Noob question

[microbious]

I am good at CMD scripting and i have just now started to learn autoit.

With cmd, i could copy files using commands like

mkdir foldername
copy "%windiwr%\filename.exe" "foldername"/Y

where mkdir will create folder inside working directory. /Y is to overwrite without asking

and copy will copy filename.exe from "C:\windows" folder into newly created foldername.

At this point i dont understand how to use FileCopy command with autoit

I tried

DirCreate("saved")
FileCopy ( "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved" [, flag] )

but its not working. It will create folder it curent location where executable was executed from but will not copy anything into it.

I guess i dont understand the use of "Environmental Variables" use in autoit

Anyone can point me to the right direction ? I have never worked with scripting languages before and all i know is CMD.

Thanks in advance.

Edited April 29, 2009 by stoopid

[WideBoyDixon]

Take a look at EnvGet() to retrieve the value of environment variables. There are also some pre-built macros such as @SystemDir which you may be able to use.

Also, don't include parameter names in the function calls (i.e. your "[, flag]" is superfluous).

WBD

Edited April 29, 2009 by WideBoyDixon

[Mobius]

I recommend using the the Expand environment strings option::

Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1)
;or
 AutoItSetOption("ExpandEnvStrings",1)

that should sort out the problem you had in this code::

DirCreate("saved")
  FileCopy ( "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

Vlad

Ed:useless data.

Edited April 29, 2009 by Mobius

[microbious]

can you guys show me 1 example how this

DirCreate("saved")

FileCopy ( "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

would work ?

Thanks

ALso getting environment var is not a problem as:EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT")

Problem is how to use it.

I tried

$var = EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT")
MsgBox(4096, "Path variable is:", $var)

and i get message C:\Windows

But how do i use this value to copy files from there ?

Example would be great.

Thanks in advance

Edited April 29, 2009 by stoopid

[ChrisFromBoston]

This example should set you in the right direction:

DirCreate("c:\myFolder")
FileCopy(EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT") & "\explorer.exe", "c:\myFolder")

It will create c:\myFolder and then will copy explorer from SYSTEMROOT.

[microbious]

DirCreate("saved")

FileCopy(EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT") & "system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

doesn't work

folder created in working directory as i expected, but file from system32 folder will not copy unless i enter direct path instead of ENV variable

[Mobius]

DirCreate("saved")

FileCopy(EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT") & "system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

doesn't work

folder created in working directory as i expected, but file from system32 folder will not copy unless i enter direct path instead of ENV variable

What is wrong with...

Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1) ;allow the use of cmd shell %EVARS% in strings!
DirCreate(@WORKINGDIR &"\saved")
FileCopy ( "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", @WORKINGDIR &"\saved")

Ed: but to answer the quote, you forgot the "\" char

FileCopy(EnvGet("SYSTEMROOT") & "\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

Edited April 29, 2009 by Mobius

[microbious]

thanks it works.

Problem is that it wont work without Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1)

I want to forget about CMD and switch to autoit and as far as i understand, Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1) understands cmd commands.

Anyway to make this work

DirCreate("saved")

FileCopy( "%systemroot%\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

without Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1) ???????

Big thanks

[ChrisFromBoston]

I don't have AutoIt on this computer, but I think the variable is @SystemRoot so it'd be:

FileCopy(@SystemRoot & \system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

[microbious]

i get error

Error: Unterminated string.

if i do

DirCreate ("saved")

FileCopy(@SystemRoot & "system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved")

i get

Line -1:

Error: Unknown macro.

File still not copied

[microbious]

OK got it

All i needed was

FileCopy(@WindowsDir & "\system32\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys", "saved\", 8)

I had no idea slashes could be so important

Thank you all for help.

Oh and one last thing, i want to create a folder in a root of current harddrive.

How do i use DirCreate to accomplish that ?

With CMD there was %source% as environmental variable

and with autoit there is ?

Edited April 30, 2009 by stoopid

[CodyBarrett]

there are a whole lot of dir macros that are VERY usefull

[microbious]

yes thanks

But i found DriveGetLabel ( "path" )

But this takes me back to the top of this post,

Once program gets drivepath or environmental variable, how to i use it ?

for exaple

$var = EnvGet("WINDIR")
MsgBox(4096, "Path variable is:", $var)

tells me that windows in on C:\Windows

Next line i want to copy file from there into somewhere else.

HOW ?

is it something like this ?

EnvGet("WINDIR")

FileCopy ("here goes what ?", "place\")

confused

THanks for reply.

Edited April 30, 2009 by stoopid

[Mobius]

How about::

Ed: I forgot the trailing "\" after the 'saved' directory, so it is now &"\SAVED\"

FileCopy(@SYSTEMDIR &"\drivers\UnlockerDriver5.sys",@SCRIPTDIR &"\SAVED\",9)

This would copy the target file to the chosen folder, creating the folder structure if necessary,

and overwriting any files in that path with the same name.

Ed: As for creating a folder in a drive root...

$sFname = "\NewFolder"; Remember your back slashes. no macro's end with them.
   DirCreate("C:" & $sFname)
;or
  $var = EnvGet("systemdrive")
  DirCreate($var & $sFname)

Vlad

Edited April 30, 2009 by Mobius

[Juvigy]

If you have the CMD BAT file you can create CMD commands in Autoit with:

RunWait(@COMSPEC & " /c del C:\124.zip /q")

For example.

[herewasplato]

Welcome to the forum.

$var = "it is just short for variable"
$anythingiwant = "yes"

$"anything i want" = "no"
$anything_i_want = "yes"

I use it so seldom that i had to look it up in the help file that comes with the version of SciTE that I mentioned above. I don't know what all comes with (or is absent from) the SciTE-Lite that is installed with AutoIt.

[microbious]

let me get this straight.

RunWait(@COMSPEC & " /c del C:\124.zip /q")

RunWait(@COMSPEC & "CMD commands") right ?

its funny help files says

Remarks

To run DOS commands, try RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "commandName") ; don't forget " " before "/c"

Dont forget ?

anyhow so i tried to

RunWait(@HomeDrive & "/c " & "messagebox "window title" "message")

messagebox.exe is in the same directory as built script.

All i get is error line -1 and messagebox will not give me anything.

If so, any chance that CMD will die out in future versions of windows ? LOL that would suck.

Edited May 1, 2009 by stoopid

[CodyBarrett]

if it does... then you will probably just have to recode it... shouldn't take too long but i highly doubt it will get replaced

[microbious]

well i tried any combination i could think of, and it just dont work.

and why this guy referring to SciTE ?

What is SciTE ? and what does it have to do with AUTOIT ?

Edited May 1, 2009 by stoopid

[CodyBarrett]

ScitTE is the text editor that we use for autoit...