Running $U commands in PS and PS Uprocs

[Angus Reid]

​$U 6.9 Windows 2012 R2

Wanting to expand the use of $U which has a default command (MS DOS) language into PS.  Commands that would have originally been done in a CL_INT type Uproc could now be done in PS.  Things like

• %UXEXE%\uxlst task which would be in dos "%UXEXE%\uxlst" TSK EXP SES=* UPR=* MU=* FULL 

This can be done from command window after loading the $U environment or in a CL type uproc which does the same by default.

In PS window it is possible to load the $U environment using the following command with a '&' to prefix the string command.

• &"C:\Program Files\AUTOMIC\DUAS\<node_name>\mgr\uxsetenv.bat"

However when running Get-ChildItem ENV: in PS after the environment is loaded the $U variables do not evaluate. For example $UXEXE or $ENV:UXEXE so the above command cannot be translated into PS and does not evaluate. 

I suspect this is more a PS thing than $U, is there a way to do this as this would open the door to calling $U commands within PS scripts and PS type Uprocs.  Really just wanting to run 'old' dos commands within PS as the syntax is more familiar and not sure if there a PS equivalent to these commands yet in $U.


What have I missed?​

[Dollar U]

Hi,

I use $U command within my PS CL_INT uprocs, my main usage is setting inheritance variables, see below:

&${env:UXEXE}\uxset hvar ID_DEPOT_DGP=${id_depot_dgp}

So your uxlst task command should be:

&${env:UXEXE}\uxlst TSK EXP SES=* UPR=* MU=* FULL 

You don't need to load $u environment within CL_INT

Just don't forget to set the shell from DEFAULT to POWERSHELL

Hope this helps