Creation of a script for executing commands

• US 20040237069A1
• Filed: 11/05/2003
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Colgrave, John
• Application Number:
  US10/702,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20040237069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for a scripting tool, a scripting tool, and computer program product which carries out a method for a scripting tool, to create a script for executing a sequence of commands. The scripting tool receives and processes a sequence of commands and then receives an indication of one of a plurality of scripting languages. Based on this information the tool then creates a script, in the scripting language indicated, containing the sequence of commands. The script may then be run in an execution environment which supports that scripting language and is independent of the scripting tool.

Claims

1. A method for a scripting tool to create a script, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a sequence of commands to perform;

receiving an indication of one of a plurality of scripting languages;

outputting a script in the indicated scripting language, the script containing the sequence of user requested commands.

2. A method according to claim 1 comprising the further step of:

executing each command in the sequence of commands prior to outputting the script.

3. A method according to claim 2 comprising the further step of:

providing details of the response from execution of each command to a user.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the commands are to be executed against a Universal Data Directory Interface (UDDI) registry.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of scripting languages include at least two from JavaScript, NetRexx, Bean Markup Language (BML), JACL Adventure Creation Language, Jython, Python, VBScript, JScript and PerlScript.

6. A scripting tool for creating a script, the tool comprising:

means for receiving a sequence of commands to perform;

means for receiving an indication of one of a plurality of scripting languages;

means for outputting a script in the indicated scripting language, the script containing the sequence of commands.

7. A scripting tool according to claim 6 further comprising:

means for executing each command in the sequence of commands prior to outputting the script.

8. A scripting tool according to claim 7 further comprising:

means for providing details of the response from execution of each command to a user.

9. A scripting tool according to claim 6 wherein the commands are to be executed against a Universal Data Directory Interface (UDDI) registry.

10. A scripting tool according to claim 6 wherein the plurality of scripting languages include at least two from JavaScript, NetRexx, Bean Markup Language (BML), JACL Adventure Creation Language, Jython, Python, VBScript, JScript and PerlScript.

11. A computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed on a data processing host, cause the data processing host to cany out a method comprising the steps:

receiving a sequence of commands to perform;

receiving an indication of one of a plurality of scripting languages;

outputting a script in the indicated scripting language, the script containing the sequence of user requested commands.

12. A computer program product according to claim 11 wherein the method comprises the further step of:

executing each command in the sequence of commands prior to outputting the script.

13. A computer program product according to claim 12 wherein the method comprises the further step of:

providing details of the response from execution of each command to a user.

14. A computer program product according to claim 11 wherein the commands are to be executed against a Universal Data Directory Interface (UDDI) registry.

15. A computer program product according to claim 11 wherein the plurality of scripting languages include at least two from JavaScript, NetRexx, Bean Markup Language (BML), JACL Adventure Creation Language, Jython, Python, VBScript, JScript and PerlScript.