From: "Sobczak, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RMBatch command line/file access problems

I am using RealProducerG2's RMBatch command line function to encode my video
automatically at specified time periods throughout the day (4 times a day at
12p, 5p, 6p and 10p), on a Win98 PC (RMBatch, the FTP client are the only
apps running on the PC).

Each timed recording lasts for 30 minutes. Then, 3 minutes AFTER each .RM
file has been created, I have a script in WSFTP-PRO that sends my .RM file
to my RealServer.

Here's my problem: Occasionally, for no apparent reason, when WSFTP tries to
access the new .RM that was just created to FTP to my server, I get the
following error, as taken from my FTP log file:

sending 5p.rm as 5p.rm (1 of 1)
TYPE I
200 Type set to I.
PORT <my port address here>
200 PORT command successful.
STOR 5p.rm
550 5p.rm: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
another process.

This does NOT happen every time an RM file is created, however...  For some
reason, Win98 and/or RMBatch still has its hands all over the .RM file and
won't allow any other process (my FTP client) to access that file.  Thus the
550 FTP error that gets thrown.

I've gone round and round trying to eliminate all non-essential software
that could be using this file, with the exeption of RMBatch, WSFTP, and
Win98.

Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening?  It's one of those
things that only happens sometimes.  My machine can go for 3 weeks and
encode and upload the .RM files fine -- then every once in a while, the FTP
client errors out with this permission problem.  It doesn't matter how long
I make the FTP client wait to upload the .RM file.  I'll still get a 550
error thrown at me...

Could RMBatch still be holding onto an .RM file after it's created??  Any
help is hugely appreciated!

- Dan Sobczak, New Media Content Manager
- ABC 15, KNXV-TV Phoenix
- http://www.phoenix360.com
- (602)683-5962


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