Dos Commands

[kurtsimons]

OK I'm almost there


open "c:\temp.bat" for output as #1
print #1, "ping http://www.espn.com > c:\temp.txt"
close #1

shell "c:\temp.bat"

' wait for it to get done some how.

open "c:\temp.txt" for input as #1
b()=input lof(1),1
close #1

ITS Works
But what if I want to run a command like

NSLOOKUP
'then send
set type = mx
'then
yahoo.com

???

[Sophtware]

Hmmmmmmpfff

Try it like this....
Dim message as string
message = "NSLOOKUP set type = mx yahoo.com"
Open "c:\temp.bat" for output as #1
print #1, message
close #1


That's how i use long commands in a .bat file


Hope it helps..
see ya

[kurtsimons]

Didn't work

any other ideas?

[jtm7699]

AFTER MUCH THOUGHT



Here it is

Make a file, I called it test.bat

put in test.bat:

set type=mx
yahoo.com

run:
nslookup <test.bat
will put output on screen

nslookup <testbat >test.txt
will put into file

try that

[kurtsimons]

I can't get it to work.
I just want to see it work with this code
minus the output


Open "c:\temp.bat" For Output As #1
Print #1, "yahoo.com"
Close #1

Open "c:\temp1.bat" For Output As 1
Print #1, "nslookup >c:\temp.bat"
Close #1


Shell "c:\temp1.bat", vbMaximizedFocus

[kurtsimons]

NEVER MIND


I got it!

[jtm7699]

Open "c:\temp.bat" For Output As #1
Print #1, "yahoo.com"
Close #1

Open "c:\temp1.bat" For Output As 1
Print #1, "nslookup >c:\temp.bat"
Close #1

Shell "c:\temp1.bat", vbMaximizedFocus

All the above code does is place "yahoo.com" in temp.bat

turn the arrow around in temp1.bat file. you are not passing nslookup anything to evalute you are only telling it to send output to the file temp.bat. but there is no output

i am leaving today at noon EST. I can check my email for the next few days, so if you need more help with this after noon, send it to email.

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will look a few more times before noon