Re: [MSH] Requires an executable on the RHS of a pipe?

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James W. Truher [MSFT]
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"Bill Stewart" <llib.trawets@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It appears that MSH requires an executable on the right-hand side of a
pipe. If I attempt to pipe to a WSH script without specifying the script
interpreter's file name (i.e., cscript), MSH returns error 193 ("%1 is not
a valid Win32 application").

The below example is executed on a machine where cscript is the default
WSH host (cscript //H:CScript).

MSH C:\> get-content Test.js
var tsinput = WScript.StdIn, tsoutput = WScript.StdOut;

while (! tsinput.AtEndOfStream)
tsoutput.WriteLine(tsinput.ReadLine());
MSH C:\> get-childitem | Test.js
Program 'Test.js' failed to execute: The specified executable is not a
valid Win32 application.
At line:1 char:23
+ get-childitem | Test.js <<<< .
At line:1 char:1
+ g <<<< et-childitem | Test.js
MSH C:\>

Now, we already know that cmd.exe's input redirection is broken (see
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh/browse_frm/thread/fba088728d73eb02),
but it would be nice if this was "fixed" in MSH.

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Bill Stewart


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