How to get a return value from a vbs file?

[Ken Ray]

> Where I now stuck is, that I don't know how to get back any return value
> from the vbs script file back into my rev, e.g the result of calling icacls.
> I can't just say "return" in vbs.

You use "Wscript.Echo <stuffYouWantToReturn>" at the end of the VBS file.
When you run the script file with the shell command, whatever is in
<stuffYouWantToReturn> is returned from the shell() call.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
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