Batch files

[LawnBoy]

Trying to write an ncf that calls the same nlm repeatedly (with different switches). Problem is the nlm is not multiple. Is there a way to cause the batch file to execute 1 line and wait for it to finish before executing the next line? My ncf is:

trustbar sys: -B
trustbar home: -B
trustbar data: -B
etc.

The 2nd (and subsequent) lines fail with "Trustbar.nlm not multiple".

 

[terry712]

a ?
in front delays by 10 seconds
or cron it with 5 mins interval or something like that

 

[LawnBoy]

10 sec. wasn't long enough. I did find the DELAY cmd, usage:
DELAY [1-300 seconds]

 

[Provogeek]

trustbar sys: -B
delay 90
trustbar home: -B
delay 90
trustbar data: -B


delay is really a command in 6.5

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[LawnBoy]

Yeah, that's what I've got working. 30 sec. is enough for everything but my home volume so I put it last. Good enough.

 

[Provogeek]

now this is kewl, take some time to figure out how to use it ... but hey ... it's nice to know we have this ability in NCF files.

NetWare 6 Conditional Console Scripting Commands

http://support.novell.com/techcente...rnalId=10087644html&sliceId=&dialogID=1022802

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[LawnBoy]

Lol, I just made the stupidest mistake I've made in years. In my infinite wisdom, I named the script trustbar.ncf and guess what? Infinite recursion.
<slapforehead> D'oh! </slapforehead>
Good thing it wasn't on a production server, the only way out I found was a shutdown.

Just for future reference, how can you break out of a batch file? CTRL-BRK doesn't do it.

 

[LawnBoy]

Provo,
Yep, that document is where I saw the delay cmd, they use it in an example.

 

[TheLad]

Lawnboy - you could always rename the NCF file from a workstation cause then it cannot find it to call it again and again!

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[LawnBoy]

Hey, I've noticed that! Even though the script is in sys:system sometimes I have to give the full path at the console. Sometimes.