try placing a pause after each line to see where you are hanging up. Also, if you have good eyes, turn ECHO ON before running it. Keep me posted. I have had similar problems where trace works but run won't very strange!
Mike Ramsour Mike wrote: > Let's try this again. > > I have a program that I use to gauge the time it takes to copy a large > database (1 GB) from one computer to another. > > Here is the code: > > DISCONNECT > -- > PAUSE 1 > -- > SET VAR vstart_time TIME = .#TIME > -- > COPY K:\RBASE\DATA\PMISDATA.* D:\RBASE\DATA > -- > SET VAR vstop_time TIME = .#TIME > -- > OUTPUT PRINT > -- > SHOW VAR %time% > -- > OUTPUT SCREEN > -- > QUIT > > The curious problem I have encountered is that if I simply type RUN > COPYTEST.PRG at the R> I immediately get an error that says "Cannot create > destination file" and the program terminates. If I TRACE the command file, > though, it runs just fine. I am copying from a Windows 2000 system to a > Windows NT Workstation 4.0 system. Plenty of memory and disk space, etc. I > have tried this with different databases with the same result. I am running > the latest version of R:Base for Windows 6.5++. > > Any ideas why RUN doesn't work while TRACE does? Any way to work around it? > > Thanks -- Mike Ramsour > > p.s. I just began using the SET ClipBoard command and man do I love it! > The LISTOF and ITEMCOUNT are "Glorious" too. Continued thanks and accolades > to Razzak and the Dream Team. > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
