Hi all,
Is there any way of writing a script that actually executes an MS-DOS batchfile and - after execution - returns the results so that the data can be handled by LUA?
Fact is: I have a DOS batchfile that works with a very old (but.... very NICE!!) program called SEARCHT.EXE
Using parameters, it will return the search results in NOTEPAD.
What I would like is: use this command and the results to accomodate OP's.
This tool gives me a very quick way of tracing nicknames in ALL log files, so you can imagine I would like my OP's to be able to use the DOS-instruction directly. If not, I need 48 hours in 1 day. :(
Any suggestion is welcome!
you can execute it with.
execute('batchfile.bat")
next open the txt file it makes.
readfrom("outputfile.txt")
after that you can remove it if you don't need it anymore.
remove("outputfile.txt")
plop
Thanks Plop!
Why didn't I think of that?? :]
But will that Execute command also accept parameters given by the OP's?
For example:
command = !dobatch [nickname]
Just to proove why I would like this....
I have logger LUA's running for KICKS, BANS and LOGONS.
Once a week I archive the LOGONS with a different name in the same folder.
Any OP that wishes to know ALL about a user, should get the results of that command from ALL the <.log> files.
The LOGON also includes the IP's and the MyInfo strings.
So, this tool could be very usefull!
Greets!
execute("batfile.bat "..nickname)
you can stuff anyhing in it as long as the bat/program you start understands it.
or you can make lua write the bat file.
my site is an example of that, i'm using lua 2 generate the php scripts for me.
plop