"Mark F." <reply2group@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Yandos" <fakemail@fakeisp.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
> Try posting to: alt.msdos.batch.nt
>
> Mark

Or microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin
Mention that you are using XP, but most of this stuff is done the same way
on both OS.