scripting

how to make the batch file wait until another batch file completes execution?

how to make the batch file wait until another batch file completes execution? let me explain with an example. echo hi >r.txt echo some piece of code >>r.txt start ar.bat echo some piece of coe >>ar.txt i want the code after start ar.bat to execute after this batch file exits .. i have tried without start it works but i want t...

Making Environment Changes Stick in Ruby Scripting

Here is my script #!/usr/bin/env ruby if __FILE__ == $0 `cd ..` puts `ls` end which runs fine, but when it exits, I'm back where I started. How can I "export" the changes I've made to the environment? ...

Calling linux utilities with options from within a Bash script.

This is my first Bash script so forgive me if this question is trivial. I need to count the number of files within a specified directory $HOME/.junk. I thought this would be simple and assumed the following would work: numfiles= find $HOME/.junk -type f | wc -l echo "There are $numfiles files in the .junk directory." Typing find $HOME...

A scripting engine for Ruby?

Hello, I am creating a Ruby On Rails website, and for one part it needs to be dynamic so that (sorta) trusted users can make parts of the website work differently. For this, I need a scripting language. In a sort of similar project in ASP.Net, I wrote my own scripting language/DSL. I can not use that source code(written at work) though, ...

Secure, simple php faq creating/editing script to base further development off of?

I'm looking to build a simple site centered around a simple faq system in php. The faq concept is simple, but I want to have an administrative-access backend for editing and creating the entries, and securing a login seems more complex and time-consuming, so I'm looking for suggestions for code to start me off. Does anyone know of any ...

Execute remote Lua Script

Hi, I want to make an application that executes a remote script. The user can create a script (probabily a LUA script) then stores it in the server. Then he can uses an API for execute the script. I was thinking that API could be a webservice. So my questions are: I need high performance to execute the script. So my first choice was LUA...

Seeing what files are run at startup (linux)

How do a check what startup scripts are run after I ssh into a machine? ...

UNIX script to convert queries

I need a UNIX shell script to convert my queries from Java compatible to Oracle compatible format. ie. I have all the java compatible queries: java: SELECT a, b, c, d, e, f,g "+// "from test where year(timestamp)=year(today) and month(timestamp)=month(today) " +// "and day(timestamp)=2 and h='" + "W" + "'" Oracle SELEC...

Default Contoller in CodeIgniter

I am wondering if there is any other configuration options for a default controller. For example - if I have a controller called "site" and I set the default controller in the following file: application/config/routes.php to: $route['default_controller'] = "site"; I should be able to go to http://localhost and that brings up the ind...

Lua on the iPhone

I'm trying to load at run-time Lua scripts on the iPhone. Is there a possibility to do that? How can I getting started with Lua? I can't find something. The only thing I can find is that this should be possible, but I am wondering how. ...

Exit to command line in Python

I have a script that I want to exit early under some condition: if not "id" in dir(): print "id not set, cannot continue" # exit here! # otherwise continue with the rest of the script... print "alright..." [ more code ] I run this script using execfile("foo.py") from the Python interactive prompt and I would like the script ...

generate a random file using shell script

How can i generate a random file filled with random number or character in shell script? I also want to specify size of the file. ...

Creating text file from as2

I'm trying to find a way to write to a text file from as2. I don't want to use any php or asp because my app needs to run without an internet connection. As3 has FileReference.save() and judging by the amount of searching I've done, as2 doesn't have that simple of a solution. Does anyone have a way even if its hacky to write to a txt fil...

How to get bash to insert ' in the output

Hi everybody, I'm rather new to bash, and somehow just haven't found out what I'm doing wrong here: (this is a small bash script calling my generator) if [ -n $folder ]; then $zorbalocation -q $generator -f -e files=\"$lFiles\" -e folder=\"lFolder\" else $zorbalocation -q $generator -f -e files=\"$lFiles\" -e fo...

How do I automate navigation to a website that requires authentication?

Here's what I'm trying to achieve. I would like to write a script that will navigate to a website that requires me to be authenticated as myself, say Facebook, Live Spaces, Twitter or any other, and then have that script search for certain information on one of the pages of the website. I've done something similar in the past with the W...

Help Needed With AJAX Script

Hello All I am working on an AJAX script but am having difficulties. First, here is the script: var xmlHttp; function GetXmlHttpObject(){ var objXMLHttp=null if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest() } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") ...

Writing a script with the cmd prompt.

I'm trying to make a script that will place a list (in a .csv file) of processes that are running that take up more than 10 mb of RAM and shows the time + date the script was run. My teacher did this during his lecture but I can't remember how he did it. Just trying to figure out how to be better at IT. So my question is, can anyone hel...

Returning References from Function in VBScript

Hi, I am loosing my hair on VBScript. How the heck can I pass a reference as return value of a function? Currently my code looks like this: Set objUser = FindUser("bendert") REM Searches Directory for the User Function FindUser(UserLoginName) Wscript.Echo "Querying AD to retrieve user-data" Set objConnection = CreateObject("AD...

How to Script Automated Root Password Changes?

Currently our process consists of logging into each *nix server and manually changing the password for each. My question is, what is a good way to automate this? I'm thinking of possibly a couple different ways to do this and would like input from others on what they recommend, use, etc. One way I was thinking is a text file with a lis...

How to use methods defined in a python scipt from a console like ipython.

Hello, I have written a python script with methods in it. Now I want to use methods from that script in ipython. How do I import it for use in ipython? Cheers ...