Windows command to perform a similar function to spool command in SQL or Script command in UNIX?

Question

In DOS is there a command to perform a similar spool function in SQL or Script command in UNIX to create a log?

I want to print all command line output to a file but I don't want to use the echo command for each line.

I can do the following:

xx.cmd > xx.log

But, it would be nice to just click on the batch/cmd script and generate a log, so that I do not need to get into the command line.

Any help will be appreciated.

Dave

Solution

Not that I know of, but you can work around the problem using a prefix like this:

call :start %* > test.log
goto :eof
:start
echo Your code goes here

Comments

[dave]

Very nice. It recorded my execution of the bat/cmd script into the log.

[dave]

I tried this solution, but the log file did not generated. Any idea what went wrong?

[Scott - Слава Україні]

How did you run it? (I.e., from a Command Prompt, from (Win)+R, from a shortcut/icon, or some other way?) What did you see when you did it? Did the script run at all? Did it terminate normally or abnormally?

[dave]

I did a command line, (Win)+R, and right click the bat/cmd script to select "Run as administrator". I can see the command is executed in a compmand prompt window very fast, but no log is generated.

[dbenham]

+1 - You might want to include the parameters in your CALL: call :start %* >test.log

[Harry Johnston]

@dbenham: good point.