Wait for Process Termination

[frankfisher]

Hi,

I'm new to VBScript, and am trying to automate the backup of our virtual servers. Basically, I need to know when my pkzipc operation completes.

This presents difficulty because WScript.Shell doesn't wait for termination before it continues, a feature the other %99.9 of the time.

My best guess is that if I can scan the process table for
pkzipc's running, I can safely decide if it's time to proceed.

Any thoughts on where I should look to figure this out? Is my method a viable one?

Thanks
Frank

"If only I could cron taking out the garbage"

 

[spazman]

try this
Dim WshShell
Dim Running
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot

Set Running = WshShell.Exec("PROGRAMM YOU WANT TO RUN&quot

Do While Running.Status = 0 'Wait for prog to finish
WScript.Sleep 10000 'wait ten seconds
Loop

Set Running = Nothing
Set WshShell = Nothing

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

Set Sh=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ReturnCode=Sh.Run("pkzipc " & YourArgList,1,True)

Hope This Help
PH.