Batch file help.

[tinito]

Hi all,

i am really new to writing batch files.
was wondering if you could please help me with the following...

scenario is as follows:

my boss has asked me to write/incl some batch code in our login script that must see if a file does NOT exist on a users pc (ie. an exe)

if the file(exe) does NOT exist, it must write the pc hostname to a text file on a server share for him to review.
at the same time, if possible,it must copy the missing file down from the server and if possible pipe out a succesful copy result to another text file.
he mentioned errorlevels to me, which doesnt make much sense to me.

an example of the above scenario would be: c:\winnt\test.exe


hope you guys can help me with this.

regards,
Tinito

 

[ITPangaeaArchitect]

very tired so may make a few mistakes here

IF EXIST c:\test.exe GOTO Next
set >> c:\findinfo.txt
find /i "COMPUTERNAME=" c:\findinfo.txt >> \\server\share\log.txt
del c:\findinfo.txt
\\server\share\log.txt
:Next

just tested...seems to work perfect
it will grab teh computername, right all teh info to the log, and open it when finished....using the >> syntax you can continue to write to the same file

-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there

 

[tinito]

thank you very much.
will try it out and let you know.

io did try and create one in the meantime and it goes like this.

IF NOT EXIST c:\test.exe ECHO %date% %computername% %username% **WSCRIPT NOT PRESENT** >>\\servername\share\tes_not_present.txt

 

[ITPangaeaArchitect]

that too should do the trick, and much simpler code too

in fact less code is better

-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there