Running a tcl script from a command line on Windows XP

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July 9, 2008 at 4:00 pm #50166
Klaus Wais
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I would like to run a tcl script from a command line on Windows XP outside of the IDE.

Has anybody tried this before with the tcl that comes with the qdx5.6.

I’m struggling with the setup of environment and path variables for the tcl.
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- July 9, 2008 at 6:34 pm #65080
  Max Drown (Infor)
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  Running a tcl script from the command line is a relatively straightforward process.
  
  * Puts some tcl commands in a file. (ex. test.tcl)
  
  * From the command line: tcl test.tcl
  
  -- Max Drown (Infor)
- July 9, 2008 at 6:58 pm #65081
  Rob Abbott
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  A batch file wrapper helps if you haven’t setroot from whatever environment you are running in:
  
  Code: @echo off call setroot (optional args) tcl myscript.tcl
  
  Rob Abbott
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- July 17, 2008 at 1:22 pm #65082
  garry r fisher
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  Hi,
  
  Two other options you could use.
  
  1. On windows change the extension to .htc. This create a Tcl batch file that invokes the Tcl interpreter on runtime. So instead of:
  
  tcl test.tcl
  
  You could use
  
  test.htc
  
  2. The other way is to create a standalone application from your script. I use freewrap for this which is available freewrap.sourceforge.net/ and wraps your Tcl scrips into a single file binary executable i.e test.tcl becomes test.exe.
  
  Option 1 would be best for Cloverleaf apps provided you have hciroot set. Option 2 is for more complex scripts that don’t rely on the Cloverleaf environment.
  
  Regards
  
  Garry
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