wscript.shell- does the run command have a buffer size for the command 1

[Jooky68]

Is there a buffer size for the command paramter of the run command. I am trying to run a command that works on one computer, but will not work on another. The command is similiar to the following.

cmd="for %h in (compname) do xcopy ""\\somepath"" ""\\somepath"" /r /y"

Sorry I do not have the syntax of the command exact becuase I do not have it with me currently. It did work on one computer but on another computer i get some weird error. When running err.number afterwards I get

error: -2147024894

And there is no err.description available (it is blank)

I was thinking that I was possibly hitting the upper bound for the buffer size on the run command. Is this possible? and if so is there a way to get around this?

 

[PHV]

Please post the EXACT script code and the WHOLE error message.

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[Jooky68]

CmdString = "for %h in (PJLAP PJlap2) do xcopy ""\\server1\Program Files\test dir\bin\cmn\file1.txt"" " _
   + " ""\\%h\Program Files\test dir\bin\cmn\file1.txt"" /r /y" 
WshShell.Run CmdString,0,true

If I put this command directly in the command prompt exactly as show above it works. (obviously after taking away the quotes, +, and _ characters) When trying to run it through the WsShell.run command it does not work. When displaying err.number after the run method, the error number is : -2147024894 . Which is an error number that is not recognized as anything. Since I can type it directly into the command prompt and it works fine, but not through the code I thought there might be some buffer size for the command parameter of the run method for the Wscript.shell. But at this point I really have no idea why I can not run the command. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[PHV]

You may try this:
WshShell.Run "%ComSpec% /C " & CmdString,0,true

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[Jooky68]

It worked! Why did that work if you do not mind me asking? I have heard of it and know it has to do with the command interpreter, but would never of thought to use it for this issue.

 

[PHV]

The FOR .. IN .. DO instruction is an internal command of the command intepreter (cmd.exe or command.com)

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