Shell command with colon

[lestersal]

When I try to run the following command in Visual Basic it works:

#1. Call Shell("ftp -i ftpservername", vbNormalFocus)

When I try it with the -s switch, however, it does not:

#2. Call Shell("ftp -i -s:unixcommands.bat ftpservername", vbNormalFocus

The problem is the colon after the -s in line #2. DOS will accept the line
if typed in manually, but it does not seem to
recognize it programatically.

Is there some way I can use escape characters or something similar to get
DOS to accept line #2 programatically?

Thanks,
Alistair Saldanha

[Phil Robyn]

Post by lestersal
#1. Call Shell("ftp -i ftpservername", vbNormalFocus)
#2. Call Shell("ftp -i -s:unixcommands.bat ftpservername", vbNormalFocus
The problem is the colon after the -s in line #2. DOS will accept the line
if typed in manually, but it does not seem to
recognize it programatically.
Is there some way I can use escape characters or something similar to get
DOS to accept line #2 programatically?
Thanks,
Alistair Saldanha

See the response in alt.msdos.batch.nt

[lestersal]

Thanks. I tried the following and it worked, I needed to put in the drive
and directory:

Call Shell("ftp -i:c:\unixcommands.bat ftpservername", vbNormalFocus)

Thanks for your help, Phil
Alistair

Post by Phil Robyn

Post by lestersal
#1. Call Shell("ftp -i ftpservername", vbNormalFocus)
#2. Call Shell("ftp -i -s:unixcommands.bat ftpservername",

vbNormalFocus

Post by Phil Robyn

Post by lestersal
The problem is the colon after the -s in line #2. DOS will accept the line
if typed in manually, but it does not seem to
recognize it programatically.
Is there some way I can use escape characters or something similar to get
DOS to accept line #2 programatically?
Thanks,
Alistair Saldanha

See the response in alt.msdos.batch.nt
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Phil Robyn
Univ. of California, Berkeley
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