Kesselhut, Lothar wrote:
Probably a little over the top for this problem, and apologies if this was already suggested, but you could also use a real shell instead of CMD. We've used Hamilton C shell for over six years. You also get a full Unix-like suite of commands (grep, cat, tar, ls, etc.)
www.hamiltonlabs.com <http://www.hamiltonlabs.com/>
This isn't free, but Cygwin is. Both work fine with UniVerse.
Lothar Kesselhut
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From: HENDERSON MICHAEL MR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 1:54 PM
To: 'U2 Users Discussion List'
Subject: UNCLASSIFIED RE: mkdbfile: create file in another account
Kate
You may be striking a bug in the UV "dos /c ..." command, which has some, err, foibles ...
1) The command string MUST be enclosed in single quotes (this is not documented anywhere)
so, you must say DOS /c '<my DOS command string',
not DOS /c "<my DOS command string"
2) If you try to pass a parameter enclosed in double quotes, you are in trouble :-(
So DOS /c 'blat.exe -s:"a subject with spaces" ...' just doesn't work, the double quotes get mangled.
I have cases opened on both issues with IBM, and have tested a patched version of UV that solves the second problem. I understand this will be released with the next windows 10.0.x version, and presumably included in the subsequent 10.1.x. Dunno when, if ever, the documentation issue will be addressed.
The work-round for the second problem that is least awful is to generate a batch file (DOS .bat extension) on the fly in your UniBasic program, and then run that .bat file from the DOS /c command.
Call me on (04) 2371828 if you want a better explanation!
HTH
Mike
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 3:32 p.m. To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: Re: mkdbfile: create file in another account
Thanks. That (using DOS \C rather than sh -c) got rid of the error message, but it did not seem to create a file.
Looks like I have the wrong syntax, but it is rather hard to look up the documentation!
I still feel uncomfortable using an undocumented feature - no security it will not disappear or change.
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From: Daly, Mark <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'U2 Users <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Discussion List'
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: mkdbfile: create file in another account
Well, I just posed this question - and mkdbfile was the suggestion that won!
However, I didn't create a VOC entry. The idea (I believe) is to execute this command at the OS prompt - not TCL.
Since it looks like you're on Windows it would be something like so:
EXECUTE 'sh -c "cd C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV; ':SYSTEM(32):'\bin\mkdbfile DATA \XXINV\KKINV 30 1 4 20 50 80 1068'
It's not documented, since it's really an internal UV command - as opposed to a TCL statement of BASIC function.
The CREATE.FILE verb needs to be enhanced to perform this function - and prevent us from dabbling in the 'bin' directory. But until then - this is the way to go.
HTH,
Mark.
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From: Kate Stanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mkdbfile: create file in another account
Does anyone know anything about using mkdbfile (from UV bin) to create a file in an account other than the current user account?
A colleague told me about it, but it does not seem to be documented, and
does not seem to work on my
UV 10.0.17 system on Windows 2000, as it does on his UV 9.5.2.1 on Windows something.
I tried, according to his instructions:
VOC mkdbfile
0001: V
0002: mkdbfile
0003: E
0004: FG
0005:
0006: PICK.FORMAT
Then, from TCL: mkdbfile C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV 30 1 4 20 50 80 1068
where:
C:\BeaconUV\DevelData\XXINV\KKINV is pathname of file to create
30 is file type
1 is modulo
4 is separation
20 is hash type
50 is max load
80 is split load
1096 is large record size
This gave error message: invalid filetype specified
I feel very nervous about using something that is not documented, so presumably may not be reliably supported.
Anyone know anything, please?
Cheers, Kate
Kate Stanton
Walstan Systems Ltd
4 Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
ph +64 9 360 5310 fax +64 9 376 0750
ah +64 9 378 9594
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