We periodically runs jobs and we need to save the output into a PDS and then parse the output to extract parts of it to save into another member. It needs to be done by issuing a REXX command using the percent sign and the REXX member name as an SDSF command line. I've attempted to code a REXX to do this, but it is getting an error when trying to invoke an ISPF service, saying the ISPF environment has not been established. But, this is SDSF running under ISPF.
My code has this in it (copied from several sources and modified):
parse arg PSDSFPARMS "(" PUSERPARMS
parse var PSDSFPARMS PCURRPNL PPRIMPNL PROWTOKEN PPRIMCMD .
PRIMCMD=x2c(PPRIMCMD)
RC = isfquery()
if RC <> 0 then
do
Say "** SDSF environment does not exist, exec ending."
exit 20
end
RC = isfcalls("ON")
Address SDSF "ISFGET" PPRIMPNL "TOKEN('"PROWTOKEN"')" ,
" (" VERBOSE ")"
LRC = RC
if LRC > 0 then
call msgrtn "ISFGET"
if LRC <> 0 then
Exit 20
JOBNAME = value(JNAME.1)
JOBNBR = value(JOBID.1)
SMPDSN = "SMPE.*.OUTPUT.LISTINGS"
LISTC. = ''
SMPODSNS. = ''
SMPODSNS.0 = 0
$ = outtrap('LISTC.')
MSGVAL = msg('ON')
address TSO "LISTC LVL('"SMPDSN"') ALL"
MSGVAL = msg(MSGVAL)
$ = outtrap('OFF')
do LISTCi = 1 to LISTC.0
if word(LISTC.LISTCi,1) = 'NONVSAM' then
do
parse var LISTC.LISTCi . . DSN
SMPODSNS.0 = SMPODSNS.0 + 1
i = SMPODSNS.0
SMPODSNS.i = DSN
end
IX = pos('ENTRY',LISTC.LISTCi)
if IX <> 0 then
do
IX = pos('NOT FOUND',LISTC.LISTCi,IX + 8)
if IX <> 0 then
do
address ISPEXEC "SETMSG MSG(IPLL403E)"
EXITRC = 16
leave
end
end
end
LISTC. = ''
if EXITRC = 16 then
exit 0
address ISPEXEC "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE" ,
"NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
I execute this code by typing %SMPSAVE next to the spool output line on the "H" SDSF panel and it runs fine until it gets to this point in the REXX:
114 *-* address ISPEXEC "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE" ,
"NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
>>> "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
ISPS118S SERVICE NOT INVOKED. A VALID ISPF ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT EXIST.
+++ RC(20) +++
Does anyone know why it says I don't have a valid ISPF environment and how I can get around this?
I've done quite a bit in the past with REXX, including writing REXX code to handle line commands, but this is the first time I've tried to use ISPEXEC commands within this code.
Thank you,
Alan
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Im trying to make it so that it prints out the topplayer's name but it output prints the error on the title.
Heres the code:
local highest = 0
local mostvote = 0
while true do
wait(10)
local TopPlayer
local TopCash = 0
for i, plr in ipairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetChildren()) do
local kills = plr.leaderstats.Kills.Value
if kills >= TopCash then
TopPlayer = plr
TopCash = kills
end
end
print(TopPlayer.." Got the most kills so "..TopPlayer.Team.." wins!")
for i, plr in ipairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetChildren()) do
local kills = plr.leaderstats.Kills.Value
kills.Value = 0
end
end
print(TopPlayer.." Got the most kills so "..TopPlayer.Team.." wins!")
The error tells you what's happening : you've got an Instance of something and you're trying to add a string to it, and it doesn't know what to do with it.
TopPlayer is a Player instance, and you probably want to print out their name. So instead of using the Player instance directly, you should probably use their Name or their DisplayName in the message. Similarly, TopPlayer.Team is a Team instance, and you should probably print its Name as well.
print(TopPlayer.Name .." got the most kills so " .. TopPlayer.Team.Name .. " wins!")
I am using Eclipse LDT for development, using the packaged Lua EE and Interpreter for Lua 5.2. I need to call the commandDatabase() method from my main method, though when I try, I receive the error:
"attempt to call global 'commandDatabase' (a nil value)".
I have looked up this error, and I am, as far as I can tell, defining methods in the right order.
Lua - attempt to call global 'contains' (a nil value)
When I view it in the debugger, the interpreter does not seem to find any methods I define between commandSystem and commandHelp. It shows each other function in the Variables area as e.g. ["commandSystem"] = function() but commandDatabase() does not appear
I have tried calling a wrapper method like so:
function commandDatabaseStep()
return commandDatabase()
end
... but this did not work either (same error)
The relevant code:
-- System command
function commandSystem()
...
end
-- Database command
function commandDatabase()
if arguments[2] == "no_arg1" then
print("The 'database' command must have at least one argument: [generate, wipe, dump, delete, get <system_name>]", true)
return 2
elseif arguments[2] == "generate" then
local file = io.open(database, "w+")
file:write("#ssmhub database")
file:close(file)
return 1
elseif arguments[2] == "dump" then
print("= DUMP START =")
for line in io.lines(database) do
print(line)
end
print("= DUMP END =")
return 1
-- 1+
elseif arguments[2] == "get" then
-- 2+
if isEmpty(arguments[3]) then
print("The 'database get' command must have a <name> parameter")
return 0
-- 2-
else -- 3+
local file = io.open(database, "r")
for line in io.lines(file) do -- 4+
local state = ""
local id = ""
local dividersFound = 0
line:gsub(".", function(c) -- 5+
if c == "|" then -- 6+
if dividersFound == 0 then -- 7+
state = state .. c
end -- 7-
if dividersFound == 1 then -- 8+
id = id .. c
end -- 8-
dividersFound = dividersFound + 1
end -- 6-
end) -- 5-
io.close(file)
end -- 4-
end -- 3-
else -- 9+
print("Illegal argument for command. Use 'help' for a list of commands and arguments.")
return 0
end -- 9-
end -- 2-
end -- 1-
function commandHelp()
...
end
-- Main
function main()
arguments = readProgramArguments()
commandArgument = arguments[1]
commandCompleteCode = 0
-- Process help and system commands
if commandArgument == "database" then
commandCompleteCode = commandDatabase()
end
end main()
As #luther pointed out, I had one-too-many end-s in commandDatabase.
This wasn't flagged in my IDE because I had not end-ed commandSystem, so commandSystem was nested inside of it.
To fix: add an end to commandSystem, and remove the end which I tagged '-- 1-'.
I want to call a function Christian.exe to the command line to act of a series of files that are indexed as "reentrant_008.sif" (8 is an example number).
"Christian.exe reentrant_00" & num & ".sif reentrant_00" & num & ".pgm" 0 2000 is the text that needs to be fed into the command prompt for the program to execute (num is an arbitrary number)
There are approximately 400 files, so I want to create a vbs code that calls the command prompt for each file until all the files have been accessed so far this is my code:
For
Dim cmdpath
num = CStr(i)
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell")
If i < 10 Then
cmdpath = "Christian.exe reentrant_00" & num & ".sif reentrant_00" & num & ".pgm" 0 2000
Else
If i < 100 Then
cmdpath = "Christian.exe reentrant_0" & num & ".sif reentrant_0" & num & ".pgm" 0 2000
Else
cmdpath = "Christian.exe reentrant_" & num & ".sif reentrant_" & num & ".pgm" 0 2000
End If
End If
wshshell.run cmdpath
Next
Problem is that a new command prompt is being called for each file, which is slowing down my computer. How do I ensure that only one command window that addresses all my files is called?
If you look at the documentation for Run you will see two option arguments [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn]. If you want your EXE to wait before proceeding on the script change your call to this
wshshell.run cmdpath, 0, True
Where 0 will hide the window and True will wait for the program to finish before proceeding in the script. Depending on your needs you could change the number or remove it.
wshshell.run cmdpath,, True
Since you tagged your question with both vbscript and powershell I'm adding a PowerShell solution:
foreach ($i in 1..400) {
$num = "{0:d3}" -f $i
& Christian.exe "reentrant_${num}.sif" "reentrant_${num}.pgm" 0 2000
}
& is the call operator. I recommend using it whenever you run external commands in PowerShell, because otherwise you'll be in for a surprise when you try to run a command from a variable for the first time:
$christian = "Christian.exe"
$christian ... # <-- throws an error, because $christian contains a
# string, which is NOT automagically interpreted
# as a command by PowerShell
& $christian ... # <-- works
-f is the formatting operator, that allows you to create formatted string output. Since your command lines only differ by the zero-padding of the input and output files it's better to build the file names with pre-padded number strings.
I recommend doing the pre-padding in VBScript as well:
For i = 1 To 400
num = Right("000" & i, 3)
cmdpath = "Christian.exe reentrant_" & num & ".sif reentrant_" & num & _
".pgm" 0 2000
wshshell.run cmdpath, 0, True
Next
I run a process using VBScript. The process usually takes 5-10 minutes to finish and if i run the process standalone then it gives intermittent output while running.
I want to acheive the same logic while running the process using VBScript. Can some one please tell me how to do that?
Set Process = objSWbemServices.Get("Win32_Process")
result = Process.Create(command, , , intProcessID)
waitTillProcessFinishes objSWbemServices,intProcessID
REM How to get the output when the process has finished or while it is running
You don't have access to the output of processes started via WMI. What you could do is redirect the output to a file:
result = Process.Create("cmd /c " & command & " >C:\out.txt", , , intProcessID)
and read the file periodically:
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
linesRead = 0
qry = "SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessID=" & intProcessID
Do While objSWbemServices.ExecQuery(qry).Count > 0
Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\out.txt")
Do Until f.AtEndOfStream
For i = 1 To linesRead : f.SkipLine : Next
WScript.Echo f.ReadLine
linesRead = linesRead + 1
Loop
f.Close
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
The above is assuming the process is running on the local host. If it's running on a remote host you need to read the file from a UNC path.
For local processes the Exec method would be an alternative, since it gives you access to the process' StdOut:
Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set p = sh.Exec(command)
Do While p.Status = 0
Do Until p.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
WScript.Echo p.StdOut.ReadLine
Loop
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
WScript.Echo p.StdOut.ReadAll
I want to be able to run a program through command line and I want to start it with VbScript. I also want to get the output of the command line and assign it to a variable and I want all this to be done silently without cmd windows popping up. I have managed two things separately but not together. Here's what I got so far.
Run the command from cmd and get output:
Dim WshShell, oExec
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("C:\snmpget -c public -v 2c 10.1.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.6798.3.1.1.1.5.1")
x = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
Wscript.Echo x
The above script works and does what I want except that cmd pops up for a brief moment.
Here's a script that will run silently but won't grab the output
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("C:\snmpset -c public -v 2c -t 0 10.1.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.6798.3.1.1.1.7.1 i 1", 0, true)
Is there a way to get these two to work together?
Let me give you a background on why I want do to this. I am basically polling a unit every 5-10 minutes and I am going to get the script to email or throw a message box when a certain condition occurs but I don't want to see cmd line popping up all day long on my computer. Any suggestions?
Thanks
You can redirect output to a file and then read the file:
return = WshShell.Run("cmd /c C:\snmpset -c ... > c:\temp\output.txt", 0, true)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set file = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\temp\output.txt", 1)
text = file.ReadAll
file.Close
I have taken this and various other comments and created a bit more advanced function for running an application and getting the output.
Example to Call Function: Will output the DIR list of C:\ for Directories only. The output will be returned to the variable CommandResults as well as remain in C:\OUTPUT.TXT.
CommandResults = vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput("CMD.EXE /C DIR C:\ /AD",1,1,"C:\OUTPUT.TXT",0,1)
Function
Function vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput (Command, Wait, Show, OutToFile, DeleteOutput, NoQuotes)
'Run Command similar to the command prompt, for Wait use 1 or 0. Output returned and
'stored in a file.
'Command = The command line instruction you wish to run.
'Wait = 1/0; 1 will wait for the command to finish before continuing.
'Show = 1/0; 1 will show for the command window.
'OutToFile = The file you wish to have the output recorded to.
'DeleteOutput = 1/0; 1 deletes the output file. Output is still returned to variable.
'NoQuotes = 1/0; 1 will skip wrapping the command with quotes, some commands wont work
' if you wrap them in quotes.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Error Resume Next
'On Error Goto 0
Set f_objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set f_objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
'VARIABLES
If OutToFile = "" Then OutToFile = "TEMP.TXT"
tCommand = Command
If Left(Command,1)<>"""" And NoQuotes <> 1 Then tCommand = """" & Command & """"
tOutToFile = OutToFile
If Left(OutToFile,1)<>"""" Then tOutToFile = """" & OutToFile & """"
If Wait = 1 Then tWait = True
If Wait <> 1 Then tWait = False
If Show = 1 Then tShow = 1
If Show <> 1 Then tShow = 0
'RUN PROGRAM
f_objShell.Run tCommand & ">" & tOutToFile, tShow, tWait
'READ OUTPUT FOR RETURN
Set f_objFile = f_objFso.OpenTextFile(OutToFile, 1)
tMyOutput = f_objFile.ReadAll
f_objFile.Close
Set f_objFile = Nothing
'DELETE FILE AND FINISH FUNCTION
If DeleteOutput = 1 Then
Set f_objFile = f_objFso.GetFile(OutToFile)
f_objFile.Delete
Set f_objFile = Nothing
End If
vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput = tMyOutput
If Err.Number <> 0 Then vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput = "<0>"
Err.Clear
On Error Goto 0
Set f_objFile = Nothing
Set f_objShell = Nothing
End Function
I am pretty new to all of this, but I found that if the script is started via CScript.exe (console scripting host) there is no window popping up on exec(): so when running:
cscript myscript.vbs //nologo
any .Exec() calls in the myscript.vbs do not open an extra window, meaning
that you can use the first variant of your original solution (using exec).
(Note that the two forward slashes in the above code are intentional, see cscript /?)
Here I found a solution, which works for me:
set wso = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
set exe = wso.Exec("cmd /c dir /s /b d:\temp\*.jpg")
sout = exe.StdOut.ReadAll
Look for assigning the output to Clipboard (in your first script) and then in second script parse Clipboard value.
#Mark Cidade
Thanks Mark! This solved few days of research on wondering how should I call this from the PHP WshShell. So thanks to your code, I figured...
function __exec($tmppath, $cmd)
{
$WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
$tmpf = rand(1000, 9999).".tmp"; // Temp file
$tmpfp = $tmppath.'/'.$tmpf; // Full path to tmp file
$oExec = $WshShell->Run("cmd /c $cmd -c ... > ".$tmpfp, 0, true);
// return $oExec == 0 ? true : false; // Return True False after exec
return $tmpf;
}
This is what worked for me in my case. Feel free to use and modify as per your needs. You can always add functionality within the function to automatically read the tmp file, assign it to a variable and/or return it and then delete the tmp file.
Thanks again #Mark!
Dim path As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
Dim filepath As String = path + "\" + "your.bat"
' Create the file if it does not exist.
If File.Exists(filepath) = False Then
File.Create(filepath)
Else
End If
Dim attributes As FileAttributes
attributes = File.GetAttributes(filepath)
If (attributes And FileAttributes.ReadOnly) = FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then
' Remove from Readonly the file.
attributes = RemoveAttribute(attributes, FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
File.SetAttributes(filepath, attributes)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is no longer RO.", filepath)
Else
End If
If (attributes And FileAttributes.Hidden) = FileAttributes.Hidden Then
' Show the file.
attributes = RemoveAttribute(attributes, FileAttributes.Hidden)
File.SetAttributes(filepath, attributes)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is no longer Hidden.", filepath)
Else
End If
Dim sr As New StreamReader(filepath)
Dim input As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
sr.Close()
Dim output As String = "#echo off"
Dim output1 As String = vbNewLine + "your 1st cmd code"
Dim output2 As String = vbNewLine + "your 2nd cmd code "
Dim output3 As String = vbNewLine + "exit"
Dim sw As New StreamWriter(filepath)
sw.Write(output)
sw.Write(output1)
sw.Write(output2)
sw.Write(output3)
sw.Close()
If (attributes And FileAttributes.Hidden) = FileAttributes.Hidden Then
Else
' Hide the file.
File.SetAttributes(filepath, File.GetAttributes(filepath) Or FileAttributes.Hidden)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is now hidden.", filepath)
End If
Dim procInfo As New ProcessStartInfo(path + "\" + "your.bat")
procInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized
procInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
procInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
procInfo.FileName = path + "\" + "your.bat"
procInfo.Verb = "runas"
Process.Start(procInfo)
it saves your .bat file to "Appdata of current user" ,if it does not exist and remove the attributes
and after that set the "hidden" attributes to file after writing your cmd code
and run it silently and capture all output saves it to file
so if u wanna save all output of cmd to file just add your like this
code > C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\output.txt
just replace word "code" with your .bat file code or command and after that the directory of output file
I found one code recently after searching alot
if u wanna run .bat file in vb or c# or simply
just add this in the same manner in which i have written