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Using a variable with the exec cmd

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I am trying to use the result of the localmkdir in the exec command see bottom of script
FTP Script
  1. # Blat parameters. This is the command line program
  2. # used in this example to send emails from ScriptFTP
  3.  
  4. $blat_path="C:\blat\Full\blat.exe"
  5.  
  6. $smtp_server="x.com"
  7. $smtp_user="x@x.com"
  8. $smtp_password="x"
  9.  
  10. $email_from="x@x.com"
  11. $email_to="xs@xl.com"
  12. $email_subject="RRS backup "
  13. $email_body1="Backup is complete on Zach\rrsbackup"
  14. $email_body2="The Red River Backup has started."
  15.  
  16. $common_part_1=$blat_path." -server ".$smtp_server." -u ".$smtp_user." -pw "
  17. $common_part_2=$smtp_password." -f ".$email_from." -to ".$email_to." -subject ".'"'
  18. $common_part_3=$email_subject.'"'
  19.  
  20. $cmd_line_part_4_1=" -body ".'"'.$email_body1.'"'
  21. $cmd_line_part_4_2=" -body ".'"'.$email_body2.'"'
  22.  
  23. # Concatenate the text string to build the complete command lines
  24. $blat_cmd_line_1=$common_part_1.$common_part_2.$common_part_3.$cmd_line_part_4_1
  25. $blat_cmd_line_2=$common_part_1.$common_part_2.$common_part_3.$cmd_line_part_4_2
  26.  
  27. #$aLocalDir = "B:\".(GETTIME(MONTH)."-".(GETTIME(day)."-".GETTIME(YEAR)))
  28. $aLocalDir = "B:\".(GETTIME(MONTH)."-".(GETTIME(day)."-".GETTIME(YEAR)."@".(GETTIME(HOUR)." ".(GETTIME(MIN)))))
  29. #$aLocalDir = "B:\".(GETTIME(Format1))
  30.  
  31. EXEC($blat_cmd_line_2)
  32.  
  33. LOCALMKDIR($aLocalDir)
  34. LOCALCHDIR($aLocalDir)
  35. EXEC("C:\Zip\zip.exe -r Antique.zip F:\RRS\Antique")
  36. Print($alocalDir)
  37.  
  38.  
  39.  
  40.  
  41. EXEC($blat_cmd_line_1)
  42. localchdir("x:\save")
  43. # ------------------------------------------
  44. # here is what i'm trying to do
  45. EXEC('xcopy "($localdir)"/e ')
  46. # ------------------------------------------
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Thanks for any help
I am just getting started using scriptftp
FTP Script
  1. EXEC('xcopy x:\save '.$aLocalDir.' /e')
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thank you for your help. does that mean that you don't change directories or does it matter where you are when you send the cmd

thanks
***** Script error on line 6, column 27: ")" expected
exec("xcopy " .$alocalDir '/e')
it does not like the switch however i put it
It works without the switch
dot and space are missing
FTP Script
  1. exec("xcopy " .$alocalDir.' /e')
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That worked it had to have been the space in the /e

Thanks for your help
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