I don't know whats happening... The contents of my output.txt file still contains the following. The output to the screen (console) is totally different and this is what I want dumped into the output file. The executable is a compiled Perl script. Does anyone know how to dump the output of the perl script to a file?
C:\temp>setlocal C:\temp>c: C:\temp>cd c:\temp c:\temp>c:\program\runme.exe c:\temp\filename printer At 11:19 AM 6/7/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > 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] > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----------------------+ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
