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#168637 - 2006-09-30 01:54 AM using exist with unc not working
jconway Offline
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Simple kix script that is Pi$$ing me off. It appears that the if not exist kix function in 4.53 does not take unc's. It is always running this part of the code reguardless if the dir exist or not.
Code:

If Not Exist("\\" + @WKSTA + "\d$\kix\scripts")
 MD "\\" + @WKSTA + "\d$\kix\scripts
EndIf

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#168638 - 2006-09-30 02:09 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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It works for me to C$.

Have you tried simply typing the path in your run line? I'm guessing you foobar'd the path or there is no D$ share or the OS is getting in the way.
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#168639 - 2006-09-30 02:15 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Since you are using an admin share, just wondering, does the person running this script have admin permissions?

Second... since you are using @WKSTA that means you are connecting to the machine that the script is running on. Why use @wksta at all? for example:

Code:

If Not Exist("d:\kix\scripts\")
 MD "d:\kix\scripts"
EndIf

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#168640 - 2006-09-30 03:54 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Please give this a try and let us know.


If GetFileAttr('\\' + @WKSTA + '\d'+'$'+'\kix\scripts') & 16
  'Folder already exists - nothing to do' ?
  'Folder checking error returned was: ' + @ERROR + ' - ' + @SERROR ?
Else
  MD '\\' + @WKSTA + '\d'+'$'+'\kix\scripts'
  'Folder not found - creating folder now...' ?
  'Folder creation error returned was: ' + @ERROR + ' - ' + @SERROR ?
EndIf
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#168641 - 2006-09-30 08:55 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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I have tried all kind of combinations and declarations, like
Code:

d$\kix\scripts = 5
$\kix\scripts = 6
$ = 7

They do not hurt the scipt.
This should work even without
Code:

Dim $RC
$RC = SetOption("NoVarsInStrings","On")

So I also presume jconway is using this for non admin users, p.e. during logon?
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#168642 - 2006-09-30 01:06 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
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single $ is not interpreted inside strings since some 4.1x or something.
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#168643 - 2006-09-30 05:18 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
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thanks for all the replies. I am the Administrator for this process. This is just a stupid little script we use to copy all of our logon scripts to all of our > 300 Terminal servers. The reason I need to use the @WKSTA macro is due to how we deploy the script. We use the citrix installer available to us. It allows us to have simple scripts that don't need to enumerate all the servers. I will try the suggestions given on Monday. I will keep all posted.
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#168644 - 2006-10-02 11:39 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
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got the script working. Had to change the d$ to d$$ for it to work.
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#168645 - 2006-10-03 01:02 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Using this at the top of your script will prevent that and is considered best practice to use for scripting.

Code:
If Not @LogonMode
  Break On
EndIf
Dim $SO
$SO=SetOption('Explicit','On')
$SO=SetOption('NoVarsInStrings','On')
$SO=SetOption('NoMacrosInStrings','On')
$SO=SetOption('WrapAtEOL','On')

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#168646 - 2006-10-03 04:00 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Or upgrade KiX.
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#168647 - 2006-10-03 05:34 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Yes, but there have been so many posts of recent that spent a day or two of back and forth posting that ended up being due to script errors that using that type of header would have alerted the user right away to their code errors instead of the community spending time debugging their script.
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#168648 - 2006-10-05 01:47 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
jconway Offline
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using latest version available.
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#168649 - 2006-10-05 02:38 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Quote:

using latest version available.


Then there is no way you should have to double up the $. You must have changed something else.
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#168650 - 2006-10-05 02:39 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Probably the missing quote on the end of this line:

MD "\\" + @WKSTA + "\d$\kix\scripts
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#168651 - 2006-10-05 10:27 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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lol.
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#168652 - 2006-10-05 10:32 AM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Aaaaaargh, have we been blind?
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#168653 - 2006-10-05 12:37 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
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Well the code I provided does not have that issue and it checks for a folder not a file.

His method will find (if working) either file or folder by that name.

But I guess he didn't want to try my version.
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#168654 - 2006-10-10 10:35 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
jconway Offline
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na that weren't it. Trully, the only change was to add the double $. No the quote at the end was there, just a copy past thing.
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#168655 - 2006-10-10 10:41 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
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so, you actually saying that you changed nothing and it suddenly started working?
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#168656 - 2006-10-11 05:29 PM Re: using exist with unc not working
jconway Offline
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no I changed the d$ to d$$ to get it to work. That is all I did. Honest
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