Re: Batch files

Apr 27, 2008 2 Replies

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Paul E. Schoen 18 years ago

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Anyone remember enough about batch files to know how to handle modern
> _long_ filenames?
>
> I want to execute...
>
> C:\\NewsProxy\\NewsProxy.exe
>
> then execute...
>
> C:\\Program Files\\Agent\\agent.exe

You could also try JavaScript or WinScript. See the following:

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It is probably cleaner and more powerful than using batch files.

Note the use of %windir% to get the current directory, which can be useful.

Quotation marks are still required, however.

Paul

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JeffM 18 years ago

...which only works inside a browser??

Which will be replaced by M$'s "next big thing" next week??

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*-*-*-*-*-tips+ported-to-*-*-*-*-Windows-*+*-*-knowledge-*-here-to-stay-since-1978+Windows.PowerShell+Windows.Scripting.Language+Don't-*-*-learn-*-another-Microsoft-scripting-invention+Meet.bash+rewrite+batch.files+VBScript+without-*-*-*-either-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-additional-*-programs&strip=1

See the following: [links]

Name something that *isn't*. 8-(

"Current directory" is incorrect. The standard representation for that is a single dot (or nothing).

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What you referred to is environment variable for

*The directory where Windows is installed*.

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MooseFET 18 years ago

If it is a Windows system, you can't really call it "JavaScript". Microsoft includes "JScript" which is quite different from real Javascript. JavaScript was intended to be "safe". Being safe does not include running external programs.

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