Re: How to tell the end of a shell


"inquirer" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a VB6 program which runs shell which runs another program which in
turn creates a file.

Is there any way I can find out when the shell program has finished
creating the new file?

Thanks
Chris

while you're waiting for a real answer from someone who knows
something...<g>
could you use a timer, check at reasonable increments for the existance of
file,
continue checking for reasonable time period, if no file within set limit,
consider as error?
mark


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