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How Can I Determine if a Folder Exists on a Computer?

August 19, 2004 Aug 19, 2004 08/19/04
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to determine whether or not a specific folder exists on a computer?-- RP, Umatilla, OR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RP. There are a couple ways of doing this, depending on whether you are looking for the folder on the local computer or on a remote computer, and depending on whether or not you know ...

How Can I Determine How Long It Takes a Script to Run?

August 18, 2004 Aug 18, 2004 08/18/04
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a good way to time how long it takes for a script to run? -- BN, Montreal, Canada (image) (image) (image) Hey, BN. Probably the easiest way to do this is to let the script time itself. To accomplish that feat, set the first line of the script to this: This code simply sets the value of the variable ...

How Can I Save Output to a Text File?

August 17, 2004 Aug 17, 2004 08/17/04
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to save my script output to a text file rather than displaying it on screen? -- KP, Ogden, UT(image) (image) (image) Hey, KP. If you always want your script to save data to a text file rather than display it on screen, then you’re probably better off using the FileSystemObject and its file-...

How Can I Give a User a Yes/No Prompt?

August 16, 2004 Aug 16, 2004 08/16/04
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script which performs some file management tasks, and then should ask the user whether or not they want to delete a set of files. How do I ask a user a Yes or No question like this? -- SE, Casper, WY(image) (image) (image) Hey, SE. There are a couple different ways that you can do this, but because you’...