Problems getting executables to run from sub folders

[system]

(imported topic written by scott.craddolph91)

I have several legacy application I need to transfer to BigFix - I’m having problems once I upload my folder which has subdirectories for different parts of the program to execute - in my _download directory on my test machine I have the following:

gs800w32 (This is the first directory)

gsv43w32 (This is the second directory)

if i were to run these from my c: drive the command (dos) would be

c:\gs800w32\gs800w32.exe and

c:\gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe respectively.

In BigFix if I run

wait cmd.exe /c \gs800w32\gs800w32.exe

wait cmd.exe /c \gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe

I get a failure - how would code be written to do the switch to the subfolder to run the executable?

Scott C.

[BenKus]

(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hi Scott,

You want them to be in these locations permanently?

Try this:

waithidden cmd.exe /C mkdir "C:\gs800w32"
waithidden cmd.exe /C mkdir "C:\gsv43w32"
copy __Download\gs800w32.exe "C:\gs800w32\gs800w32.exe"
copy __Download\gsv43w32.exe “C:\gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe”

waithidden cmd.exe /C "C:\gs800w32\gs800w32.exe"
waithidden cmd.exe /C “C:\gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe”

Otherwise, if you just want to run them without copying them permanently, you would do:

waithidden cmd.exe /C "__Download\gs800w32\gs800w32.exe"
waithidden cmd.exe /C “__Download\gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe”

Ben

[system]

(imported comment written by scott.craddolph91)

I used the following in my code:

waithidden cmd.exe /C “__Download\gs800w32\gs800w32.exe”

waithidden cmd.exe /C “__Download\gsv43w32\gsv43w32.exe”

Tested the job and Bigfix reported the job as complete but the software still did not load - I checked the _ download directory which for my group shows up in C:\Program Files\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client__BESData\CustomSite_DCMA_NMC_Software__Download - the files are there - if you manually run the .exe’s from the _download they work. Where am I going wrong here.

Scott C.

[system]

(imported comment written by lmpymilk91)

Have you tried something like this?

This will set the starting path for the exe and keep the path when the file runs.

waithidden cmd.exe /C start /D"__Download\gsv43w32" /I “gsv43w32.exe”

waithidden cmd.exe /C start /D"C:\gsv43w32" /I “gsv43w32.exe”

[BenKus]

(imported comment written by BenKus)

Do you have an extra directory in there?

Does this work?

waithidden cmd.exe /C “__Download\gs800w32.exe”

waithidden cmd.exe /C “__Download\gsv43w32.exe”

Ben

[system]

(imported comment written by scott.craddolph91)

Everything worked last night - my co-worker looked at the code and I inadvertently had “/c” when it should have been “/C”. Thanks all for assistance