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Timothy McCormick
Timothy McCormick

Reputation: 1

Trying to run a batch file from another program and redirecting the output

I have a method to run a batch file with a list of parameters. Those parameters are sent to the batch file and the batch file calls another program that needs the parameter set up in a certain way:

start test --entities=%entities% --tags=%out% --start=%start% --end=%end% --interval=%interval% --wide>%output%

Where output is the file I want the results of running:

test --entities=%entities% --tags=%out% --start=%start% --end=%end% --interval=%interval% --wide

To be placed but I keep getting 1> instead of > when I run the file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (2)

Stephan
Stephan

Reputation: 56180

> is just a short form of 1> (1 means STDOUT = Standard output stream). Command repetition will insert the 1 for you, if you didn't write it. That's neither a failure nor a problem.

Your actual problem is, that you redirect the output of the start command - which is empy.

To redirect the output of your batchfile, use 

start test --entities=%entities% --tags=%out% --start=%start% --end=%end% --interval=%interval% --wide ^>%output%

You might want to try, if 

call test --entities=%entities% --tags=%out% --start=%start% --end=%end% --interval=%interval% --wide >%output%

works even better for you.

Upvotes: 1

Rob
Rob

Reputation: 1517

Check out Ryan's Guide to Piping and Redirection: http://ryanstutorials.net/linuxtutorial/piping.php .

Upvotes: 0

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