Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

I would like to call the SHL (shell script) adapter to call a shell script and pass several parameters to it.

The only way to make this work was to create dynamically a temporary file that contains the name of the sript and the parameters and to call this temporary file as a shell script by the adapter.

I used the GET command for that.

This is not a very clean solution.

Does anybody know which is the best way to call a shell script and to pass parameters without generating temporary files dynamically ?

Thanks all.


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Originally posted by: john.gibby

I had a time understanding the shell/batch script adapters. I just couldn't understand the documentation clearly and had to play around with the command switches to get it to work. Here's how I execute all my shell scripts:

codeGET(
"SHL"
,"-cli -cmd '" + ScriptName + " " + Arg1 + " " + Arg2 + " '"
)[/code]

Or if you just want to hard code the command string:

codeGET(
"SHL"
,"-cli -cmd 'somescript.sh -XYZ targetfile '"
)[/code]

Good Luck!

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thank you John,
this is exactly what I was looking for.
I don't really understand why there is a space at the end and why the single quote closes first, though. But anyway, it works !

Thanks.
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Originally posted by: john.gibby

You need to enclose your command and it's arguments with single quotes.

GET("SHL","-cli -cmd 'shellscript arg1 arg2'")

John
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