Executing an exe with parameters as part of CCS 5.1 Post build step

Sujith KV

Hi,

I am trying to execute the below two post build steps in a CCS 5.1.0.9 project. The first step (highlighted in green) is successfully completing. However, the second step, which is separated by '&' is not able to successfully complete.

"${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "../../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}.out" "../../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/ofd470.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/hex470.exe" "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe" & "../../../../../../../tiimage.exe" "0x80000000" "NONE" "../../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}.bin" "../../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}_ti.bin"

Here actually the intention is to give four parameters to tiimage.exe executable. But this way it is not taking them as parameters, but as separate commands. If I avoid the quotes, it says CCS cannot find the specified paths. i tried different options like

"../../../../../../../tiimage.exe 0x80000000 NONE ./../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}.bin ./../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}_ti.bin"

"../../../../../../../tiimage.exe & 0x80000000 & NONE ./../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}.bin & ./../../../../../../binary/${ProjName}_ti.bin"

But none of them works. I am not getting how to pass parameters here. (In windows command line, it can be executed as > tiimage.exe 0x80000000 NONE xx.bin xx_ti.bin )

Can anyone help on this please?

Regards,

Sujith.

over 13 years ago

0 desouza over 13 years ago

TI__Guru**** 171224 points

Sujith,

I never managed to run multiple commands in the post-build step. However, you can create a batch file that receives parameters (${ProjName} or ${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}) and therefore executes several commands.

For help with batch files, check:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/batch.mspx?mfr=true

http://ss64.com/nt/

Hope this helps,

Rafael

0 Sujith KV over 13 years ago in reply to desouza

TI__Intellectual 2525 points

Hi Rafael,

Thanks a lot for your response !. I can try the way as you suggested. But it is better in our project, if we can directly invoke the tool from the post build step itself. I hope CCS supports multiple command execution in the post-build steps.

Regards,

Sujith.

0 desouza over 13 years ago in reply to Sujith KV

TI__Guru**** 171224 points

Sujith,

The pre and post build steps are part of the standard Eclipse project manager and therefore we try to avoid major changes that could cause compatibility breaks.

Therefore, the use of shell scripts (.bat or .sh files) is the least disruptive way - not to mention that it grants a virtually unlimited number of commands.

Regards,

Rafael

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