monitoring execution of a DOS program

[FBM357]

Hey all,

I've a program that should run a job every 20 minutes. Problem is, at times the job can exceed the 20 minute time limit. It is my understanding that timer runs in the background, therefore no real knowledge of how long a program is executing (especially since I shell out to DOS).

Is there a way to monitor when the job (DOS program) finish executing, thus not colliding with the timer?

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,

FBM

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[DrJavaJoe]

Take a look at this faq:

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[FBM357]

Good looking out! ... thanks

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