[wpkg-users] running a dos program in packages.xml

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Adam Williams schrieb:
> I've created a <package> in packages.xml just like any other (and added 
> it to profiles.xml).
> 
> I have:
> 
> <package
> id="grcdrop"
> name="GRCDROP for Symantec AV"
> revision="3"
> reboot="false"
> priority="15"
> execute="once">
> <install cmd='%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c \\roark\wpkg\pkg\grcdrop.exe'>

Why did you put "%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c " before the exe file?


> </install>
> </package>
> 
> 
> grcdrop.exe looks for a grc.dat file in the same directory and loads it 
> in symantec anti-virus (used to change the location of the central 
> antivirus server).
> 
> when I run grcdrop.exe by hand at a cmd shell by typing in 
> \\roark\wpkg\pkg\grcdrop.exe, it runs fine, but when i do cscript 
> \\roark\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize i get an error:

Do you start it as Administrator or SYSTEM?
What happens if you run it with /synchronize /debug flags?


> Could not execute GRCDROP for Symantec AV. Exit code returned 
> non-successful value: 8587624
> 
> a google search on the error message doesn't return anything.  any 
> suggestions?

Anything in the Event Log?
Does it make a difference if you start it in the bat script? For example:

<install cmd='\\roark\wpkg\script.bat'>


and \\roark\wpkg\script.bat containing:

\\roark\wpkg\pkg\grcdrop.exe


But first, try it before "%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c"; 
\\roark\wpkg\pkg\grcdrop.exe is not a cmd.exe builtin command, is it?...


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org






_______________________________________________
wpkg-users mailing list
wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users