Niall, I don't want to use vbscript for example, I'm only looking for a command line utility. Any way I'll check the site, thanks On 10/11/05, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Juan > > check out the windows scripting centre. (iirc its > msdn.microsoft.com/scripting ) bags of example scripts to get use registry > and envvars - and a good introduction to appropriate scripting on the > windows platform as well. > > Niall > > > On 10/11/05, Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco <juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi I'm trying to get a variable from windows from a bat file but I cant. > > > > I had check the reg.exe utility but this give you more data than needed > > > > reg query > KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraDb10g_home1 /v > oracle_home > > > > This returns all this information > > ------------------- > > ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraDb10g_home1 > > oracle_home REG_SZ D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1 > > ------------------- > > > > > > I only need somethin that returnsme the value to put it in a variable > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Oracle Certified Profesional 9i 10g > > Orace Certified Professional Developer 6i > > > > 8 years of experience in Oracle 7,8i,9i,10g and developer 6i > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- Oracle Certified Profesional 9i 10g Orace Certified Professional Developer 6i 8 years of experience in Oracle 7,8i,9i,10g and developer 6i -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l