Hey Scott Are you just using the Windows scheduler? We use an app called AutoTask 2000 that works quite well for scheduling encoders, ftp and file copies. Steve
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Scott Schneider < [email protected]> wrote: > I have some nightly scripts (5 in total) which copy files from a server > out to shopfloor PC.'s 2 out of 5 scripts finish in an extended period of > time. The other 3 run for hours and hours and never finish before 24 hours > is over. If I manually run the .bat files from a command prompt at the > server, they finish in about 20 minutes. I assume if they run fine at a > command prompt that it is not a networking issue. I have even tried manually > running from the scheduled tasks and get the same slow result. I kill the > task, and run it from a command prompt all is fine. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > The server is 2003 R2 and the shop floor PCs XP with SP2 > > > This is an example of the one line of the copy command from the .bat file. > It repeats anywhere from a few hundred times to a around a 1000 times > > IF EXIST d:\ptc\vaults\INS_V02\195418.anc copy > d:\ptc\vaults\INS_V02\195418.anc \\fab-1140\c$\ncload\26402-58-r.anc > > > *Scott Schneider* > Senior Network Admin > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
