Little DOS help --Please

[jimmyoctane]

Im copying a file from the IFS to a share on the server...It works but it pops up the DOS window even though I say PAUSE(*NO) on the Iseries side...

Is there a parm I can use in the DOS copy command to not show the completion window.... 1 file copied???

 *                                                                
 *  copy command   X = IFS networkshare                           
 *  copy X:\tst.csv   Z: STRPCCMD PCCMD('dir') PAUSE(*NO)         
 *                                                                
c                   eval      cmdstring = 'strpccmd PCCMD(' + Q + 
c                             'copy X:\Processes.csv   Z:' + Q  + 
c                             ') PAUSE(*NO)'                      
 *                                                                
c                   eval      cmdlength = %len(%trim(cmdstring))  
c                   call(e)   'QCMDEXC'                           
c                   parm                    cmdstring             
c                   parm                    cmdlength

thanks
Jimmy

[giri]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

Hi Jimmy,

Pause parameter is used to specify whether the DOS box should pause (prompt with "Press any key to continue") after it has finished executing the
command.

- If the value of PAUSE parameter is (*YES), you get the
'Press Any Key to Continue' prompt in the DOS window
once the command completes.

- If value of PAUSE is (*NO), then the DOS window closes as
soon as the command completes.

Hence DOS window appears as long as command in execution

In STRPCCMD there is no facility to block DOS window.

[jamief]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

Thank you Happy Holidays

Jamie

[andy]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

Here's an idea...

Compile this C code....

#include <windows.h>

int main( int argc, char *argv[])
{
   if ( argc != 3 )
   {
      printf("Invalid number of arguments.\n");
      return 0;
   }

   if ( stricmp(argv[2], "h") == 0
     || stricmp(argv[2],"/h") == 0
     || stricmp(argv[2],"-h") == 0 )
   {
      ShowWindow(FindWindow(0,argv[1]),SW_HIDE);
   }
   else if ( stricmp(argv[2], "s") == 0
          || stricmp(argv[2],"/s") == 0
          || stricmp(argv[2],"-s") == 0 )
   {
      ShowWindow(FindWindow(0,argv[1]), SW_SHOW);
   }
   else
      printf("Invalid parameter.\n");

   return 0;
} 

...on windows, the command is "cl ShowWindow.c /link user32.lib" if you have visual studio. If you dont ask someone who does.

This will give you ShowWindow.exe that you can give a new home to in %systemroot%.

Then at the top of your batch script do this....

@title thisisthewindowtohide
@ShowWindow thisisthewindowtohide /h

And the window is gone !

[Greg Herman]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

An old way I use to do it is as follows:

copy x.txt xx.txt > nul

This gets rid of the copy message.

[jamief]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

Thanks greg.... I will give it a try

jamie

[andy]

Re: Little DOS help --Please

Greg is correct "> null" directs stdout to nothing, also "> null 2>&1" will direct both stdout and stderr to nothing. This is better if you really dont care what the result is. The command window will still be visible while the commands are running though.