Shell command problem on Windows 7

[Peter Haworth]

This is not an app problem Bob, the program never runs.

In any case, I've found a workaround for the problem, which is to issue two
commands in one call to the shell.  So tCommand now contains:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin" & diff.exe -i-E -b -B "<path to
filename1>" "<path to filename2>"

That works.

Pretty clear LC is messing with the command before it hands it off to the
shell.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> I'm at a loss then without the app that you are testing. I'd have to see
> the whole command with arguments and have the app installed to make any
> determinations. Years of troubleshooting has taught me to reproduce the
> user's issue before proceeding, and I can't do that here. Sorry.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> > My latest post explains more about this - it's not the program
> > name itself that causes the problem - it's the fact that
> > I'm passing parameters into the program on the command line enclosed in
> > quotes - that's what causes the error despite the fact that exactly the
> > same command works at a Windows command prompt.
> > Pete
> > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I tried that Ralph and it wouldn't work. I got the same result Peter did
> >> when I excluded the quotes. Another way to do it is shell(quote &
> tCommand
> >> & quote)
> >>
> >> That way you can be sure there are quotes when the command is shelled
> out.
> >> This would work only if you don't have arguments that must be outside a
> >> quoted string.
> >>
> >> It's my understanding that the command should work in the command prompt
> >> without quotes, but there must be something about the shell() function
> >> itself that messes with the command.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >> On Oct 16, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote:
> >>
> >>> Peter,
> >>>
> >>> Lose the quotes around the program name and you should be OK
> >>>
> >>> Ralph DiMola
> >>> IT Director
> >>> Evergreen Information Services
> >>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> >>
> >>
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