Multiple shell commands

[MisterX]

Jacque,

- Make sure the directory is set to an existing drive first.
- Use the command.exe and not cmd (NT only).
- switches are with '-' or '/' or ? - you can find out using xxx.exe /?
To find out. Also -o=v or -o:v or -o v or -ov are all possible assignments
of v to the o switch. I suppose you are copying from an example... 
- using the windows crlf or just cr to break the line?
- how does it work in a normal shell window when you type this command?
- eventually, use Jan's bat idea.
- path or arguments with space and '&' need quotes around them...

Otherwise your command looks good!

Xavier
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jan Schenkel
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 18:33
> To: jacque at hyperactivesw.com; How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Multiple shell commands
> 
> --- "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> > I want to send two commands to a command-line app using shell() on 
> > Win98. The first needs to change directories, and then I 
> need to issue 
> > a command to a DOS app. Both of these work okay if I type them into 
> > the DOS prompt window.
> > 
> > When I try to send them via shell() it always fails with "too many 
> > parameters". I think I'm having trouble with quote marks, 
> but I don't 
> > know enough about shell on Windows to figure it out.
> > Here are the
> > commands I want to send:
> > 
> > cd "C:\Program Files\Conversion
> > Software\w32-rbmake-1.1\"
> > 
> > rbMake -ebjTs -otest "C:\Program Files\Conversion 
> Software\README.txt"
> > 
> > How would you format these? I tried using single quotes around the 
> > file paths but it doesn't work. Omitting the quotes entirely also 
> > fails, even if I only send the first line. I have also read that we 
> > can use "&" to join and send multiple commands to shell() 
> but when I 
> > try it, I still get "too many parameters" with the "&" shown as the 
> > culprit.
> > 
> > Anyone know how to do this?
> > 
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay
> 
> Hi Jacque,
> 
> A few ideas :
> - you may have to fiddle the 'shellCommand' property (see Ken 
> Ray's site)
> - you could avoid the quotes in the file paths by using the 
> 'shortfilePath' function
> - as a last rescue, you could write the two commands to a 
> temporary batch file, and then execute that file
> 
> Hope this helped,
> 
> Jan Schenkel.
> 
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