How do I capture the output of a script if it is being ran by the task scheduler?
Try this as the command string in Task Scheduler: cmd /c yourscript.cmd > logall.txt
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How to run multiple DOS commands in parallel?
You can execute commands in parallel with start like this: start “” ping myserver start “” nslookup myserver start “” morecommands They will each start in their own command prompt and allow you to run multiple commands at the same time from one batch file. Hope this helps!
Suppress command line output
Because error messages often go to stderr not stdout. Change the invocation to this: taskkill /im “test.exe” /f >nul 2>&1 and all will be better. That works because stdout is file descriptor 1, and stderr is file descriptor 2 by convention. (0 is stdin, incidentally.) The 2>&1 copies output file descriptor 2 from the new … Read more
Set a path variable with spaces in the path in a Windows .cmd file or batch file
Try something like this: SET MY_PATH=C:\Folder with a space “%MY_PATH%\MyProgram.exe” /switch1 /switch2
How to overwrite existing files in batch?
Add /Y to the command line
Batch File; List files in directory, only filenames?
The full command is: dir /b /a-d Let me break it up; Basically the /b is what you look for. /a-d will exclude the directory names. For more information see dir /? for other arguments that you can use with the dir command.
Batch file to copy directories recursively
Look into xcopy, which will recursively copy files and subdirectories. There are examples, 2/3 down the page. Of particular use is: To copy all the files and subdirectories (including any empty subdirectories) from drive A to drive B, type: xcopy a: b: /s /e
How to use if – else structure in a batch file?
Your syntax is incorrect. You can’t use ELSE IF. It appears that you don’t really need it anyway. Simply use multiple IF statements: IF %F%==1 IF %C%==1 ( ::copying the file c to d copy “%sourceFile%” “%destinationFile%” ) IF %F%==1 IF %C%==0 ( ::moving the file c to d move “%sourceFile%” “%destinationFile%” ) IF %F%==0 … Read more
relative path in BAT script
Use this in your batch file: %~dp0\bin\Iris.exe %~dp0 resolves to the full path of the folder in which the batch script resides.
How to wait in a batch script? [duplicate]
You can ping an address that doesn’t exist and specify the desired timeout: ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul And since the address does not exist, it’ll wait 10,000 ms (10 seconds) and return. The -w 10000 part specifies the desired timeout in milliseconds. The -n 1 part tells ping that it should … Read more