hi all
can some guide me how to execute a batch file automatically when i
upload a file in that folder from ftp
i am not that good at programming , have some idea about batch files so
basically wanted to excutea batch file i made when there is a new file
in that folder,

thanks

"SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
news:1162402727.957037.238690@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> hi all
> can some guide me how to execute a batch file automatically when i
> upload a file in that folder from ftp
> i am not that good at programming , have some idea about batch files so
> basically wanted to excutea batch file i made when there is a new file
> in that folder,
>
> thanks
>

You could use the Task Scheduler to launch this batch file once
every five minutes:

@echo off
if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
set equal=no
fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
equal=yes
copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
if %equal%==yes goto :eof
rem Your batch file lines go here

Hi

thanks
few quries i was trying to make it work
i guess what we are trying to do is set a envoirment variable right?
i tried to execute the script as it is but it gave error device not
ready then i saw there was path
dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt

I changed it to
dir /c "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
now My folder is the folder i guess i need to monitor correct ?

but in the set equal=no does not seem to work as i see my environment
variables instead of the command setting a varibale eqaul=no

will keep trying diff combinations and update later

thanks
sandy

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> "SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
> news:1162402727.957037.238690@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > hi all
> > can some guide me how to execute a batch file automatically when i
> > upload a file in that folder from ftp
> > i am not that good at programming , have some idea about batch files so
> > basically wanted to execute a batch file i made when there is a new file
> > in that folder,
> >
> > thanks
> >
>
> You could use the Task Scheduler to launch this batch file once
> every five minutes:
>
> @echo off
> if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
> dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> set equal=no
> fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
> equal=yes
> copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
> if %equal%==yes goto :eof
> rem Your batch file lines go here

Your newsreader broke up the lines and you did not restore
them correctly. Here is a numbered version:

Line1 @echo off
Line2 if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
Line3 dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
Line4 set equal=no
Line5 fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
equal=yes
Line5 copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
Line6 if %equal%==yes goto :eof
Line7 rem Your batch file lines go here

I cannot tell you what "d:My Folder" should be. It's your
machine you're dealing with and only you know which
folder you wish to examine!


"SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
news:1162466412.040243.212080@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi
>
> thanks
> few quries i was trying to make it work
> i guess what we are trying to do is set a envoirment variable right?
> i tried to execute the script as it is but it gave error device not
> ready then i saw there was path
> dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
>
> I changed it to
> dir /c "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> now My folder is the folder i guess i need to monitor correct ?
>
> but in the set equal=no does not seem to work as i see my environment
> variables instead of the command setting a varibale eqaul=no
>
> will keep trying diff combinations and update later
>
> thanks
> sandy
>
> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> > "SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
> > news:1162402727.957037.238690@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > > hi all
> > > can some guide me how to execute a batch file automatically when i
> > > upload a file in that folder from ftp
> > > i am not that good at programming , have some idea about batch files
so
> > > basically wanted to execute a batch file i made when there is a new
file
> > > in that folder,
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> >
> > You could use the Task Scheduler to launch this batch file once
> > every five minutes:
> >
> > @echo off
> > if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
> > dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> > set equal=no
> > fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
> > equal=yes
> > copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
> > if %equal%==yes goto :eof
> > rem Your batch file lines go here
>

Thanks Boss
ur script also solve a question i had before how to compare files and
use result as option for next thing :)

SANDY

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> Your newsreader broke up the lines and you did not restore
> them correctly. Here is a numbered version:
>
> Line1 @echo off
> Line2 if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
> Line3 dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> Line4 set equal=no
> Line5 fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
> equal=yes
> Line5 copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
> Line6 if %equal%==yes goto :eof
> Line7 rem Your batch file lines go here
>
> I cannot tell you what "d:My Folder" should be. It's your
> machine you're dealing with and only you know which
> folder you wish to examine!
>
>
> "SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
> news:1162466412.040243.212080@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > thanks
> > few quries i was trying to make it work
> > i guess what we are trying to do is set a envoirment variable right?
> > i tried to execute the script as it is but it gave error device not
> > ready then i saw there was path
> > dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> >
> > I changed it to
> > dir /c "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> > now My folder is the folder i guess i need to monitor correct ?
> >
> > but in the set equal=no does not seem to work as i see my environment
> > variables instead of the command setting a varibale eqaul=no
> >
> > will keep trying diff combinations and update later
> >
> > thanks
> > sandy
> >
> > Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> > > "SANDY" <hugsandy******.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1162402727.957037.238690@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > > > hi all
> > > > can some guide me how to execute a batch file automatically when i
> > > > upload a file in that folder from ftp
> > > > i am not that good at programming , have some idea about batch files
> so
> > > > basically wanted to execute a batch file i made when there is a new
> file
> > > > in that folder,
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > >
> > > You could use the Task Scheduler to launch this batch file once
> > > every five minutes:
> > >
> > > @echo off
> > > if not exist c:\OldDir.txt echo. > c:\OldDir.txt
> > > dir /b "d:\My Folder" > c:\NewDir.txt
> > > set equal=no
> > > fc c:\OldDir.txt c:\NewDir.txt | find /i "no differences" > nul && set
> > > equal=yes
> > > copy /y c:\Newdir.txt c:\OldDir.txt > nul
> > > if %equal%==yes goto :eof
> > > rem Your batch file lines go here
> >