{----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description : attempts to exetute Command.com and pass it the CommandLine.
Returns True if succeeds
Parameters :
sCommandLine : the command line to pass
iCmdShow : desired starting visibility for the Command.com
Wait : wait or not for the app to finish its job
Error checking : NO
Target : Delphi 2, 3, 4
Example call : DOSCommand('C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE', SW_SHOW, True)
DOSCommand('copy c:\*.bat c:\temp\*.bat', SW_HIDE, True);
// path is illegal in the 2nd param of the ren DOS command
DOSCommand('ren c:\temp\*.bat *.txt', SW_HIDE, True);
DOSCommand('copy c:\*.bat c:\temp\*.bat > Out.txt', SW_HIDE, True);
Author : Theodoros Bebekis, email bebekis@otenet.gr
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function DOSCommand(CommandLine : string; iCmdShow: integer; Wait: boolean): boolean;
var
pComspec : array[0..255] of Char;
pBoth : array[0..255] of Char;
SI : TStartupInfo;
PI : TProcessInformation;
begin
Result := False;
FillChar(SI, SizeOf(SI), #0);
SI.cb := SizeOf(SI);
SI.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; { need to set this in order to set wShowWindow }
SI.wShowWindow := iCmdShow;
{ get the command.com position }
GetEnvironmentVariable( 'COMSPEC', pComspec, SizeOf( pComspec));
{ DOS command such as copy or ren execution }
FillChar(pBoth, SizeOf(pBoth), #0);
StrCat(pBoth, pComspec);
StrCat(pBoth, ' /C ');
StrCat(pBoth, PChar(CommandLine));
Result := CreateProcess( nil, pBoth, nil, nil, False, REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS , nil, nil, SI, PI);
if Result then
begin
if Wait then WaitforSingleObject(PI.hProcess, INFINITE);
{ close the handles }
CloseHandle(PI.hProcess);
CloseHandle(PI.hThread );
end;
end;
-----------------------------------
Theo Bebekis
Thessaloniki, Greece
bebekis@otenet.gr
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-admin@elists.org [mailto:delphi-admin@elists.org]On Behalf Of Walter Ogston
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 12:41 AM
> To: delphi@elists.org
> Subject: Copy files etc.
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am looking for a quick and easy (dirty?) way to copy the contents of a
> directory to a new backup directory, possibly copy them back, then delete
> the backup files and directory when done. If I were writing DOS scripts
> they would look like this:
>
> bkup.bat = {
> MD backdir
> copy *.* backdir /v
> }
>
> rstor.bat = {
> DEL *.*
> COPY backdir *.* /v
> }
>
> delbk.bat = {
> DEL backdir\*.*
> RD backdir
> }
>
> Is there any way to execute batch files from inside a Delphi program, that
> would do what I want. Or am I being naive in thinking this is the way to
> do it?
>
> TIA
> /*----------------
> C. Walter Ogston 2717 Ridgeview Drive
> ogstoncw@worldnet.att.net Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
> cwogston@cs.wmich.edu (616) 349-1045
> */
>
>
>
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