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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:46:30 -0500
To: Andy Sun <asun AT sayeh DOT ca>, Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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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At 11:22 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote:
>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.


Well, I guess I need a simple example then.  So far, everything I've 
tried works fine. 



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