formated_current_date = @YEAR & "/" & @MON & "/" & @MDAY
    $date_diff = _DateDiff('D', $formated_file_date, $formated_current_date); needs <date.au3>
    Return $date_diff
EndFunc  ;==>days_since_modified

Func _FileSearch($szMask, $nOption)
    $szRoot = ""
    $hFile = 0
    $szBuffer = ""
    $szReturn = ""
    $szPathList = "*"
    Dim $aNULL[1]
    
    If Not StringInStr($szMask, "\") Then
        $szRoot = @ScriptDir & "\"
    Else
        While StringInStr($szMask, "\")
            $szRoot = $szRoot & StringLeft($szMask, StringInStr($szMask, "\"))
            $szMask = StringTrimLeft($szMask, StringInStr($szMask, "\"))
        WEnd
    EndIf
    If $nOption = 0 Then
        _FileSearchUtil($szRoot, $szMask, $szReturn)
    Else
        While 1
            $hFile = FileFindFirstFile($szRoot & "*.*")
            If $hFile >= 0 Then
                $szBuffer = FileFindNextFile($hFile)
                While Not @error
                    If $szBuffer <> "." And $szBuffer <> ".." And _
                            StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($szRoot & $szBuffer), "D") Then _
                            $szPathList = $szPathList & $szRoot & $szBuffer & "*"
                    $szBuffer = FileFindNextFile($hFile)
                WEnd
                FileClose($hFile)
            EndIf
            _FileSearchUtil($szRoot, $szMask, $szReturn)
            If $szPathList == "*" Then ExitLoop
            $szPathList = StringTrimLeft($szPathList, 1)
            $szRoot = StringLeft($szPathList, StringInStr($szPathList, "*") - 1) & "\"
            $szPathList = StringTrimLeft($szPathList, StringInStr($szPathList, "*") - 1)
        WEnd
    EndIf
    If $szReturn = "" Then
        $aNULL[0] = 0
        Return $aNULL
    Else
        Return StringSplit(StringTrimRight($szReturn, 1), "*")
    EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>_FileSearch

Func _FileSearchUtil(ByRef $ROOT, ByRef $MASK, ByRef $RETURN)
    $hFile = FileFindFirstFile($ROOT & $MASK)
    If $hFile >= 0 Then
        $szBuffer = FileFindNextFile($hFile)
        While Not @error
            If $szBuffer <> "." And $szBuffer <> ".." Then _
                    $RETURN = $RETURN & $ROOT & $szBuffer & "*"
            $szBuffer = FileFindNextFile($hFile)
        WEnd
        FileClose($hFile)
    EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>_FileSearchUtil

regards

ptrex

[DirtDBaK]

here is something really simple..

$DAT = ''
If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then
    If $CmdLine[1] <> @ScriptName Then
        $Dat = $CmdLine[1]
    
                Endif
Endif
;Do whatever you want with Dat down here...

[qwert]

Thanks for both responses. Here's a script I came up with to confirm/demonstrate parameter entry:

If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "Result", "No parameter was entered!")
    Exit
EndIf
MsgBox(64, "Entry", $CmdLine[1])

My conclusion is that the $CmdLine arrary is some type of global parameter that doesn't have to be declared. Are there others? I couldn't find anything specific in AutoIt Help.

[DirtDBaK]

I learned mine from the help file.. and it's already declared...