Hello all,

I am working with Windows XP on a file watcher idea.
The basic idea is to make entrys into sql table as to the file name pattern
and incoming directory.
Have a vb program look in the directory and when it sees the files kick of a
..bat file to process whatever file.

This is basicaly done.

My problem is when i try to create log files.
I figured i could create a log file and then parse it into a table as a
monitoring of what gets kicked off.

The problem is that the >> operator doesnt seem to work for me.
i try the command "md one". When the "one" directory already created.
When i have command window open i get the error: Directory already exists.

but "md one >> one.log" does not give me the error to the log file.

Why is that?

Any good advice from your experiences on this whole filewatcher idea?

Thank you.
Marcin

"Marcin Wiszowaty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello all,
>
> I am working with Windows XP on a file watcher idea.
> The basic idea is to make entrys into sql table as to the file name
> pattern and incoming directory.
> Have a vb program look in the directory and when it sees the files kick of
> a .bat file to process whatever file.
>
> This is basicaly done.
>
> My problem is when i try to create log files.
> I figured i could create a log file and then parse it into a table as a
> monitoring of what gets kicked off.
>
> The problem is that the >> operator doesnt seem to work for me.
> i try the command "md one". When the "one" directory already created.
> When i have command window open i get the error: Directory already exists.
>
> but "md one >> one.log" does not give me the error to the log file.
>
> Why is that?
>
> Any good advice from your experiences on this whole filewatcher idea?
>
> Thank you.
> Marcin
>

"Redirection" requires cmd.exe, which you probably did not
invoke. However, if you want a good answer then you must
post your code.

On Apr 28, 10:20 am, "Marcin Wiszowaty" <mwiszow...@finmedsys.com>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am working with Windows XP on a file watcher idea.
> The basic idea is to make entrys into sql table as to the file name pattern
> and incoming directory.
> Have a vb program look in the directory and when it sees the files kick of a
> .bat file to process whatever file.
>
> This is basicaly done.
>
> My problem is when i try to create log files.
> I figured i could create a log file and then parse it into a table as a
> monitoring of what gets kicked off.
>
> The problem is that the >> operator doesnt seem to work for me.
> i try the command "md one". When the "one" directory already created.
> When i have command window open i get the error: Directory already exists.
>
> but "md one >> one.log" does not give me the error to the log file.
>
> Why is that?
>
> Any good advice from your experiences on this whole filewatcher idea?
>
> Thank you.
> Marcin

Error codes (StdErr device) are redirected at the command prompt be
the 2> or 2>> designations. While the StdOut redirection is the
presumed default, it can also be written as 1> or 1>> for appending.

So to get both into the same file use either ...

md one >> one.log 2>> one.log

or

md one 1>> one.log 2>> one.log

of to keep from having to define the file's pathspec twice use this
shorthand ...

md one 1>> one.log 2>>&1

Tom Lavedas
===========
http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:20:53 -0400, "Marcin Wiszowaty"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Have a vb program look in the directory and when it sees the files kick of a
>.bat file to process whatever file.
>
>Any good advice from your experiences on this whole filewatcher idea?

Is this any use to replace the VB file?

@echo off
:loop
if exist "c:\folder\filedat.*" (
echo process routines here
)
:: pause for ~ 10 minutes ~= 600 seconds
echo waiting...
ping -n 600 127.0.0.1 >nul
:: look for more files
goto :loop