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Kate
You may be
striking a bug in the UV "dos /c ..." command, which has some, err, foibles
...
1) The
command string MUST be enclosed in single quotes (this is not documented
anywhere)
so, you must say DOS /c '<my DOS
command string',
not DOS /c "<my DOS command
string"
2) If you try to pass a parameter enclosed in double
quotes, you are in trouble :-(
So DOS /c 'blat.exe -s:"a subject with
spaces" ...' just doesn't work, the double quotes get
mangled.
I have cases
opened on both issues with IBM, and have tested a patched version of UV that
solves the second problem. I understand this will be released with the
next windows 10.0.x version, and presumably included in the subsequent
10.1.x. Dunno when, if ever, the documentation issue will be
addressed.
The
work-round for the second problem that is least awful is to generate a batch
file (DOS .bat extension) on the fly in your UniBasic program, and then run that
.bat file from the DOS /c command.
Call me on
(04) 2371828 if you want a better explanation!
HTH
Mike
Thanks. That (using DOS \C rather than sh
-c) got rid of the error message, but it did not seem
to create a file.
Looks like I have the wrong syntax, but it is
rather hard to look up the documentation!
I still feel uncomfortable using an undocumented
feature - no security it will not disappear or change.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:23
AM
Subject: RE: mkdbfile: create file in
another account
Well, I just
posed this question - and mkdbfile was the suggestion that
won!
However, I
didn't create a VOC entry. The idea (I believe) is to execute this command
at the OS prompt - not TCL.
Since it looks
like you're on Windows it would be something like so:
EXECUTE
'sh -c "cd C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV; ':SYSTEM(32):'\bin\mkdbfile
DATA \XXINV\KKINV 30 1 4 20 50 80 1068'
Does anyone know anything about using mkdbfile
(from UV bin) to create a file in an account other than the current user
account?
A colleague told me about it, but it does not
seem to be documented, and does not seem to work on my
UV
10.0.17 system on Windows 2000, as it does on his UV 9.5.2.1 on Windows
something.
I tried, according to his
instructions:
VOC mkdbfile
0001: V
0002: mkdbfile
0003: E
0004: FG
0005:
0006: PICK.FORMAT
Then, from TCL: mkdbfile
C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV 30 1 4 20 50 80 1068
where:
C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV is pathname
of file to create
30 is file type
1 is modulo
4 is separation
20 is hash type
50 is max load
80 is split load
1096 is large record size
This gave error message: invalid filetype
specified
I feel very nervous about using something that
is not documented, so presumably may not be reliably supported.
Anyone know anything, please?
Cheers, Kate
Kate Stanton
Walstan Systems Ltd
4
Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
ph +64 9 360 5310
fax +64 9 376 0750
ah +64 9 378 9594
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