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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:22:54 -0500
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From: Andy Sun <asun AT sayeh DOT ca>
Subject: Re: running a DOS batch file from a shell script - script doesn't wait for batch file to complete before continuing
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I guess I should have been more specific with my original posting...

I was running pro_batch in command-line mode (pro_batch -text ...) and not
interactive mode, i.e. not using the GUI at all. I thought it was implied since
I was talking about running a shell script and a batch file. The shell script
actually constructs the command-line and input file automatically and then
kicks off the DOS batch file. The script is supposed to monitor to contents
of the file pro_batch.log.1 afterwards but it started to parse the file 
contents
even before the DOS batch file is completed. If I forced a long wait by adding
a "sleep 300" after the DOS batch file command, parsing was done properly.
However, I cannot set a fix wait time as it depends on the complexity of the
Pro/E assembly.

You are correct in that the pro_batch interactive mode does work.

Andy

At 22:26 12/09/04 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:55 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a shell script (#!/bin/sh) that runs a DOS batch file. During the 
> execution of the shell script,
> >it runs the DOS batch file (Pro/ENGINEER's PRO_BATCH.BAT to generate a 
> plot file) but the
> >script does not appear to wait for the DOS batch file to finish first 
> before continuing.
> >
> >I tried running the DOS batch file using another shell (/bin/sh -c 
> file.bat) within the script,
> >use "wait" right after the batch file line to wait for the process to 
> complete first but none of
> >them seem to work. I've also searched the web for answers with no avail. 
> It looks like
> >once the DOS batch file starts to execute, it is not possible to 
> exercise job control on the
> >cygwin unix side. The versions of my Cygwin and Windows are:
> >
> >Cygwin version: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.9 (0.112/4/2)
> >OS version: Windows XP Professional Version 2002 w/ Service Pack 1
>
>
>The following worked fine for me:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>/pro/proE/bin/pro_batch.bat
>
>This is with the latest Cygwin (1.5.12) and W2K.
>
>The version of Pro/E is a bit out of date but it still popped up the GUI
>and sat there waiting for me to do something.  The shell script didn't
>exit until I terminated the program/bat file.
>
>YMMV,
>
>
>--
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