batch-file

Post login script pointing to new dhcp server

Hi, I have been trying to create a post login script that will change the default gateway to a specific IP and then renews its IP but haven't had any luck. I know the normal cmd line is ipconfig \renew for renewing it IP. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ...

Batch File and VBS script not Getting URL

I have a .bat file that I run every night to "hit" a webpage. The batch file has one argument, the URL webrun.vbs http://www.... Here is the webrun.vbs script below. Anyway, I'm running this script on two servers. One has DNS set up and is accessed like http://www.domainname.com The other server doesn't have DNS set up yet and is ...

Are Visual Studio pre-build events guaranteed to finish before compiling starts?

I'm using a pre-build event in Visual Studio to run a batch (.bat) file that performs some code generation (specifically, I'm running SqlMetal.exe to generate LinqToSql code). Is the batch file guaranteed to finish before the compilation begins? Or does it run the batch asynchronously? Bottom line: I want to make sure the new code gets...

How to create an SVN pre-commit hook to unzip a file into a directory before commiting to the repository

I am using MySql Workbench, which stores files using a proprietary format which it turns out is simply a renamed zip file. I would like the unzipped contents to be placed in my repository on commit. Is it possible to have SVN run a batch file to unzip the contents before comitting to the repository? ...

Strip drive letter

By using the command from a folder in D: drive for /f "delims=" %%d in ('cd') do set pathdrv=%%d echo %pathdrv% I get "d:\some folder".I want to write batch commands to create autorun file in the root of the drive. Please help me to strip the drive letter "d:" so the output is "\some folder" and what extra change do i do to strip "...

Need some major batch-fu.

I have this massive folder structure with thousands of folders and subfolders. I need to copy all the DLLs from this structure into a single folder. I've tried the xcopy *.dll c:\output /S /E but that copies the DLLs with the structure. Is there a way to do what I want in a batch file using DOS commands only. ...

Get STDOUT into a variable

Im using sendemail in a batch file. At the end of sending an email it replys with a message of succses or failure. For example Jan 10 00:46:54 villa sendemail[456]: Email was sent successfully! Is it possible to capture this message into a variable for processing? Thx ...

Create File Command in Batch Files (*.bat)

Hello, I want to create a file named "new text document.txt" in the folder %tv% using a batch file ( *.bat). This is my batch file: set tv=D:\prog\arpack96\ARPACK\SRC cd "%tv%" @CON >> "new text document.txt" set tv= Although I can really create the file in %tv%, but when I run the above batch file, I will get an error message saying...

How can I edit this so it works with files that have spaces?

@echo off set /A Counter=0 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion for %%D in ("e:\test test\") do ( for /f %%F in ('dir /a-d /b %%D*.*') do ( ECHO. ECHO Current file is: %%F set src=%%F set dest="e:\test test\space locate\%%F" if not exist !dest! move !src! !dest! if exist !dest! ( ...

Can .bat file execute an sql query and return a value?

How can I call a query from a .bat file? (say my query is: select version from system). Can my .bat file save the output that this query returns? I wanna use this output in my NSIS script. ...

How to detect Java is installed on a Windows system from a batch file?

I am looking for a batch file snippet that somehow reads the Windows registry and detects which Java JRE's are on a Windows system and then asks the user which one they want to use and remembers the choice. Here is what I have so far... needs some modifications. This script only finds the first JDK... it doesn't handle multiples. ::Ge...

How to create mysqldump batch file?

Hi, I tried to create a batch file that can backup all my databases. My systems details: OS: Server -> Windows Server 2003, Testing/local machine -> Windows Vista Databases: MySql 5.XX Batch file: @echo off START C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.33\bin\mysqldump.exe --opt -h localhost -uroot -psecret testdb | gzip > dump.sql"); In my co...

Command Prompt Closes Too Fast After Running A Service

I have a problem with a service. I have an installed application that runs as a service; when I start that service, a command prompt opens and immediately closes. The program isn't executing properly and I need to see the error output but the command prompt closes too quickly. Is there a way to force the window to remain open? Thanks...

Send text to standard input of a Windows console app

I am trying to write a .bat file to automate some shell commands. Most of the commands are easy and I can just put them into the batch file directly, but there is one command which instead of taking command line parameters, expects you to type in the options you want using "the standard input". I'm not exactly sure what that means. Ca...

automatically close batch file when done

How would I make this close itself when its done? copy h2.cfg default.cfg /y c: cd "c:\program\reba" "c:\program\reba\reba.exe" i tried adding: cls @exit in the end but i didnt work edit: i want the cmd window to close when reba has loaded ...

Concatenating space-separated numbers together in a batch file.

I need to randomly generate a number of values in a batch file that share a certain range and concatenate them together separated by spaces. Everything works except for concatenating the space-separated numbers together. The specific problematic issue is concatenating with the numbers with spaces, how do I go about this? The relevent po...

How do I store a list of files into a text file?

I want to create a batch file which will parse through a given directory and get me all XML files. These XML file names are to be stored in a text file. ...

Batch file can't immediately see environment variables created by InstallShield script

Hello. We use InstallShield 2008 for our product installation. Product consists of several components. When a component is installed, a batch-file with some post-install routines specific to this component is executed. The problem: post-install batch files use some environment variables that are set during the installation of the prod...

How to extract rows from a log file using Windows command line tools or batch file?

I would like to extract certain rows from a log file using native Windows command line tools or batch file (.bat). Here's a sample log file: 2009-12-07 14:32:38,669 INFO Sample log 2009-12-07 14:32:43,029 INFO Sample log 2009-12-07 14:32:45,841 DEBUG Sample log 2009-12-07 14:32:45,841 DEBUG Sample log 2009-12-07 14:32:52,029 WARN Sam...

Single instance batch file?

:: dostuff.bat @echo off :: insert long-running process call here : End What can I add to this batch file to make it terminate if it's already running in another process when it's executed? ...