Job setup with Command Line variable

[vhurst]

I'm trying to set up a job that will trigger off a file, lets say called dvd.img, and in turn run the file in the same directory called dvd.burn.bat. Since the BASENAME ("dvd" in my example) is the variable, I tried the following (see screen shot), and it's working great!

[Jere_Jones]

Change the command line options to:
/K %BASENAME%.burn.bat

and then test it. The command line window should remain open at the end of the batch file. If it is working, you can change /K to /C and the window will close upon completion.

DISCLAIMER: This is only theoretical. I don't know if it will work, but I'd like to know.

Jere

[vhurst]

Okay, I had to connect to the PC localy, not via RDC to see the command window. The %BASENAME% variable looks like it wants to work, but the filename has spaces, and the command window is only trying to run the command name up to the first space. This particular attempt is being performed on the filenames "24 - Day 6 300PM - 400PM.dvdList.0.img" and "24 - Day 6 300PM - 400PM.dvdList.0.burn.bat".

Using different "Program to run", yielded different failured.

Using "cmd" failed due to "'24' is not recignized as an internal or external command...".

Using "command" didn't launch a command window at all.

Using "command.com" failed with a "Bad command or file name" message.

I don't see a variable that will extrapolate the 8dot3 version of the BASENAME.

[vhurst]

I figured it out. The command line options needed to be set to:

/C C:\SageDVD\"%BASENAME%.burn.bat"

This is sweet. I should have fully automated DVD burning now. Woot!

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by vhurst

I figured it out. The command line options needed to be set to:

/C C:\SageDVD\"%BASENAME%.burn.bat"

This is sweet. I should have fully automated DVD burning now. Woot!

You can change that to

/C [[C:\SageDVD\%BASENAME%.burn.bat]]

and DirMon will add quotes if necessary and not if, umm, not.

Jere

[vhurst]

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

You can change that to

/C [[C:\SageDVD\%BASENAME%.burn.bat]]

and DirMon will add quotes if necessary and not if, umm, not.

Jere

Jere, that code didn't work for me. It failed to pass the entire filename, breaking at the first space. I set it back to the quotes around the filename w/ variable, like:

 
/C C:\SageDVD\"%BASENAME%.burn.bat"

...and it works swell.