How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode

Hello,

How do I exit DOORS without having to press return?

Thanks
meherts - Tue Jun 01 14:33:49 EDT 2010

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
Mathias Mamsch - Tue Jun 01 15:02:40 EDT 2010

Use the -W commandline switch ... or just don't print any output :-) Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
meherts - Tue Jun 01 15:17:13 EDT 2010

Mathias Mamsch - Tue Jun 01 15:02:40 EDT 2010
Use the -W commandline switch ... or just don't print any output :-) Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

WOW! Thank you so much. I feel silly now ...

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
SystemAdmin - Tue Jun 01 18:05:35 EDT 2010

meherts - Tue Jun 01 15:17:13 EDT 2010
WOW! Thank you so much. I feel silly now ...

That's his job here: to make the rest of us look silly. I secretly believe he's some sort of old leftover Telelogic artificial-intelligence ghost-in-the-machine entity.

:)

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
SystemAdmin - Wed Jun 02 04:24:21 EDT 2010

Mathias Mamsch - Tue Jun 01 15:02:40 EDT 2010
Use the -W commandline switch ... or just don't print any output :-) Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

The -W switch came to DOORS in version 9.0 (or was it already before?). In older versions I have used the (undocumented) exit_ function in script to stop DOORS client.

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
llandale - Wed Jun 02 10:49:39 EDT 2010

SystemAdmin - Wed Jun 02 04:24:21 EDT 2010
The -W switch came to DOORS in version 9.0 (or was it already before?). In older versions I have used the (undocumented) exit_ function in script to stop DOORS client.

I dont' think I've ever used exit_ and don't have any trouble with doors closing my batch programs, so long as I don't use any print statements, which leave the black command prompt window open. Are you saying exit_ will exit even if there are print statements?

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
Mathias Mamsch - Wed Jun 02 11:01:50 EDT 2010

SystemAdmin - Wed Jun 02 04:24:21 EDT 2010
The -W switch came to DOORS in version 9.0 (or was it already before?). In older versions I have used the (undocumented) exit_ function in script to stop DOORS client.

The -W switch was there at least with 8, probably before, it was just not documented. I had a hard time searching for it, when I accedently stumbled over it on the IBM website. There are quite some more undocumented commandline switches in DOORS.

Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
llandale - Wed Jun 02 11:42:10 EDT 2010

llandale - Wed Jun 02 10:49:39 EDT 2010
I dont' think I've ever used exit_ and don't have any trouble with doors closing my batch programs, so long as I don't use any print statements, which leave the black command prompt window open. Are you saying exit_ will exit even if there are print statements?

I write my DXL to be on-demand, such as from a pull-down menu. Those scripts that I also want to run by Batch are tweaked a little bit, notably to set the DBE values to defaults but to not 'realize' the dialog nor 'show' it when in batchMode; instead end gracefully at the end of the file. Any 'ack' or 'confirm' have true or the first option as the normal default. I write a separate batch-parent program which $includes the on-demand script and then issues a call to the main 'apply' function, possibly reseting DBE default values first.

I take all my 'ack' and 'warningBox' etc messages and store them to a log file. The batch parent program can also issue specific batch-log calls; notably including start and end times. The batch parent process dumps the log file and displays it before ending. My deployed DXL doesn't use print statements except in rather odd or extreme situations, so I'm rather glad that I can see them in the morning after the batch runs at night; thus I'm not inclinded to use the -W switch (which I now see in the v9 DOORS User manual).

  • Louie

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
SystemAdmin - Thu Jun 03 07:03:38 EDT 2010

llandale - Wed Jun 02 10:49:39 EDT 2010
I dont' think I've ever used exit_ and don't have any trouble with doors closing my batch programs, so long as I don't use any print statements, which leave the black command prompt window open. Are you saying exit_ will exit even if there are print statements?

Yes, I use print statements in batch mode if somebody is interested to see them in console. And exit_ will stop the batch mode DOORS client, compared to halt which will just stop the script and leave DOORS client running.

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
llandale - Fri Jun 04 14:48:31 EDT 2010

Mathias Mamsch - Wed Jun 02 11:01:50 EDT 2010
The -W switch was there at least with 8, probably before, it was just not documented. I had a hard time searching for it, when I accedently stumbled over it on the IBM website. There are quite some more undocumented commandline switches in DOORS.

Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Which other switches?

Re: How to automatically exit DOORS in batch mode
Mathias Mamsch - Sun Jun 06 12:50:44 EDT 2010

llandale - Fri Jun 04 14:48:31 EDT 2010
Which other switches?

I created another post for that. Regards. Mathias
Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS