Vista - How to execute external program from powershell

Hi,

Can someone show me how to execute an external program using powershell
script? say:

$strFolderSource = "\\devserver1\downloads"
$strFolderTarget = "\\devserver1\downloads"
$strCmd = "robocopy /S " + $strFolderSource + " " + $strFolderTarget

I need to execute $strCmd.

TIA

On May 16, 8:50*pm, "Danny Ni" <d...@xxxxxx> wrote:Try this:

[system.diagnostics.process]::start($strCmd)

or if you're using v2, use the Start-Process cmdlet.

Here's the MSDN article on the method:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ess.start.aspx

mm..looks like you need this:

Invoke-Expression $strCMD
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"Danny Ni" <dndn@xxxxxx> rakstija zinojuma
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Hi Danny,

You can also try with the call operator (i.e "&"):

& robocopy /S $strFolderSource $strFolderTarget



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DN> $strFolderSource = "\\devserver1\downloads"
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DN> $strCmd = "robocopy /S " + $strFolderSource + " " +
DN> $strFolderTarget
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