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softweng

June 28th, 2001, 11:18 AM

I have a .bat file that runs chkdsk and then reboots the pc. this is pushed out at night
on SMS. My problem is that chkdsk requires the user to enter y or n. I need this to be completly automatic. Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance!!!

Kris
Software Engineer
Phoenix,AZ

Kdev

June 28th, 2001, 11:55 AM

What version is this running under?

I have never seen chkdsk prompt the user for a y or n. Are you running any switches with chkdsk (/f perhaps)?

-K

softweng

June 28th, 2001, 12:03 PM

This is under windows 2000. Here is the command line (or part of it)

chkdsk c: /f /r

Kris
Software Engineer
Phoenix,AZ

dfwade

June 28th, 2001, 01:33 PM

you will want to take advantage of file piping.
Create a file that contains the Y answer like this
copy con Y.txt
y
(press ctl Z) to write the file

When you run chkdsk run it like this chkdsk <Y.txt

softweng

June 28th, 2001, 01:36 PM

Thanks I will give it a try

Kris
Software Engineer
Phoenix,AZ

softweng

June 28th, 2001, 06:45 PM

Worked Like A Charm!!! Thanks!

Kris
Software Engineer
Phoenix,AZ