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WAITER.EXE - CONDITION-SPECIFIC COMMAND EXECUTION UTILITY
WAITER is a small, simple program for use in a network environment.
Once executed, it will wait for the existance of a specific filename,
and then perform the requested command. Once completed, WAITER can exit
to DOS, or perform the process of waiting for a specific filename and
executing a command again.
SYNTAX:
WAITER <file name> <command> [R]
<file name> - any valid filename. No wildcards allowed.
<command> - any command that is normally entered at the DOS prompt.
(Program name, batch file, DOS command, etc.)
[R] - If included, it will repeat the process until a key is
pressed.
EXAMPLE:
WAITER SALES.ASC CNVRT.BAT R
This would cause WAITER to watch for the existance of SALES.ASC in the
current directory, and then run the batch file CNVRT.BAT when SALES.ASC
exists. Once completed, WAITER would return to watching for the existance
of SALES.ASC again (which means that the batch file CNVRT.BAT would need
to rename or delete SALES.ASC each time it finished with it).
WAITER F:\ACCT\DOWNLOAD.ASC CONVERSN.EXE
This would cause WAITER to watch for the existance of DOWNLOAD.ASC in
the F:\ACCT directory, and then run the program CONVERSN.EXE in the
current directory. Once completed, WAITER would end and return to the
DOS prompt.
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One Note:
There are no guarantees that this program will work in your
particular environment. This program is released to the public
domain as is, without any warranties.
I wrote this to solve a specific problem and released it to this forum
after the fact (it's more the idea than the program that I am presenting)
David Dunagan - Compuserve ID: 73230,3343