How to Redirect Standard Output w/ START command?

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Brian Gibson

02-05-2004, 04:37 PM

This does not redirect the outpout to the log file...

START CMD /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG

What part is wrong? Can it be done?

Thanks.

Mark V

02-05-2004, 05:38 PM

In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Brian Gibson wrote:

> This does not redirect the outpout to the log file...
>
> START CMD /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG
>
> What part is wrong? Can it be done?

Don't know "essmsh" but try using a Space delimiter.
(and I always find it wise to just put in the quotes for "Title")

START "" CMD.exe /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl >CSRCALC.LOG

Mark V

02-05-2004, 05:38 PM

Paul R. Sadowski

02-05-2004, 05:52 PM

"Brian Gibson" <bggibson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eBeCVaA7DHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> This does not redirect the outpout to the log file...
>
> START CMD /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG
>
> What part is wrong?

Nothing. Sort of. You are redirecting the output of the start command to
CSRCALC.LOG which you'll find as a zero byte file in the current directory.
There's no output from the start command so nothing in the file.

> Can it be done?

Off the top of my head use a batch file with the redirection in the batch.

:: MyBat.cmd
essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG

Then
start cmd /c MyBat.cmd
or such...

Paul R. Sadowski

02-05-2004, 05:52 PM

Tom Lavedas

02-05-2004, 07:34 PM

The use of START with CMD makes no sense to me. What are
you really trying to do?

Does this not work?

essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG

If it is because essmsh launches a new thread, outside of
the current console window, adding the START and CMD will
do nothing to contain it - PLUS, this almost certainly
means its output cannot be redirected in the first place.

Tom Lavedas
===========

>-----Original Message-----
>This does not redirect the outpout to the log file...
>
>START CMD /C essmsh
CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG
>
>What part is wrong? Can it be done?
>
>Thanks.

Tom Lavedas

02-05-2004, 07:34 PM

Matthias Tacke

02-05-2004, 11:08 PM

"Brian Gibson" wrote:

>This does not redirect the outpout to the log file...
>
>START CMD /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl>CSRCALC.LOG
>
>What part is wrong? Can it be done?
>
I don't know if the other tips have been succesfull,
but this one worked for me:

START CMD /C essmsh CSR.build.outline.CSRCALC.mxl^>CSRCALC.LOG

The redirection needs to be escaped with a ^
to be delayed into the started cmd.

HTH
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Matthias Tacke

02-05-2004, 11:08 PM