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From: | Don Prell |
Subject: | [Bug-tar] Gtar Assistance needed |
Date: | Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:46:06 -0600 |
Thank you for taking the time to read through my problem. Here is my situation: I have a _vbscript_ that, among many other things, is creating
a batch file that contains an execution of gtar to uncompress a tar file. This _vbscript_ is executed when a certain file is present in
a directory. Execution is not the problem unless this script is kicked off
simultaneously at the same time by two different automating tasks. The automating task is looking for a specific file
respective to a client in their directory. There are approximately 100 tasks
that look for files in their respective client's directories that execute at
random times throughout every day. Once in a great blue moon, 2 tasks will kick off at the
exact same time, which they will then both go through their script and will try
to use gtar at the same time to uncompress their respective files. Gtar does not agree with simultaneous execution and
therefore proceeds to uncompress only one of the files, or possibly both at the
same time, and in doing so, "mish-moshes" the uncompressed files in
one or both of the client's directories, thus causing a mess for me to clean
up. I have tried to implement a randomizing equation(s) to give
me a value to use for a sleep command to offset the execution of gtar but there
is still a remote chance that they will still execute the script at the same
time, giving the same random number and still executing gtar at the same time. I have tried Winzip's command line interface but it does not
support uncompressing .tgz files. The version of gtar I am utilizing is 1.12. I looked for a
windows exe of 1.14, but was unable to find it. The machine is a Dual P4 Xeon 3.06, 4 GB Ram, plenty o' hard
drive space and running on Win 2k3 that is up to date. Is there a way I can get around gtar “messing
up” the extracted files when it is simultaneously executed? I thank you for your time and appreciate any assistance you
may have to offer. Donald R. Prell WorldView Ltd. 402.330.6620 ext. 125 Put documents in their place |
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