Shell command problem on Windows 7

[Bob Sneidar]

I mean diff.exe. I would need that to try the exact arguments you are using. But glad you got it working. 

Bob


On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:

> 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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