Maybe it's because CF still has a "handle" on the process. If you get rid of the timeout, CF will process CFEXECUTE asynchronously, meaning that CF won't wait for the spawned process to return to CF.
I would try removing the timeout attribute and see if that works. If not, you might try adding some sort of delay in the batch file. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:25 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Restart CF via CFEXECUTE calling a batch file? So I am having some trouble with one of my servers, and, as an emergency measure, wanted to come up with a way to restart CF 6.1 via a web-based file I can call from a browser. So I wrote a little file that uses CFEXECUTE to call a batch file that in turn issues a NET STOP of the CF service, followed by a NET START. Seemed simple enough. Only trouble is that only the NET STOP runs. It does a great job of killing the service but for some reason the batch file doesn't finish executing. Other than trying to do this in the first place, where did I go wrong? alternatives? the call: <cfexecute name="z:\foo\ReCF.bat" timeout="10"> </cfexecute> and the batch file (not using the ODBC services): @echo on net stop "ColdFusion MX Application Server" net start "ColdFusion MX Application Server" -- --Matt Robertson-- President, Janitor MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189451 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
