> C:\temp>test.bat > output.txt I'd suggest putting a location before the output.txt, something like
Test.bat > c:\output.txt I'm not sure where CFEXECUTE calls the file from... Philip Arnold Technical Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 www.aspmedia.co.uk www.aspevents.net An ISO9001 registered company. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: phumes1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 June 2002 18:27 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: <cfexecute > > > Hi, > > This is what I put in my batch file: > > test.bat > -------- > > setlocal > c: > cd C:\temp > c:\temp>c:\program\runme.exe c:\temp\filename printer > > Then from the command prompt I did: > > C:\temp>test.bat > output.txt > > The programs run just fine. The program displays the > processing to the screen. > When I open the file output.txt this is what it contains: > > C:\temp>setlocal > C:\temp>c: > C:\temp>cd c:\temp > c:\temp>c:\program\runme.exe c:\temp\filename printer > > I don't know whats going on. > > The output.txt file should contain the output thats dumped to > the screen > but it doesn't. > > The executable file is a Perl script which was compiled to a > .exe file. > Could there be something in the Perl script thats stopping > the output to a > file? > Its works to the screen so I can't figure out whats happening. > > Any ideas? > > > > > > >The bat file seem to be working exactly as you tell them to. > > > >In the instance below, when you are calling the exe > directly, you are > >rerouting the screen output to the p.log file. > > > >It is routing the ouput of the runme command to the log file. > > > >In the CFExecute example you posted earlier, you are > routing the output > >from the BAT file to the log file. Not quite the same thing. > > > >Try changing the call in the BAT file to match your example below, > >including the redirected output stream. > > > >(and what are the command switches "-e /q /v" doing for you in the > >CFExecute example? Is /q quiet mode, which supresses all > bat file output?) > > > >Now you've got me curious > >Jerry Johnson > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/05/02 02:27PM >>> > >Why is my output file empty? > > > >The filename is passed to the executable for processing but > shen I specify > >the output to be redirected to a file its empty. Why? > > > >Run from command prompt: > > > >c:\temp>c:\program\runme.exe c:\temp\filename printer > p.log > > > > > > > > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------+ > > Philip Humeniuk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +------------------------------------------------------------- > -----------------------+ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
