Executing dos commands in vbscript

[emozley]

Hi,

I am trying to write a vbscript file that I can run from the command prompt using cscript.

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("c:")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("cd \")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("dir /w")
strIpConfig = objScriptExec.StdOut.ReadAll
WScript.Echo strIpConfig

For some reason it is erroring on line 2 saying access denied. I have full admin rights over my PC.

Any ideas?

Thanks very much

Ed

 

[trollacious]

Try using cmd in front of the command interpreter commands.

Lee

 

[PHV]

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("CMD /C c: & cd \ & dir /w")
strIpConfig = objScriptExec.StdOut.ReadAll
WScript.Echo strIpConfig

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[sparkbyte]

Hey PHV, would your .Exec command need to be..

Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("CMD /C c:" & vbCRLF & "cd \" & vbCRLF & "dir /w")

needing the extra line feeds between the commands?



Thanks

John Fuhrman
Titan Global Services

http://www.titangs.com

 

[PHV]

No, the ampersand is interpreted as a command separator by cmd.exe

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[sparkbyte]

PHV,

so something like this..

"c:\temp\inst\InstData\VM\install.exe" & " -f " & "installer.properties"

would get interpreted as..

c:\temp\inst\InstData\VM\install.exe CRLF
-f CRLF
installer.properties CRLF

correct??



Thanks

John Fuhrman
Titan Global Services

http://www.titangs.com

 

[PHV]

If the ampersand is interpreted by the script engine, then it acts as the concatenation operator.

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[sparkbyte]

Ahhhhh, I see says the blind man!!!

Because the whole string value [highlight]("CMD /C c: & cd \ & dir /w")[/highlight] is between quotes the ampersands are sent to the command interpreter which then uses them as CRLF's between each command.


Thanks that did clarify! PVH

Thanks

John Fuhrman
Titan Global Services

http://www.titangs.com