"Yandos" <fakemail@fakeisp.com> wrote in message
news:f2rl94$3bj$1@aioe.org...
> Hi,
>
> I have the batch file which is executed every half an hour on a server to
> do some backups:
>
> -----8<-----
> @echo off
> echo compress1
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start "zip" /wait /b /low "C:\Program
> Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -t7z "-m0
> =PPMd" "-mmem=32m" "-mo=8" "-mhe=on" -- backup1.7z "c:\dir1\*.*"
> echo compress2
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start "zip" /wait /b /low "C:\Program
> Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -t7z "-m0
> =PPMd" "-mmem=32m" "-mo=8" "-mhe=on" -- backup2.7z "c:\dir2\*.*"
> ping 127.0.0.1 -n 100
> echo do something...
> pause
> -----8<-----
>
> 7z.exe (compress program) eats too much cpu, so I need to run it as a low
> priority task to preserve
> computer response for other tasks. It is executed as low priority task,
> BUT it does not wait for 7z.exe's
> end. What's wrong with my batch?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Y.

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Mark