Re: Scripting and creating home directories

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:25:59 +0100

Jay wrote:

> How do I access a program like xcacls.exe from inside the script?
Hi

Something like this:

'--------------------8<----------------------
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' ... is the parameter input to xcacls
sCmd = "xcacls.exe ..."

oShell.Run sCmd, 0, True

'--------------------8<----------------------

WSH 5.6 documentation (local help file) can be downloaded
from here if you haven't got it already:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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