Robocopy

[mrrlg]

I have about 40 users throughout the domain who need to download to their laptops multiple folders. I don't want to have to create 40 different scripts. I have tested robocopy and this command works fine from the local command prompt.

C:\robocopy "\\server\share\<user name>" 'C:\clients" /s /z

What I need to do is replace the user name with the correct user. Can you use the $username function in this dos string?

It would also have to be used in the seperate upload script in the same fashion.

[Guido]

I have about 40 users throughout the domain who need to download to their laptops multiple folders. I don't want to have to create 40 different scripts. I have tested robocopy and this command works fine from the local command prompt.

C:\robocopy "\\server\share\<user name>" 'C:\clients" /s /z

What I need to do is replace the user name with the correct user. Can you use the $username function in this dos string?

It would also have to be used in the seperate upload script in the same fashion.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could execute the program from an AutoIt script, and using the & operater put your variable.

Example:

$Adj = "Ugly"
$Text = "You fat "&$Adj&" dog!"

The end result:

Text = You fat ugly dog.

Therefore, assuming your using v3, you just use the Run command with @Comspec and execute that tingy wingy and use the @SW_HIDE with it too, and uh.........

yea.

You should get it by now, if you look at the help file a bit.

If not, your a moron. just kidding.

[Blue_Drache]

I have about 40 users throughout the domain who need to download to their laptops multiple folders. I don't want to have to create 40 different scripts. I have tested robocopy and this command works fine from the local command prompt.

C:\robocopy "\\server\share\<user name>" 'C:\clients" /s /z

What I need to do is replace the user name with the correct user. Can you use the $username function in this dos string?

It would also have to be used in the seperate upload script in the same fashion.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

First things first: Ignore Guido and his pathetic attempt at an insult and a RTFM post.

Second: RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "commandName")

If your system sets the environment variable %USER% as the username, you can get it from there:

$username = EnvGet("USER")

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & $username & '" "C:\clients" /s /z')

Or you can get it from the @UserName macro.

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & @UserName & '" "C:\clients" /s /z')

[Guido]

Good job blue drache, I was trying to help, but I couldn't explain too well.

@The first person who posted:

I hoped that helped you.

That is exactly what I was trying to post, only he explained in more in good detail.

Edited March 10, 2005 by Guido

[mrrlg]

$username = EnvGet("USER")

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & $username & '" "C:\clients" /s /z')

When I run this line of script as written, I get a brief flash of a dos window and no data is copied from the server share to the local machine. I also get the same response running the second suggestion. I think this might be due to the fact that the dos prompt does not open to the local users C:\ but rather to their shared network Z:\ drive. Can the @SystemDir macro be used here?

[Blue_Drache]

When I run this line of script as written, I get a brief flash of a dos window and no data is copied from the server share to the local machine. I also get the same response running the second suggestion. I think this might be due to the fact that the dos prompt does not open to the local users C:\ but rather to their shared network Z:\ drive. Can the @SystemDir macro be used here?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could try, but it shouldn't happen if we're telling the script to run robocopy from the C:\.

Is robocopy on the default path?

The dos window flash can be fixed by adding a ,"",@SW_HIDE) to the end of the command. Just remove the closing parenthesis first and tack on everything that I bolded/italicized. I forgot about that earlier.

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & $username & '" "C:\clients" /s /z',"",@SW_HIDE)

Edited March 11, 2005 by Blue_Drache

[mrrlg]

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & $username & '" "C:\clients" /s /z',"",@SW_HIDE)

Adding this to the end of the statement produces the error "Unable to execute the external program. The directory name is invalid.

[mrrlg]

I normally have my scripts on a network share. Users are pointed to this share to execute the script. I've noticed that when I execute this script from the network share, robocopy picks up a portion of the network share as part of the destination address so instead of C:\legecy clients it becomes z:\Autoit test\clients \s \z. Is there a way to construct the script to start at the C:\?

I moved the script to the local machine and robocopy adds that local address to the destination path.

[Blue_Drache]

I normally have my scripts on a network share. Users are pointed to this share to execute the script. I've noticed that when I execute this script from the network share, robocopy picks up a portion of the network share as part of the destination address so instead of C:\legecy clients it becomes z:\Autoit test\clients \s \z. Is there a way to construct the script to start at the C:\?

I moved the script to the local machine and robocopy adds that local address to the destination path.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No idea. I'll have to look at the batch files that we use here....

That's another option, use a .bat file instead....but that's last resort. There should be a way to do it within AutoIt, but I'm fresh out of ideas at this point.

[mrrlg]

Thanks Larry, your suggestion works perfectly! Also thanks to Blue_Drache for helping me work through this script.

[Blue_Drache]

try...

RunWait( 'C:\robocopy "\\server\share\' & @UserName & '" "C:\clients" /s /z', 'c:\', @SW_HIDE )

Lar.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

*sigh* Leave it to me to find every solution but the simple one.