Re: Exec vs. Run
- From: "T Lavedas" <tlavedas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 27 Oct 2005 09:24:50 -0700
Yes, there is a reason the app hangs; one or both of the I/O buffers
(StdOut & StdErr) is filling. They must be flushed continuously to
keep this from happening. I wrote a script example a long time ago
that explins this and shows a work around. See this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh/browse_frm/thread/6365b4f59adbf276/e4e6612fc0d9fea1#e4e6612fc0d9fea1
Tom Lavedas
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D. Malaguti wrote:
> I'm pretty new to scripting in general and I'm wondering if someone can
> help me understand why something doesn't work.
>
> I've got a script (written in JScript) that launches 7-zip
> (http://www.7-zip.org), archives a bunch of files, then copies the
> archive to a removable disk. I originally wrote it using the Exec
> method to launch 7-zip. This worked great when I tested it, but in the
> real world I discovered that 7-zip would launch, the archive file would
> grow to exactly 2MB, and then 7-zip would appear to hang. I tried
> re-writing it using the Run method and it works fine (actually even
> better for my purposes).
>
> Is there a logical reason why Exec would cause 7-zip to hit this 2MB
> limit, or is it just some peculiarity of 7-zip itself?
>
> -D.
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