Batch file question

[theredbaron]

ok, it didn't work the way i wanted it to. i would have to make it wait like an hour + until the transcoding is finished, and that doesn't even take into account recordings that are saved while postprocessing is running.

how do i do this:
i want to tell it to check if a certain program is running, and if it is to do a certain action, and if it's not to do another action. (the sub-actions have conditions to them too - if/else). Can i give the sub-actions a name to be called to. feel free to link me to some place that has information on it.

[madcat]

So, there are many ways. you could go with more "Advance" langugages as some (including yours truly) suggested here such as Windows Scripting, or AutoIt3.
However, even with normal "DOS" style batch files u can tell if exe is running. But to the best of my knowledge, you will need one external utility to help you. I recommend PsList (part of the PsTools freeware).
If you try it from the command line:
> pslist
will give u a list of applicaitons running.
> pslist kuku
will filter the list for "kuku". Now, there's something u need to knowabout batch files. There is something called ERRORLEVEL which is sort of the return value of the last operation. It is something you can check in if statement.
e.g.:

Code:

@echo off
set prog=notepad.exe

pslist %prog%
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto not_found

rem ### program is running ###
rem do something...
goto end

:not_found
rem ### program is NOT running ###
rem do something else

:end

In this example we check for "notepad.exe".
Also note that we assume here that "pslist.exe" is in your path.
I guess you can figure the rest.
Enjoy.