Hi,

On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:41:03, Nils �stbjerg wrote:

> > I also had trouble with it starting to delete the locally stored temp 
> > files with out the sleep command in there.  this is sort of a messy way 
> > to do it but it works.  I have deployed many workstations with this and 
> > never had a problem.
> 
> This is exacly what I dont want to do. Cause how long do I sleep it, if 
> we start 10 or 20 installations at the same time (or roughtly the same 
> time) how much slower will it be, how do my diffrent hardware platforms 
> affect the time I need to sleep the stuff, ect. and even thou I dont have 
> to be there while it runs, I still have up to 150 boxes to install this 
> way, and to many simutanious installs gets too slow, and I would have to 
> sleep it longer. 

I got an offlist mail from Brian Mathis recomending a utility called 
wait.exe. 

Syntas : Wait.exe <installer with parameters> 

Wait.exe then starts the installer, and when the installer (including any 
 spawned processes) are done it returns to the prompt/todo.pl. 

I scripted all my oracle installations (all 2.33 GB of it) using wait.exe 
and it just works. Perhaps someone should add a link to it on the webpage, 
cause Im sure it can save us from a lot of trouble with other lame 
installers. 

More info on wait.exe. Quote form Brians mail :

> There is a utility called "wait.exe" which may do what you need.  You
> can find a download link and information about it on this page:
>         http://www.willowhayes.co.uk/windows2000/
>
> Go there and search for "wait.exe" to find the discussion about it. 


Nils

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