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   foxidrive to Todd Vargo   
   Re: MOVE cmd and output redirection   
   31 May 13 10:26:38   
   
   From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 31/05/2013 05:11, Todd Vargo wrote:   
   > On 5/29/2013 11:48 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   >> On 30/05/2013 13:30, Todd Vargo wrote:   
   >>> On 5/29/2013 10:15 PM, andrewniebling@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>> This is the sub of the mapbasic program that creates the batch file and   
   then executes it, then deletes the batch file once it has copied the files.   
   >>   
   >>> Do the MOVE commands produce any error messages? Try adding " 2>&1" to   
   >>> the end of the move commands to capture any error messages to the log file.   
   >>   
   >> I thought the problem was that it didn't provide a log of the files that   
   were moved.  It moved them fine   
   >> according to the OP.   
   >   
   > I am sorry if it annoys others when I color by numbers but I ask OP   
   > questions to confirm and suggested a harmless debugging method. Until I   
   > have it verified, my interpretation of the information above is, that is   
   > the *intent* of the mapbasic code as written, not that it is what it   
   > actually does. I suspect MapBasic's Winexec works like a windows   
   > application which does not provide i/o redirection. OP will have to confirm.   
      
   Fairy nuff. :)   
      
   It seemed to me that echoing the same move command line would provide a log -   
   if as you say it does   
   redirection.  The OP didn't comment on my earlier suggestion so I wondered...   
      
      
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