> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to be able to source in variables into my batch script from
> a text file.  I know how to do this in a shell script, but I'm not
> sure how to do it in a Windows batch script.  Is this even possible?
> The work-around I thought of would be to have a batch file (instead of
> text file) set the variables to environment variables such that other
> scripts could use them.
>
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a simple text file to be used to
> hold the configuration data and then source that into my batch script.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Josh

"Tom Lavedas" wrote:

> On Feb 26, 3:48 pm, mrbo***@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to be able to source in variables into my batch script from
> > a text file.  I know how to do this in a shell script, but I'm not
> > sure how to do it in a Windows batch script.  Is this even possible?
> > The work-around I thought of would be to have a batch file (instead of
> > text file) set the variables to environment variables such that other
> > scripts could use them.
> >
> > Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a simple text file to be used to
> > hold the configuration data and then source that into my batch script.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Josh
>
> If you were to use a simple file with two bits of information on each
> line, thus ...
>
> varname=Sometext to define variable content
>
> Then this would do the job ...
>
>   for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (yourfilespec) do call :sub %%a
> "%%b"
>   goto :EOF
>
>  :sub
>   set %1=%~2
>
> The variables would only be set for that particular console session.
>
> Type FOR/? at a command prompt for more information.
>
> Tom Lavedas
> =============
> http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/
>
>

> I would like to do this but with a VBS script for ADAM rather than a batch
> file.  I have a working script for deleting a single users.    How would I
> modify that to have it call a list of users to delete?  My script looks just
> like the Delete Users example listed here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/ds/adam/modify/...only modified for my system.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Tom Lavedas" wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 3:48 pm, mrbo***@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I'm trying to be able to source in variables into my batch script from
> > > a text file.  I know how to do this in a shell script, but I'm not
> > > sure how to do it in a Windows batch script.  Is this even possible?
> > > The work-around I thought of would be to have a batch file (instead of
> > > text file) set the variables to environment variables such that other
> > > scripts could use them.
>
> > > Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a simple text file to be used to
> > > hold the configuration data and then source that into my batch script.
>
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > > Josh
>
> > If you were to use a simple file with two bits of information on each
> > line, thus ...
>
> > varname=Sometext to define variable content
>
> > Then this would do the job ...
>
> >   for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (yourfilespec) do call :sub %%a
> > "%%b"
> >   goto :EOF
>
> >  :sub
> >   set %1=%~2
>
> > The variables would only be set for that particular console session.
>
> > Type FOR/? at a command prompt for more information.
>
> > Tom Lavedas
> > =============
> >http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/

"Tom Lavedas" wrote:

> On Mar 1, 11:55 am, MMC-Michelle
> <MMCMiche***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I would like to do this but with a VBS script for ADAM rather than a batch
> > file.  I have a working script for deleting a single users.    How would I
> > modify that to have it call a list of users to delete?  My script looks just
> > like the Delete Users example listed here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/ds/adam/modify/...only modified for my system.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Tom Lavedas" wrote:
> > > On Feb 26, 3:48 pm, mrbo***@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> >
> > > > I'm trying to be able to source in variables into my batch script from
> > > > a text file.  I know how to do this in a shell script, but I'm not
> > > > sure how to do it in a Windows batch script.  Is this even possible?
> > > > The work-around I thought of would be to have a batch file (instead of
> > > > text file) set the variables to environment variables such that other
> > > > scripts could use them.
> >
> > > > Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a simple text file to be used to
> > > > hold the configuration data and then source that into my batch script.
> >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > > > Regards,
> >
> > > > Josh
> >
> > > If you were to use a simple file with two bits of information on each
> > > line, thus ...
> >
> > > varname=Sometext to define variable content
> >
> > > Then this would do the job ...
> >
> > >   for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%a in (yourfilespec) do call :sub %%a
> > > "%%b"
> > >   goto :EOF
> >
> > >  :sub
> > >   set %1=%~2
> >
> > > The variables would only be set for that particular console session.
> >
> > > Type FOR/? at a command prompt for more information.
> >
> > > Tom Lavedas
> > > =============
> > >http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/
>
> You'd do that something like this ...
>
> sArguments ="LDAP://localhost:389/ou=Accounting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com"
> Set objOU = GetObject(sArguments)
> With Createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>   aNames = split(.opentextfile(sFilename,1).readall, vbnewline)
> end with
> for each sName in aNames
>   objOU.Delete "user", "cn=" & sName
> next
>
> where the names were one per line.
>
> Tom Lavedas
> =============
> http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/
>
>

"Tom Lavedas" wrote:

> On Mar 2, 12:36 pm, MMC-Michelle
> <MMCMiche***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for your help.  I'm getting an "invalid procedure call or argument"
> > on the 4th line (aNames = split(.opentextfiles....).  I've been trying to
> > figure out how to change it to make it work by doing a lot of Internet
> > searches, but my knowledge of VBS is extremely limited.  Where, or how, do I
> > call the text file it will be getting values from?  Do I put the name of it
> > somewhere in that code?  Or is it called via command line when I execute the
> > script?
>
> I suspect you failed to realize the meaning of the sFilename variable
> I used in the offending line.  That is, you will need to add a line at
> the beginning of the script to define that variable's contents.  For
> example, ...
>
> sFilename = "C:\SomeFolder\Somefilename.txt"
>
> sArguments ="LDAP://localhost:389/ou=Accounting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com"
> Set objOU = GetObject(sArguments)
> With Createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>   aNames = split(.opentextfile(sFilename,1).readall, vbnewline)
> end with
> for each sName in aNames
>   objOU.Delete "user", "cn=" & sName
> next
>
> Tom Lavedas
> =============
> http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/
>
>
>