Call Executable - Unexpected token

[MortenLundgaard]

Hi all

In Teststand Call Executable im trying to use the cmd.exe with the follow argument:

ren c:\\putty_log\\putty.log Mainboard_Str(FileGlobals.serial).txt & move c:\\putty_log\\*.txt p:\\Testreports\\Log\\

But i keep getting "Unexpected token".

If i put the argument in a .bat file and manually enter the serial(number) it Works fine.

Can anyone please tell me what im missing in the argument?

[~jiggawax~]

You need quotes around it.

[MortenLundgaard]

Thx for your reply.

I can't figure out where to put the quotes, can you please give an example?

[~jiggawax~]

"ren c:\\putty_log\\putty.log Mainboard_Str(FileGlobals.serial).txt & move c:\\putty_log\\*.txt p:\\Testreports\\Log\\"

[MortenLundgaard]

When adding the quotes in the beginning and the end, it is handled by teststand as a text string. Teststand will handle my variable (FileGlobals.serial) as text and not a variable.

So if i use quotes at both ends my filename will end up like this:

Mainboard_Str(FileGlobals.serial).txt

But, my intension was to end up with this (If my serialnumber is 1234):

Mainboard_1234.txt

I gave up on the call executable to do this alone, and instead created a .bat with the same cmd line and replaced the Str(FileGlobals.serial) with a %1, batch file now looks like this:

ren c:\putty_log\putty.log Mainboard_%1.txt & move c:\putty_log\*.txt p:\Testreports\Log\

I use call executable to call the .bat with FileGlobals.serial as argument.

This Works and is my solution.

[~jiggawax~]

That's my bad.  I didn't see that you had a variable in your string.  This should work in TestStand:

"ren c:\putty_log\putty.log Mainboard_" + Str(FileGlobals.serial) + ".txt & move c:\putty_log\*.txt p:\Testreports\Log\"

Expressions in TestStand follow the C style syntax.

[dug9000]

Doubling backslashes should only be done in expressions. When you are setting the value of a string variable that is not an expression, you should not double the backslashes and should instead just have single backslashes.

Hope this helps,

-Doug