RE: [sqr-users] Using Call System under Windows XP

["Jim Womeldorf" <jwomeldo@fastenal.com>]

This MIGHT help.  It provides the path to CMD.EXE

    LET $com = GETENV('comspec')
    let $COMMAND_STR = $com  || '/c @start /min /wait cmd /c copy
<from_file> <to_file>'

    CALL SYSTEM USING $COMMAND_STR #copy_status WAIT

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: sqr-users-bounces+jwomeldo=fastenal.com@sqrug.org
[mailto:sqr-users-bounces+jwomeldo=fastenal.com@sqrug.org] On Behalf Of
Simpson, Don I (UK)
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:53 AM
To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
Subject: [sqr-users] Using Call System under Windows XP


Can anybody Help,

We are in the process of upgrading all of our users from NT or W2K to
XP. We use CALL SYSTEM a lot, mostly to activate copy commands on the
system. We have discovered that the calls are failing under XP, although
working under NT and W2K. The command string works under XP if called as
a .bat file.

Below is a typical example command. I've anonymised the actual filenames

 LET $command = 'cmd /c @start /min /wait cmd /c copy <from_file>
<to_file>'

 call system using $command_string #copy_status wait

The status returns as 0 under NT, as 1 under XP

Regards,

Don Simpson
BAE Systems


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