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Finished Programs / IDEA : program which waits will specified programs complete

« on: December 27, 2012, 05:47 AM »

This is my requirement...
I am running many instances of xxcopy.exe in multiple command line windows.
I need to shutdown the PC after all the xxcopy.exe process completes.
I need a program which waits till all xxcopy.exe instances are completed

example :- i could write a batch file which has below contents
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myprog.exe xxcopy.exe
shutdown -s
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The program should wait and then execute the shutdown.


or if i have xxcopy.exe, java.exe, oracle.exe processing running, and I need to send an email after all three have completed...
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myprog.exe xxcopy.exe java.exe oracle.exe
sendmail -to [email protected] -subject "complete"
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Is such a program possible?

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Finished Programs / DONE: Run At Specified Time

« on: November 02, 2012, 05:15 AM »

We all know the sleep utility.  It takes as parameter the number of seconds to sleep before it exits.
I am looking for a command line utility which will SLEEP TILL A SPECIFIED TIME

example:-

sleeptill.exe 03:30

This program sleeps until the computer time is 03:30AM, and then exits.
It can be enhanced with date parameters also.
example :- sleeptill.exe 2012-11-02:03:30

This program can be used as a alternative to the windows task scheduler.  And can be used in batch files and so on...