not recognized internal or external command

• Miriam Berge

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  January 27, 2005 at 8:43 am

  #92212

  Hi,

  I have TCL (scripting language) running on my server.  I can run it from the command line, but when I type in:

  exec master..xp_cmdshell "tcl c:\tcl_scripts\finddate.tcl"

  in an isql window, I get the error:

  'tcl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

  operable program or batch file.

  Any ideas as to why I can run this from the command line and not the isql window?

  Thanks!

   

   

   

   

• PW-201837

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  January 27, 2005 at 9:01 am

  #539353

  Presumably because in a command window, $PATH contains the path to where TCL exists.

  Try giving the full pathname to the TCL program. Example, assuming it's "C:\Program Files\TCL\TCL.EXE"

   

  exec master..xp_cmdshell "C:\Program Files\TCL\TCL.EXE c:\tcl_scripts\finddate.tcl"