shell "xcopy c:\data " + $drv + $uname + "\data /e /i /h > " + $drv + $uname + "\copied.log"

but am getting the error "Invalid number of parameters.". However, when I replace 'shell' with '?' so that I can see what the output is, it looks great and works great when ran on the commandline.

Any ideas? Is there a limit of chars that the 'shell' command can issue?

../mk

$command = "xcopy c:\data " + $drv + $uname + "\data /e /i /h > " + $drv + $uname + "\copied.log"

shell "$command"

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Lon Geefshuysen
Lon_Geefshuysen@essentium.com

That did not work either. I'm now trying a different angle on this (redirectouput), but the output is still going to the screen. I'm using the following:

$command = "xcopy c:\data " + $drv + $uname + "\data /e /i /h"
$null = redirectoutput($drv + $uname + "\copied.log")
shell "$command"
redirectoutput("")

The log file is being created, but it is empty. The big list of files being copied are still dumped to the screen.

Am I doing something wrong? I hope that it is possible to create log files.

../mk

Works fine if I run ir from a Dos prompt but refuses to do the redirect when using the Shell command

Shell "%comspec% /c c:\temp\tlist mstask >c:\temp\plist.txt"

-Shawn

That helps