Failed code dcexec -u -s 3 -i "$(ESCAPE_DQUOTE(MACH))\$(ESCAPE_DQUOTE(INST))"

• juliava

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  May 16, 2022 at 8:20 pm

  #4033913

  Hello,

   

  I cant understand what this code is doing, can some one please help me.

   

   

  dcexec -u -s 3 -i "$(ESCAPE_DQUOTE(MACH))\$(ESCAPE_DQUOTE(INST))"

• Site Owners

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  May 17, 2022 at 9:10 pm

  #4034553

  Thanks for posting your issue and hopefully someone will answer soon.

  This is an automated bump to increase visibility of your question.

• Jim Hagan

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  May 24, 2022 at 7:11 pm

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  This link from this site may help. A similar issue: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/what-is-dcexec

• kaj

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  May 24, 2022 at 8:36 pm

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  Looks like it's referencing SQL Agent tokens.

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/agent/use-tokens-in-job-steps?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=sql-server-ver15