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Sunny2
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8 years ago

How to run a bat file which is present in some other location on the Computer

 Hi    I have a set of test cases that I need to run for every execution. To receive valid responses, I need to tunnel to the ports using a bat file which I need to open manually each and every tim...
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prashobkt
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8 years ago

Sunny2

 

Try the below code, do not use pause statement in BAT file.

 

 

def cmd = "sample.bat"
def process = "$cmd".execute();
process.waitFor();

 

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    Sunny2
    New Contributor
    8 years ago

    Thanks prashobkt

     

    I tried to execute the code

    As my file is in an external folder which is something like "C:/XXX/XXXX/file.bat", I included the same in the script as follows 

     

    def cmd = "C:/XXX/XXXX/file.bat"
    def process = "$cmd".execute();
    process.waitFor();

     

    When this script is run, I got a dialog box something like Script-result:1 (screenshot attached) . However I couldn't see that file is opened.

     

    Can you please help me if you have any idea on this?

     

    Thanks

    Sunny

     

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      prashobkt
      Contributor
      8 years ago

      Sunny2

       

      As per my knowledge

       

      Script-Result-1 is failure and 0 is success.

       

      If you are providing any file as input in .batfile , please use absolute path. The .bat files are command line tools and are processed in Background so you cannot see any window.

       

      Below is the batfile I used to test.

       

      =============my.bat================

      @echo off
      echo This is a test
      Mkdir d:\rt

      ==================================