batch file help

[master7045]

So I edited my inital post here due to the fact that I'm going in a different direction. See my below post for most recent submission.

FYI - Using MS-DOS on a Windows Server 2003 box

Thanks all!

 

[chronodekar]

I'm lost on your logic. Since you use "xcopy" I assume you're on a windows box? That would mean a DOS-script (I think).

Consider this link (from random googling),
http://www.computing.net/answers/dos/compare-2-files-timestamp/16689.html

-chronodekar

 

[master7045]

Thanks for the link, I'll bookmark that for future use.
Yes, I'm running DOS on a Win Server 03 environment. I'm going to go in a different direction though, hopefully to make things simpler. I'm still having trouble though.
Here is trouble spot 1:

IF EXIST C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\*.NOCRM goto CRMoffline Else goto EOF


:CRMoffline
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn.CRM
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp.CRM
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd.CRM
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\File\Pos001.flw C:\NSB\Coalition\File\Pos001.flw.CRM


RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd
RENAME C:\NSB\Coalition\FILE\Pos001.flw.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\FILE\Pos001.flw
:EOF
exit

 

[chronodekar]

To be honest, I have no idea what you're trying to do. But, that said, I tried to get your script to run on my system (XP box).

I created a directory,
Z:\TEST
and 2 files in it,
Z:\TEST\BBB.cpp
Z:\TEST\AAA.txt

If found the following script to work well at renaming,

@ECHO OFF

IF EXIST Z:\TEST\*.txt ( 
goto CRMoffline
) ELSE (  
goto EOF
)

:CRMoffline
echo "Inside CRMoffline"
:: below 2 lines to jump to folder location
z:
cd Z:\TEST
REN BBB.cpp BBB.cpp.CRM
pause
exit

:EOF
echo "inside EOF"
pause
exit

For some very odd reason, the "ren" (or rename) command doesn't accept absolute paths . That's why I had the script move to the directory first. The above script works even when I run it from my C:\ drive.

Hope this helps. Though, I really wish you hadn't edited your first post. :'( It would have been useful to others reading this thread.

-chronodekar

 

[master7045]

Thanks for your help thus far chrono. Let me try to go back to the beginning here, which should hopefully help with the big picture (again )
I work for a retail company and we just discovered a fairly major flaw in our POS (point of sale) software, where when offline, our CRM (customer relation manager, think loyalty program/points program) software crawls and causes huge lines to form. The files I have in my batch are those that control the "flow" of the POS. Currently it goes like this:
Locked State > Employee ID log in > Employee Password > CRM (where bottleneck occurs) > scan items to sell > total > yadda yadda.
What I want to do is take out the CRM screen, to do this, I'll need to activate another set of the above 4 files.

So what I'm doing is pinging our CRM server every hour, and if it's offline, I will rename the current set of files to add the .CRM extension and rename a set of files that will be on the register from .NOCRM to the proper extension

IE:
When CRM is down do the following:
Verify .NOCRM files exist
Rename Pos001.flw > Pos001.flw.CRM
Rename Pos001.flw.NOCRM > Pos001.flw

Conversely, when online
Check for .CRM extension, if exists, do:
Pos001.flw > Pos001.flw.NOCRM
Pos001.flw.CRM > Pos001.flw

(note I will be doing this will all 4 files above, but for simplicity sake, I'm using this single file as an example)

Hopefully this will clear things up.

 

[NP Complete]

Hi Master7045,




It appears you want to swap the working files when CRM changes state. A few questions:

1. Do you expect the data in the files to change? It looks like you're backing up the files when the state changes (the working file is backed up to .NOCRM, or .CRM). If, for instance, the files store the current user logged into the POS, your method may result in the following: User A logs while CRM is up, CRM goes down and comes backup (creates a backup of the files as .NOCRM going down showing userA logged, and then again as .CRM when coming backup). User B logs in, CRM goes down, and all of sudden it appears User A is logged in (file is restored from .CRM backup), User B logs off, relogs on, but when CRM comes back online, the same thing happens again.
2. Does that data in the files need to be persisted across the CRM state change? I would assume that this isn't the case, as most of the persisted datat I would assume to be stored in the CRM data base.

That said, in the best case, the data is the files is static, and doesn't change depending on the user, or anything else. In which case, I would create 2 copies of either file (a .NOCRM and .CRM version). Then use the following.

set NoCRMFileList = C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd.NOCRM C:\NSB\Coalition\FILE\Pos001.flw.NOCRM 
 
set CRMFileList = C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.btn.CRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Bgrid001.prp.CRM C:\NSB\Coalition\INI\Kybrd001.kbd.CRM C:\NSB\Coalition\FILE\Pos001.flw.CRM 
 
if %1 == "CRMDOWN" (call :RenameFiles %NoCRMFileList%)
ELSE(call :RenameFiles %CrmFilelist%)
goto :EOF
 
:RenameFiles
for /f "tokens=*" %%A IN (%*) DO xcopy /Y %%A %%~nA
goto:eof
 
:EOF

Then, upon determining CRM is down, call the batch file "BatchFile CRMDOWN", and once up, just call the batch file (though you can add CRMUP to make the call more readable.

Hope that helps.

 

[master7045]

It appears you want to swap the working files when CRM changes state. A few questions:

1. Do you expect the data in the files to change?

1. 
   No, the data in the files stay's the same. The only thing that changes is the file extension, which is based on whether or not the CRM database can be pinged.
   
   My plan was to send down the .NOCRM files (Bgrid001.btn.NOCRM, Bgrid001.prp.NOCRM, etc) along with the batch files. The current files will stay in place and only be re-named when the CRM database is down. They then would be changed to .CRM and the .NOCRM files will have their extension (.NOCRM) removed.
   I haven't posted this part of the batch file b/c I have it built already, but I would then send a command to the register to restart the POS software, which would then auto pickup the change in files.