*confirm* Hidden batch help??

[nwlun]

this is my batch code

@echo off
echo hello
echo hihi
echo haha
echo lalala
CD\
dir c:\bat.bat /s /b > c:\log.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%1 in (c:\log.txt) do (copy "%%1" c:\haha.bat
                                          del "%%1")

when i execute it will then self copy itself to c:\
but when i put it as a hidden batch it will not copy itself to c:\
it just said file not found

is there a way i can make it copy to c:\

[Sidewinder]

Try unhiding the file. I've never seen it documented but perhaps some versions of DOS and/or Windows do not allow execution of hidden files.

You can also get the file not found message by misspelling the file name or not having a path to the file.

Good luck.

[nwlun]

well i make it unhidden then it work 
but problem is i test it with hidden then it didnt work

well like you said window do not allow execution of hidden files then no choice

so is there really no choice

[contrex]

Well, I can execute hidden files in XP Pro SP2

C:\>hello.bat
Hello from Contrex

C:\>attrib +H hello.bat

C:\>dir /ah
 Volume in drive C is SystemXP
 Volume Serial Number is 4CCF-8F52

 Directory of C:\

07/06/2007  14:32                36 hello.bat
               1 File(s)             36 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  28,515,368,960 bytes free

C:\>hello.bat
Hello from Contrex

C:\>

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

It dosn't work all the time Contrex. I tried hid some program files and I tried running the program but it couldn't locate the files because they had the +h attrib.

[contrex]

C:\>hpar2.exe
par2cmdline version 0.2, Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Brian Clements.

par2cmdline comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version. See COPYING for details.

Not enough command line arguments.

C:\>attrib +H hpar2.exe

C:\>hpar2.exe
par2cmdline version 0.2, Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Brian Clements.

par2cmdline comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version. See COPYING for details.

Not enough command line arguments.

C:\>

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Lol. Well what I did doesn't work for my program....

[contrex]

I'm confused now! I always thought that hidden files are hidden from DIR etc so you can't copy or rename them but that if you happen to remember their names you can type them in and they work OK. That seems to be the case with a batch file and an exe file that I just tried.

Anyway, lots and lots of viruses rely on executing a hidden file, so it must be possible.

What did you do to test this out?

[ghostdog74]

@OP, a plain dir will not show hidden files, unless you give it the /AH switch. But this only show hidden files and not all files. You can do it 2 steps, show all files, then show hidden files.

however, a vbscript like the below is able to show the hidden files as well

Code: [Select]

Set FSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sDIR = "c:\temp"
Set objDIR = FSO.GetFolder(sDIR)
For Each efile in objDIR.Files
    WScript.Echo efile
    ' script continues here.
Next


[nwlun]

well vbscript of cause can do alot thing that batch cant do but now what i want to kno that is it possible to copy a file that is hidden to other directory

[WillyW]

@OP, a plain dir will not show hidden files, unless you give it the /AH switch. But this only show hidden files and not all files. You can do it 2 steps, show all files, then show hidden files.   ...

I've used   dir /a     to show all files.

[ghostdog74]

yes, dir /a will display all files, including hidden ones..maybe i read OP requirements wrongly. i thought he wants to unhide a file after processing other visible files. and /a does not really tell you which file is hidden (or does it?)

[WillyW]

yes, dir /a will display all files, including hidden ones..maybe i read OP requirements wrongly. i thought he wants to unhide a file after processing other visible files. and /a does not really tell you which file is hidden (or does it?)

I don't think it does - just displays all.   

I'm sure I don't fully understand the OP's wants.   

Was merely commenting on, "dir will not show hidden files, unless you give it the /AH switch."  ,   in that it will show hidden files without the  H modifier.
And that a complete list could be obtained in one step.

[contrex]

The answer to the OP is that hidden files can be run but they can't be copied, so that is why a hidden batch file won't copy itself.

[GuruGary]

You can use XCOPY to copy a hidden file (with the /H switch).

Code: [Select]

for /f "tokens=*" %%1 in (c:\log.txt) do (xcopy "%%1" c:\haha.bat /h
   del "%%1")