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Hi, I'm using a power shell to run a OpenSSL batch but I have some problems. The basic OpenSSL batch needs to load after it opens and then you can write the command string. The string works if I...
Hi Darkveemon1,
to address this, you can try a combination of Start-Process and Start-Sleep to introduce a delay between launching the batch file and passing the arguments.
# Launch the start.bat file
Start-Process -FilePath "$mypath/start.bat" -Wait
# Wait for 4 seconds
Start-Sleep -Seconds 4
# Pass the command string to the already running OpenSSL process
Invoke-Expression "$myString"
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Hi, thanks for the reply, unfortunately it is still not working. This time I get an error, it seems it tries to do "Invoke-Item" and launch the code from Powershell and not from the OpenSSL batch and so it fails.
My code to decrypt uses an "&" and in Powershell it is not managed like that, that's why it should launch it in the batch
My code to decrypt uses an "&" and in Powershell it is not managed like that, that's why it should launch it in the batch