Re: [sqr-users] Call System to execute.bat file

["Don Mellen" <donm@ontko.com>]

If you use "CALL SYSTEM" then the status returned is from the "SYSTEM" you
are "CALL"ing.  So in your case, it's a windows/dos status


On 8/30/07, R. Neal Patterson <rnpatter@colby.edu> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in using CALL SYSTEM to run a .bat file from SQR.
>
> I was able to make the following work based on the the coding
> suggested earlier by K.M.Narayanan:
>
> LET $COMMAND = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c DIR *.* > MyDirResults.txt'
> CALL SYSTEM USING $COMMAND  #call_status wait
>
> However, the #call_status returns value 1 when I try the following
> (and the commands within MyBatFile.bat are not executed):
>
> LET $COMMAND = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c MyBatFile.bat'
> CALL SYSTEM USING $COMMAND  #call_status wait
>
> How can I get the above to work?  Where can I find a list of the
> status code values and their meanings?
>
> Thanks,
> -Neal
>
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