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Creating a folder
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:16 pm
by PMaier
Hi,
I would like to use the shell command to create a folder, but pass the name of the folder using a string. E.g something like this:
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logmode logmsg
%test = "c:\Test"
logmsg %test
shell mkdir %test
Alas, it does not work ("
Unable to create process: The directory name is invalid in "SHELL MKDIR C:\TEST"."). Any ideas why?
Thanks, Philipp
PS I'm using Eviews 7.2.
Creating a folder
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:30 pm
by EViews Gareth
Did you try:
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logmode logmsg
%test = "c:\Test"
logmsg %test
shell mkdir {%test}
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:04 am
by PMaier
I did. It doesn't work either. :-(
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:02 am
by EViews Gareth
Did you run that exact same code, and do you have permissions to create a directory in the root of c:?
I just ran both versions, and both successfully create the test folder.
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:33 am
by PMaier
Yes,
I ran exactly that code. I can manually create a folder c:\test, I can do it from the Windows command prompt, but not using the shell command.
Strange. Not the end of the world, but strange.
Oh well,
Philipp
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:59 am
by etienne
Hi,
I have about the same problem since a couple of days. The "shell" command does't work anymore on my computer, though it does on my colleagues' ones, which share the same OS, software versions, privileges, etc. It used to work, I've been using it in a few programs since many months, and it still worked last week. No new software, config, or permissions change or other change I'm aware of on my computer. Of course, first thing I tried was to reboot, no success.
Whatever the exact shell command I use, for example the simple "shell dir", it returns something like : "Unable to create process: Le nom du répertoire est incorrect." Which means : "Unable to create process: The directory name is incorrect."
The similar "system" command in R on my computer works OK as before, nothing seems to have changed.
It's like EViews can't find anymore where is the cmd executable to launch. Could there be an EViews config file that became corrupt? Any ideas how I could fix it? Should EViews be re-installed on my computer?
Windows XP SP3, EViews 8 Enterprise Edition - Jun 13 2013 build
Best regards,
Étienne
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:22 am
by EViews Gareth
Your default directory in EViews is probably corrupt (most likely the directory has been deleted, or doesn't exist on the network any more). Change your default directory.
Re: Creating a folder
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:12 am
by etienne
That was it!
Thanks!
Étienne