system command

[Nancy Palmquist]

Roland,

I have seen this behavior and I think it is a security thing for some 
commands.

First, depending on your version of Windows, you might try this syntax:

system noredraw "copy /b c:"{bs{"test.txt testnew.txt"

Second, some script commands just will not work in the SYSTEM command 
and when I hit one of those what I do is write a script and call the script.

For example,

script name: copyit.bat
rem routine to copy a file
copy /b %1 %2

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Then the system command would look like this:
declare scriptpath, filename
scriptpath="C:/myscripts/"
filename=c:"{bs{"test.txt"
scriptpath=xlate(scriptpath,"/",chr("92"))  'use this to flip slashes
system noredraw scriptpath{"copyit.bat"<filename<"testnew.txt"

I realize this could use a bit of enhancement for errors and such but 
give it a try.


Nancy

On 6/17/2016 2:05 PM, Roland Fischer via Filepro-list wrote:
> Hi Ken
> I am having a problem executing a system command on a Windows 7 machine attached to a windows 2012 network
>
> The command does not give me an error, but the command is not executed.
> If I go to a dos prompt and run the command all is as it should be.
> I have tried many different forms of the command with no resolution.
> The system command I am trying to execute is;
> system "copy /y c:" { bs { "test.txt testnew.txt > logfile"
> note 'bs' field contains ascii 92 - backslash
> Any help would be appreciated.
> RegardsRoland Fischer
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