Windows/DOS

Return the value of a function into a variable in DOS batch .bat file

What an awful language!

set NLS_LANG=
@echo NLS_LANG has been cleared
@FOR /F "usebackq delims=!" %%i IN (`sqlplus -s /nolog @set_NLS_LANG.sql`) DO @set NLS_LANG=%%i
@echo NLS_LANG has been set to %NLS_LANG%

Create a Scheduled Task from the command line

This one is particularly interesting as I need to start a shell Cygwin shell script on a regular basis<br />
As crontab is not implemented by default, I use the Windows Scheduler to start the jobs.<br />
This one creates a task called dbamon_dblist tat runs a shell every 10 minutes starting at 9 am and going on for 24 hours (so, forever).<br />
It is run a user different from the logged on user. The echo at the start is to answer N to the question "Task exists, do you want to replace it". For some reason that doesnt work too well :(
echo N|SCHTASKS /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 10 /TN dbamon_dblist       /TR "c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c /cygdrive/c/home/ibmtools/scripts/oracle/dbamon_dblist.ksh"       /ST 09:00 /RU runasuser /RP runaspwd