Re: Mathematica 6.0 math.exe question
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- Subject: [mg79440] Re: Mathematica 6.0 math.exe question
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:41:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Yvon wrote:
> I am trying to run math.exe with a .m file in Windows XP.
>
> The testAuto.m file has the following:
>
> Integrate[Exp[I\[Pi]x],x]
> Plot[Sin[x+Sqrt[2]Sin[x]],{x,0,2\[Pi]}];
> Export["c:\\pods\\testOut.gif",%]
> Quit[]
>
> In the command prompt, I type math.exe -run testAuto.m
>
> It returns with In[1]:= waiting for me to enter something.
>
> The testAuto.m file is in the same directory as the math.exe program
> (under C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\6.0)
>
> It's as if it is not recognizing or reading the .m file. Is the file
> not in the correct format? I originally wrote a notebook in the GUI
> and did a Save As... file type package (*.m). The resulting file in a
> text editor showed that all the lines were converted to comments (*
> *), so I deleted all the lines and symbols leaving only the actual
> input commands and resaved. I did this after trying the above command
> line with the original .m output and received the same result.
>
> Please help me figure out how to run this from the command prompt. I
> would like to write some "routines" in Mathematica to schedule
> automatically to run overnight using the Windows scheduler.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Yvon
Follow precisely the directions given in the FAQ titled, "How do I run
Mathematica for Windows in batch mode?" available at
http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/windows/general/winbatchmode.html
I did some test that worked perfectly. First I created the following
file in the directory where resides the kernel,
--------------------------------------- beginning of the file testAuto.m
AppendTo[$Echo, "stdout"]
Integrate[Exp[I\[Pi]x],x]
Plot[Sin[x+Sqrt[2]Sin[x]],{x,0,2\[Pi]}];
Export["testOut.gif",%]
Quit[];
--------------------------------------- end of the file testAuto.m
then, called the the text mode interface with
'math < autoTest.m > output.txt' (without the single quote)
and I got a file called testOut.gif in the current directory.
Regards,
Jean-Marc