User Guide

68 Novell Client for Windows
Novell Client for Windows
103-000159-001
December 7, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Command Format
# [path] filename [parameter]
Replace path with a drive letter or, if you have specified NOSWAP on the
command line or in the login script, you can replace variable with a full
directory path beginning with the NetWare volume name.
Replace filename with an executable file (files that end in .EXE, .COM, or
.BAT, for example). It isn’t necessary to include the extension, but doing so
can speed up the execution of the external program.
Replace parameter with any parameters that must accompany the executable
file.
Example
You can use Automatic Client Update (ACU) to update Novell Client
TM
software without having to physically visit each workstation and manually
update the software.
ACU uses a text file that can be called from the login script. To call this file
from the login script for a workstation running Novell Client for Windows
NT/2000, place one of the following commands in the login script:
#Z:\PUBLIC\INSTALL\NTCLIENT\SETUPNW.EXE /ACU
or
#\\[SERVER]\[VOLUME]\PUBLIC\INSTALL\NTCLIENT\SETUPNW.EXE
/ACU
@
Use the @ command to execute a program that is external to the login script
and then continue with the script (similar to the Startup group). Enter the @
command followed by the name of the file that you want to execute.
IMPORTANT: Use the @ command instead of the # command to run an external
program from a login script if that external program will remain open for any length
of time. Otherwise, the login script will remain open until that external program is
closed. (Login scripts cannot be edited while they are open.)
This command fails when
The given directory is invalid
Proper security rights are lacking