Batch Commands

[Patron0119]

I have a batch file that will lpr a file to a unix printer controller. After the file is sent to the printer, it must moved to a History folder for archiving. My file is three levels down in a directory and the History folder is in fourth level down of the same directory. If I lpr the file from a two levels down folder and my History is on the third level down it will work, but if lpr from a third level down and my History is on the forth level down it will not work. See my batch script below.

rem
:START
IF %1=="" GOTO END
lpr -S10.251.22.83 -Pp1  -o l %1
MOVE %1 %~DP1history\
ECHO FILE %1 Sent to Printer
SHIFT
GOTO START
:END
rem
rem
rem all done
rem

[greg]

If I lpr the file from a two levels down folder and my History is on the third level down it will work, but if lpr from a third level down and my History is on the forth level down it will not work. See my batch script below.

Show the complete path to each command and file in your code.

Or

Add all paths to the the search path.


C:\>path
PATH=C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOW
S;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;c:\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:
\bin;C:\pctools;C:\tc;C:\tc\bin;C:\DOS;C:\GMKW;C:\MOUSE

C:\>echo %PATH%
C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\
WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;c:\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\bin;
C:\pctools;C:\tc;C:\tc\bin;C:\DOS;C:\GMKW;C:\MOUSE

C:\>

[Patron0119]

Thanks, Greg.

I noticed that one of the paths created by my friend was looking as follow:

P:\myfiles\2bmove\regular letters\archive "DOS doesn't like the blank spaces. I changed to as follow, the it worked"

P:\myfiles\2bmove\regular_letters\archive

[wbrost]

you could have also put the path in quotes or used 8dot3 names. to get the path in 8dot3 type:

dir /x

for more information type

dir /?

[Helpmeh]

And one thing,
if %1=="" GOTO END

will never work. This will:

if "%1"=="" GOTO END

[greg]

C:\batch>type   lp25.bat

Code: [Select]

@echo off
:START
IF "%1"=="" (
echo no argument
GOTO END
)
lpr -S10.251.22.83 -Pp1  -o l %1
rem MOVE %1 %~DP1history\
ECHO FILE %1 Sent to Printer
SHIFT
GOTO START
:END
echo END no argument
Output:

C:\batch> lp25.bat abc.txt abc5.txt arc.txt
Error: print server unreachable or specified printer does not exist.

FILE abc.txt Sent to Printer
Error: print server unreachable or specified printer does not exist.

FILE abc5.txt Sent to Printer
Error: print server unreachable or specified printer does not exist.

FILE arc.txt Sent to Printer
no argument
END no argument

C:\batch>

[Salmon Trout]

What is the point of greg's posts on here? They do absolutely nothing.

[greg]

What is the point of greg's posts on here? They do absolutely nothing.

What solution or suggestion does Salmon Trout have for Patron0119, the original  poster?


Patron0119, the original poster asked:

"If lpr from a third level down and my History is on the forth level down it will not work? "

So Salmon Trout what is wrong with the lpr command?

How would Salmon Trout  fix  the problem with the lpr command?

Please, Salmon Trout give us the solution for the lpr command.

Thanks for your help Salmon Trout.

[Salmon Trout]

What solution or suggestion does Salmon Trout have for Patron0119, the original  poster?

Don't evade the question.

[greg]

What is the point of greg's posts on here? .

Greg's posts provided suggestions why the lpr command did
not work correctly.

Salmon Trout has provided no suggestions of how to fix the lpr
problem.

The evasion is by Salmon Trout not Greg.

[Salmon Trout]

Greg's posts provided suggestions why the lpr command did
not work correctly.

They did not.

[greg]

They did.

Thanks for the suggestions by Salmon Trout of how to fix the Lpr
problem.

Patron0119, The Original Poster, appreciates the help offered by Salmon Trout.

[Salmon Trout]

greg, it is about time you stopped speaking for the "Original Poster" all the *censored* time. Let them speak for themselves. It is stupid and pointless and it makes you seem [even] more and more like a time wasting loony.

[greg]

greg, it is about time you stopped speaking for the "Original Poster" all the *censored* time. Let them speak for themselves.

Salmon Trout thanks for the kind words.  Salmon Trout provides added value to the CH board. No abuse by Salmon Trout.

Salmon Trout is a gentleman and scholar.

[Helpmeh]

greg, it is about time you stopped speaking for the "Original Poster" all the *censored* time. Let them speak for themselves. It is stupid and pointless and it makes you seem [even] more and more like a time wasting loony.

I don't think he realized that he was on his Greg account and not his other account when he was complementing himself.