Not sure which one actually did the trick, but I added
start "title" /b cmd /s /c C:\tools\Copy,machine1.bat %1 %2
(adding the title and cmd /s /c in lieu of exit in the bat file)
And it worked!
Thanks for your help...
Mark
"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> Here are a couple of pointers:
> - Terminate each of your Copy.MachineX.bat files with an explicit "exit"
> command.
> - The syntax for the Start command is:
> START ["Title"] [/D Path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED] . . .
> The "Title" parameter is compulsory when the program name you invoke has
> embedded spaces and is surrounded by double quotes.
>
>
> "Mark" <> said this in news item
> news:5B5A4787-5D5C-4845-922E-...
> > The output was already being captured farther up. It gets as far as the
> > start command, where it hangs. Nothing in the bat to be executed comes
> > out,
> > nothing after the first start command.
> >
> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> To find out where your batch file gets stuck, use the syntax below, then
> >> examine the log file c:\test.txt. It probably tells you everything you
> >> need
> >> to know.
> >>
> >> @echo off
> >> ECHO Copy call for %2 on %date% at %time% (User=%UserName%) >>
> >> c:\Test.txt
> >> IF NOT DEFINED StageServer GOTO :eof
> >> start /b /high c:\Tools\Copy.Machine1.bat %1 %2
> >> start /b /high c:\Tools\Copy.Machine2.bat %1 %2
> >> start /b /high /wait cmd /c c:\tools\Copy.Machine3.bat %1 %2
> >> ECHO Copy call for %2 on %date% at %time% >> c:\Test.txt
> >>
> >> @echo off
> >> ECHO Starting Machine001 copy on %date% at %time% >> c:\Test.txt
> >> NET USE \\Machine1\ /user:Machine1\%username% 1>> c:\Test.txt 2>>&1
> >> XCOPY /Y /c "%1" "\\Machine1\%2" 1>> c:\Test.txt 2>>&1
> >> ECHO Done with Machine1 copy on %date% at %time% >> c:\Test.txt
> >>
> >>
> >> "Mark" <> said this in news item
> >> news:2570F589-CC65-42F9-921C-...
> >> > The whole system is too large to post here, but the part I'm asking
> >> > about
> >> > is
> >> > a bat file spawned from a javascript .wsf file:
> >> > ECHO Copy call for %2
> >> > time /t
> >> > @IF NOT DEFINED StageServer GOTO END
> >> > start /b /high Copy.Machine1.bat %1 %2
> >> > start /b /high Copy.Machine2.bat %1 %2
> >> > start /b /high /wait cmd /c Copy.Machine3.bat %1 %2
> >> > time /t
> >> > :END
> >> >
> >> > And each of the Copy bat files looks like this:
> >> > @ECHO Starting Machine001 copy
> >> > time/t
> >> > @NET USE \\Machine1\ /user:Machine1\%username%
> >> > XCOPY /Y "%1" "\\Machine1\%2"
> >> > @ECHO Done with Machine1 copy
> >> > time/t
> >> >
> >> > Using Procexp.exe, I can see that the bat file is hung on the first
> >> > start
> >> > command and never finishes. Nor is any file copied to Machine1.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > mark
> >> >
> >> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Mark" <> said this in news item
> >> >> news:82165B35-9D63-4D84-841C-...
> >> >> > Hi...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have a batch file I'm launching from a web page using psexec.exe.
> >> >> > The
> >> >> > last stage of the batch file is to copy a file to several locations.
> >> >> > The
> >> >> > problem is that 2 of the 3 destinations are going through a network
> >> >> > pipe
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > size of a swizzle stick.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was hoping to cut down on the pain by parallelizing the copies
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > START
> >> >> > (i.e. move the actual XCOPY command into its own little bat and have
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > parent bat start them all at once).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I figured that the bottleneck is the network pipe, not the disk
> >> >> > access
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > the local file being copied so I might save some time by getting all
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > copies going at once.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Problem is that when I ran this up the flagpole, the parent bat just
> >> >> > hung
> >> >> > at
> >> >> > the start command. Didn't copy anything. Is START something you
> >> >> > shouldn't
> >> >> > use when you're already in the background? Or running under psexec?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> > Mark
> >> >>
> >> >> This is probably easy to work out but my crystal ball is a little
> >> >> cloudy
> >> >> right now. I've booked it for a cut & polish service early next week.
> >> >> Care
> >> >> to post your batch file in the meantime?
> >> >>
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