Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:32:09 04/21/99
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On April 20, 1999 at 15:02:04, Rafael Villarroel wrote: >On April 20, 1999 at 14:01:46, James Robertson wrote: > >>On April 20, 1999 at 02:27:05, Rémi Coulom wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>I get the error "Unable to find file 'start' (or one of it's components). Make >>sure the path and filename are correct and that all libraries are available." >> >>This is with my WinNT at work. Will Win95 give the same error, or will it work? >> >>James > >Thanks Remi! >It works on my Win95 machine. I asked the same question on the >alt.msdos.batch newsgroup, and this is one of the answers I received >Rafael > >This requires the standard START.EXE utility. Type START/? at a command >prompt. What you need is something like ... > > start /w winboard <arguments> > start /w winboard <other arguments> > start /w winboard <etc...> > >Tom Lavedas >----------- >http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/ Where do I get the start.exe utility? James
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