I have a production flow that combines XSLT and some shell scripts in about 4 steps before it reaches completion. I execute each step manually at the moment.
I'm using Saxon 9 from the command line in Linux. Can I have the xsl's execute shell scripts.. instead of me?
(I know I could achieve the desired result in another way with Ant or Make.. but prefer to stay in XSLT if it is not a huge effort to do so)
Update: I've minimized my shell scripts and sped things up using Xproc. I'm not entirely satisfied with the result, but Xproc has improved life. Kai's suggestion below looks good.. but I have not tried it yet.
I'm not Java savvy either, but I found with Michael Kay's tutorials on the Saxonica website it's doable.
Here's what I did and what's working well for me:
In the root element of the XSLT stylesheet I assigned a namespace for the function (in my case I'm using it for unzipping, so I named the prefix unzip, but that could certainly be anything):
xmlns:unzip="java:java.lang.Runtime"
I am defining a variable with a file path for a batch file to be called later. Then I am using
<xsl:result-document href="{$batchFile}" method="text"> ... </result document>
to create the batch file. (Unzipping could be certainly done with just a command, but I found the batch file version more handy as I needed to combine the unzip-command with some change directory command and other little stuff. And furthermore using a batch file opens up a world of more elaborate tasks that could be called from the XSLT sheet.)
When I need my batch file be executed, I insert an xsl:message like this:
<xsl:message>Executing <xsl:value-of select="unzip:exec(unzip:getRuntime(),concat('cmd /c /y start ',$batchFile))"/></xsl:message>
Hope that helps,
best regards,
Kai
You can call java.lang.Runtime.exec() in the same way as any other external Java function.
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Is their a way to zip a file without VB Script.I got a lot of examples on web to zip file or folder using vbs but i want to do it in a single BAT file.
Yes and no. There is no built in way to do this inside windows. You can use a external application like vbscript, a exe file like 7zip, rar, lots of resources can do this. Since windows is application poor when it comes to command lines is not really surprising. But no you do not need the VB Script for anything.
Just not so easy out of the box. Maybe makecab could do it for you? As a general rule you have a hard constraint in your question. A single BAT file which in general can not do almost anything without the support of hundreds of preinstalled or commonly installed other applications.
Could you specify a the constraints a bit better. Tel WHY you need this particular constraint? And what does it mean as even most of the bat command you use require more than one file.
I'm wondering if it's possible to have a batch file that automatically executes when I open a directory. I have no clue as to how this would be done.
I want it to do this whether it is accessed through cmd/.exe/.bat/mouse
No. This isn't possible using a batch file. (In fact, I don't think it's possible at all without writing a shell extension, which would require an actual programming language.)
I've written a batch file script that takes an image sequence from a certain folder, converts it to quicktime using ffmpeg and then it moves the file to a certain folder.
I used variables at the beginning of the batch script for user input on which folder to take the files from.
And now for my question: The batch I've written works just fine but I want to make it into a simple visual basic script so it looks nice and clean instead of a command prompt interface.
Can anyone provide me with tips for the VB code?
How do I pass variables from VB to the batch file?
Any help on this would be much appriciated.
Use a HTML Application to program the GUI to gather the info needed from the user. Use WScript.Shell's .Run or .Exec method to start an external process (either the .bat or ffmpeg directly) and pass those info via the command line.
I have no prior experience working with batch files or shell scripting in general. I need to understand the operations being carried out by a batch file used in a related project. Any resource that gives exhaustive list of batch file commands and what each one does?
Once you get acquainted with the general .BAT file information, using some of the pointers to useful information that other users have posted in the other answers, you might try some of the following strategies that help you understand and analyze the BAT files used int your projects:
add an ECHO command in front of all command invocations
read HELP command for each command line in the BAT file
execute at the command prompt each command line in the BAT file
remove the #echo off at the top of the .BAT file, and see how the BAT progresses
add some PAUSEs to keep viewing some commands on screen before they disappear.
There are some useful answers here in this Stack Overflow question: Best free resource for learning advanced batch-file usage?
As well there are quite a few resources available through google search for Batch file resources, as well as the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_files
That should get you started at least.
A little search on google should give a lot of tutorials and websites with information on writing them for both Windows and Linux.
Maybe you should start from the beginning though.
http://ss64.com/nt/
http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/biophysics/technotes/program/batch.htm
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchcommands.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MS-DOS_commands
They're just a few examples i found with a little google search. You should search it and find something thats better for you.
Hope this helps.
I'm running a few different windows command scripts that all reference the same directory. The directory I want to reference changes from day to day depending on what I'm working on. I've looked into taking command line args, but I think the more elegant solution would be to have all the scripts reference some sort of config file, if such a thing is possible. Then I could change the directory address one place to change all of my standard command scripts. If it's not abundantly clear, I'm new to windows scripting.
Q: Is there a way to retrieve data from an external config in a windows command script?
PS - Don't be limited by my question, if you think you have a better solution for what I'm trying to do, I'm all ears.
The simplest thing would be to use an environment variable.
eg:
set my_path=c:\foo\bar
then in the script you can use %my_path% and it will be expanded for you.