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Doogie

03-28-2004, 08:48 PM

I'm trying to run a BAT file that's in a different folder than maya/bin (it's in the user's scripts forlder to be exact) and I'm having trouble getting the system command to work right. Here's my best guess at it:

system ("\"%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\maya\5.0\scripts\webUpdate.bat\"");
// Result: 'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
//

typing in "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\maya\5.0\scripts\webUpdate.bat" (with quotes) from the DOS prompt works super.

Any suggestions?

(oh, and im not worried, this is for NT only)

JFFORTIN

03-28-2004, 10:29 PM

hi goggie this work for me

system("start D:/run.bat" );

Doogie

03-28-2004, 10:53 PM

Running the bat file wasnt a problem, it was the crazy path (which included spaces).

I got it working using this:
string $daScriptDir=`internalVar -userScriptDir`;
system ("start "+$daScriptDir+"update.bat");

thanks for the suggestion though.

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