Hi all, i need to run a cnd with parameter within a powershell script.
The syntax is:
“i:\something\quota_create_unity.cmd” -n %username%
variable %username% is passed by a csv
I’m using the syntax:
Start-Process -verb runas -filepath “I:\UOC Gestione Strutture Tecnologiche\Quota_Set\quota_create_unity.cmd”
but i can’t pass the properties, any suggestion?
Maybe I’m using a wrong Method?
Thanx
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Thanks in advance.
Why do you have to run a CMD from a PowerShell script? I cannot imagine that there’s something you can do in CMD what you cannot do in pure PowerShell. You should migrate the CMD to PowerShell.
Regardless of that - the executable for a CMD would be C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe. So the proper PowerShell command using Start-Process would be:
Start-Process -Verb RunAs -FilePath 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe' -ArgumentList "/C 'I:\UOC Gestione Strutture Tecnologiche\Quota_Set\quota_create_unity.cmd' -n $ENV:USERNAME"
What do you mean by that? In CMD %username% is an environment variable representing the currently logged on user. The according PowerShell version would be $Env:USERNAME.
Hi Olaf nice to see you 
I find the solution:
$Username = 'Pallid'
$PSScriptRoot = “I:\UOC Gestione Strutture Tecnologiche\Quota_Set”
$arg = ("-n {0}" -f $Username)
$proc = Start-Process -FilePath "quota_create_unity.cmd" -WorkingDirectory $PSScriptRoot -ArgumentList $arg -Wait -PassThru
The %username% is the environment in the cmd, non it isn’t the current logged user, but a username that changes from time to time.
This script set the hard quota on NAS and changes from user to user
For a default Windows installation that’s wrong.
The CMD set only the Hardquota for The Homedir of a set User in a csv file.
No Installation and nothing Wrong
G