Executing an Application from the client cache working directory

[AaronBISSELL]

So, I'm not even sure how to label this... or I'd have spent more time searching google. So perhaps what I will do is throw it out here and maybe someone can interpret it better than myself.

 

I am trying to deploy a piece of software in our SCCM 2012 environment, that requires an .iss file to script a silent install of the product. However, the execution requires a local file path, not a UNC path - so I cannot run it from a network location. So I include the file in the application package, and I can see it try to run in appEnforce.log, but it fails. When I type it manually, it succeeds.

 

More info:

And example of the syntax required

c:\ SolidCAMSetup\setup.exe /s /f1"c:\recording.iss"

 

It is noted that following the F1 command there is no space between the location of the file and command switch.

 

My command line in the SCCM application reads

setup.exe /s /f1"recording.iss"

 

this fails

 

when I go to the machine and replace "recording.iss" with the full path, "C:\windows\ccmcache\r\recording.iss"

It works

 

what command line, in SCCM will account for the working directory, "r" ? As that will change from deployment to deployment?

 

Something like

setup.exe /s /f1".\recording.iss"?

 

Im not even sure if I am saying my situation clearly enough - lol - so I will just leave it here and pray

 

Thanks in advance!

Aaron

[Peter van der Woude]

If the installation is that sensitive I would use an old-school batch file. By doing that you can use the batch variable %~dp0 to specify the working directory. In that case the command line of you package, or application, will be the batch file.

[AaronBISSELL]

something like this?

 

@ECHO OFF

Start %~dp0\setup.exe /s /F1"%~dp0\recording.iss"

[AaronBISSELL]

and to execute it in the application command line, does it need cscript.exe in it? cscript.exe installer.bat ?

[AaronBISSELL]

The above .bat file code did the job for me. And just an FYI for those that may gain some knowledge from this - executing a batch file in the command line of an SCCM application looks like this

 

cmd.exe /c batfilename.bat