SHELL command

[Magnus Hederstad]

I have trubble with the SHELL command.
I try to pass a "DIR /O /T:W > [my outputfile]"
to the command processor under Win2000, but my
outfile remains empty!? It works fine with
"DIR /O > [my outputfile]" and if i write
"DIR /O /T:W > [my outputfile]" directly at the
prompt this also works. I even tried to put the
dir command in a .bat file, and call this one via
the shell command, but no luck... What am i doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any helpfull ideas!

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[John Schexnaydre]

Make sure your output file name doesn't have spaces in the name.
This one caught me for a while.

I converted long file name to short file names and my shell problems went away.

John


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[Tom Hanlin]

No paths specified? Perhaps the default directory isn't what you think.
Use CHDRIVE and CHDIR, or specify a directory at DIR time.

If you show us the code, it would help....

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff