Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
Ernesto wrote:
> Looks like I'm not getting my parameters to my batch file correctly.
> I'm using os.system like this:
> os.system('bootmanager.bat %s' %"BOOTMANAGER ALL")
>
> where 'BOOTMANAGER ALL' is what I type at the command prompt arguments.
> That must not be right?
The batch file will see two parameters (in %1 and %2) if that's not what
you want, put double quotes around the %s, like so:
os.system('bootmanager.bat "%s"' % "BOOTMANAGER ALL")
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Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
Looks like I'm not getting my parameters to my batch file correctly.
I'm using os.system like this:
os.system('bootmanager.bat %s' %"BOOTMANAGER ALL")
where 'BOOTMANAGER ALL' is what I type at the command prompt arguments.
That must not be right?
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Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
Thanks.
Yeah I started to write in Python. Looks like this:
**
import os
from os.path import join
# Get input from user and make sure it is valid
fileDirec = raw_input("\nEnter the path of where your
STMP3XXX_SDK_FIRMWARE\nis located (i.e. C:\) : ")
if not os.path.exists(fileDirec):
exit(" ** File or path does not exist... exiting ** ")
# Builds all binaries simultaneously for SDK 3.050
def buildBinaries(_path):
_bootmanagerPath = join(_path,
"STMP3XXX_SDK_FIRMWARE\DeviceDriver\Media\SmartMedia\BootManager\STMP3500\make")
_usbmscPath = join(_path,
"STMP3XXX_SDK_FIRMWARE\Projects\Sdk\lcdexample\usbmsc\make")
_playerPath = join(_path,
"STMP3XXX_SDK_FIRMWARE\Projects\Sdk\lcdexample\player\make")
_mtpPath = join(_path,
"STMP3XXX_SDK_FIRMWARE\Projects\Sdk\lcdexample\mtp\make")
# First build bootmanager...change to that directory
# and run the bootmanager file... Similarly for the others...
os.chdir(_bootmanagerPath)
os.execl(("bootmanager.bat"),("BOOTMANAGER ALL"))
os.chdir(_usbmscPath)
os.execl(("usbmsc.bat"),("USBMSC ALL UPDATER"))
os.chdir(_playerPath)
os.execl(("player.bat"),("PLAYER ALL"))
os.chdir(_mtpPath)
os.execl(("mtp.bat"),("MTP ALL"))
# After gathering user input, call routine to build binaries...
buildBinaries(fileDirec)
**
The issue is after the first execution of os.execl, the script stops
altogether. In other words after bootmanager.bat executes, its over.
I would love to Python if I could get all scripts to execute (executing
simultaneously would be a major + !)
I'll try os.system
THANKS!!!
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Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
Ernesto wrote:
> The issue is I haven't done very much batch programming. I need to
> prompt the user for input and each batch file is in a different
> directory. How do I change directories and prompt for user input?
Ah, now you're talking things where Python, while not strictly required,
can start to make things easier. :-)
To run external things like batch files, you import the "os" module and
use the system() function:
import os
os.system('somebatchfile.bat')
Since you're prompting the user for input first, presumably the input is
passed to the batch file in some way, like so:
input = raw_input('Enter your incredibly useful info now:')
("raw_input" is a builtin... good to learn about as many of those as you
can handle by reading the docs here:
http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html . Some of those are
absolutely not important to you at this early stage, others are.)
Then with the input you've collected, you could pass it to the batch
file like so:
os.system('myfile.bat %s' % input)
The %s and % together result in whatever text the user entered being
added on the command line for the call to myfile.bat, exactly as though
it had been executed manually with the same input.
-Peter
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Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
Thanks Peter. The issue is I haven't done very much batch programming. I need to prompt the user for input and each batch file is in a different directory. How do I change directories and prompt for user input? Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Run batch files in Windows XP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a newbie and I was wondering if anyone knew a (Python) script to > run 4 batch files, one after the other (assuming the directories are > known). It would be better if all 4 batch files could run > simultaneously, but that might break Windows... ;) The problem I had > was I couldn't get the files to RUN, only to OPEN. Thanks for the > help!!! You shouldn't need a Python program for that. To run the not simultaneously: call batch1.bat call batch2.bat call batch3.bat call batch4.bat Put those commands with appropriate names in a fifth batch file and execute that and it will work. To run them simultaneously (which won't break Windows, but might not do what you would like, depending on what those batch files actually do), just add the "start" command into the equation. You can get help on the start command using "start /?" at a DOS prompt. -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Run batch files in Windows XP
Hi, I'm a newbie and I was wondering if anyone knew a (Python) script to run 4 batch files, one after the other (assuming the directories are known). It would be better if all 4 batch files could run simultaneously, but that might break Windows... ;) The problem I had was I couldn't get the files to RUN, only to OPEN. Thanks for the help!!! pseudo-code looks like this > Get directory > Run batch1 > Run batch2 > Run batch3 > Run batch4 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
