Yes. startp is the answer. Thank you all for the global effort to solve this problem. maurice > -----Original Message----- > From: PMcDermott@xxxxxxxx [SMTP:PMcDermott@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thu, March 21, 2002 7:17 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] running batch file from menu > > > > I use the startp command to give me the most options when starting the > batch file or application, for example: > > run d:\usr\fox\system32\startp /c /D"c:\winnt\profiles\fox\personal" > "C:\winnt\system32\cmd.EXE" > > or > > run d:\usr\fox\system32\startp "d:\usr\pat\doit.bat" > > If you want to run a .ksh script file, you need to run ncenv.cmd to set up > the environment variables before calling the script. One way to do this > is > to create a .bat file which then calls the .ksh file, as: > > doit.bat: > > echo off > call d:\nutc\bin\ncenv.cmd > call d:\nutc\mksnt\sh.exe -i {script name}.ksh [arguments] > > You can also execute ncenv.cmd and sh.exe from the startp command line but > I cannot remember off hand how to do it (I am not in my office so I don't > have my documentation handy). > > Patrick McDermott > Principal Engineer > Hercules Incorporated > Hercules Plaza > Wilmington, DE 19894 > 302-594-7607 > pmcdermott@xxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave