Phil
Tue Jun 22 15:49:14 CDT 2004
Thanks again Bruce...me either.
I'll review the link and see if I can make it work.
Thanks
"Bruce Hensley" <dummy@nowhere> wrote in message
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Phil,
To qualify ... I am _not_ one who has a lot of expertise.
I don't know if this is really an issue, but the following would seem to
suggest that psftp writes to stderr, not stdout ...
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http://putty.gigafreak.net/wishlist/pscp-stdout.html>
Bruce
"Phil Strack" <philstrack@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Bruce-
> Thanks, I appreciate the reply..
> You would be correct, the only way to access stdout stream is by using
> cscript.exe with the exec method.
>
> I was using pretty much the same example you provide as a reference to my
> script. I think the part it doesn't like is the command line. Since it is
> calling a batch of commands in an ftp shell, (i.e. %comspec% /c psftp:
> ftpcommand.scr) it is not able to retreive the stream.
>
> My theory may be accurate, but am not sure. I'm hoping someone in the
group
> with far more expertise than me can confirm..
>
> keep on scripting..
> Thanks
>
> -Phil
>
> "Bruce Hensley" <dummy@nowhere> wrote in message
> news:uG6YSl6VEHA.2840@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Phil,
>
> You're probably way beyond this ...
>
> I haven't done it, but as I recall, stdout is only available if you use
> cscript, not wscript.
>
> Here's an example I saw ...
>
> Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> command = "%comspec% /c dir"
> Set scriptExec = shell.Exec(command)
> MsgBox scriptExec.StdOut.ReadAll()
>
> hth,
> Bruce
>
>
> "Phil Strack" <philstrack@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23SKFr%23SVEHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi All-
> > Got a script that is calling a batch secure ftp process (Putty's psftp)
> and
> > want to capture the output straight to a log file and not to the screen.
> Any
> > assistance on how I would do this would be greatly appreciated. The old
> DOS
> > redirect also doesn't work because the ftp process runs in a different
> > shell...
> > Using WSH 5.6.
> > I know I can not use shell.run to capture stdout stream and have been
> > playing with the shell.exec to see if I could make it work to no avail.
> The
> > process creates a new text file for writing and executes the psftp
process
> > but I don't know how to get its output over to the text file...
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance offered.
> >
> > -Phil
> >
> >
>
>
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