Scheduling GRADS tasks on a Windows server

[Mark Sponsler]

Hi Brian,
Try changing your command in the .bat file from:
grads -blc exec batch.gs
to
grads -blc 'batch.gs'

Test it by double clicking the .bat file.  Your .gs file should fire right up!

Also you can create a new directory not in the Program Files path and place all your scritps there (c:/grads_stuff/scripts). Create a seperate directory for all you output images (c:/grads_stuff/output). Just be sure to include the full path in your script to the output directory.

Also make sure GRADS is in you path (in this way your machine will know where the GRADS executable lives):

Control Panel>System>Advanced>Environmnet Variables>System Variables>Edit
Scrool down and select Path, then Edit.  Go to end of the Variable Value line and type in:
; C:\Program Files\PCGrADS\win32e

Then use windows scheduling task to execute the .bat file.  It should find GRADS just fine.  The output image will land in your output directory. I do it all the time.
--
Thanks,
Mark

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Brian Gaze <brian.gaze at NTLWORLD.COM>

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to schedule a grads script to run on a Windows server. I'm trying
> to call the script from a Windows batch (.bat) file. The batch file contains
> the following
>
> grads -blc exec batch.gs
>
> This opens grads, and the following error message is generated:
>
> EXEC error: missing file name
>
> The .gs file contains the following script (and is intended to generate a
> gif image and then close GRADS):
>
> 'open model.ctl'
> 'd ps'
> 'printim bg.gif gif'
> 'quit'
>
> NOTE: both files are in the C:\program files\PCGrADS\win32e directory.
>
> I'm completely new to GRADS but have looked through the tutorial and can
> find nothing to help.
>
> Have I misunderstood how this should work, or is there a problem with the
> syntax I am using?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Brian Gaze
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/attachments/20060530/e0fa1d97/attachment.html