Author: Rémi Coulom
Date: 23:27:05 04/19/99
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On April 20, 1999 at 00:07:47, Rafael Villarroel wrote: > Since Winboard doesn't have built into itself the possibility >of playing an engine tournament automatically, I wonder if >somebody has been succesful in doing the same using batch files >or some other utility. I haven't been able to do it myself. > >If a write just a series of commands in a batch file > >winboard <arguments> >winboard <other arguments> >winboard <etc...> > >I get several instances of winboard running simultaneously. If I >put each command in a batch file, say 1.bat having >winboard <arguments> as only line, 2.bat having >winboard <other arguments> as only line, etc, >then the batch, say main.bat, containing the lines > >call 1.bat >call 2.bat >call 3.bat > >seems to work at first, but when execution of the command >of 1.bat is completed and the first instance of winboard closes, the >DOS box doesn't recover focus automatically, and main.bat >stops at the first line until I give focus to the DOS box again. > >Is there a way to execute this commands one after the other >without intervention? > >I have seen some freeware scheduling utilities that could >be useful, but one (Wincron) doesn't seem to allow to >run a task immediately after closing the previous one, while >another (Time Clock) allows one to do it, but doesn't read >a text file as a task list. > >Thanks for any help > >Rafael Villarroel >flores@math.umn.edu I had the same problem, and I solved it thanks to a command line option of the start command. I unfortunately do not have a Windows machine here, but if you type "start /?" or "start /help" at the command prompt, it will give you the option you need (thanks to Tim Mann for giving me this tip). Then you simply run winboard by invoking "start /magic-option winboard ...". Remi
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