'runwait' equivalent

04-09-2008

I'm not sure if this question has been asked but searching returned nothing.
Is there an easy way to wait until a process is complete when invoking native
commands?

What I'm doing is writing a script to measure the time it takes to map a
printer using con2prt.exe. Each line is asynchrynously executed so obviously
the measurements by measure-command are incorrect.

Thanks in advance.

04-09-2008

Okay, so looking down 6 lines, I see that someone asked about running
external commands. Sorry, I guess I just suck at searching also :-(.

I'll use the Diagnostics.Proces objects as indicated in that thread for my
purpose but can anyone tell me if this will add unecessary time to my
measurements?

"Cookiecutter" wrote:

	Quote:
	> I'm not sure if this question has been asked but searching returned nothing. > Is there an easy way to wait until a process is complete when invoking native > commands? > > What I'm doing is writing a script to measure the time it takes to map a > printer using con2prt.exe. Each line is asynchrynously executed so obviously > the measurements by measure-command are incorrect. > > Thanks in advance.

04-09-2008

"Cookiecutter" <Cookiecutter@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:96C337E8-A68D-42B7-B500-C31323F97150@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> Okay, so looking down 6 lines, I see that someone asked about running > external commands. Sorry, I guess I just suck at searching also :-(. > > I'll use the Diagnostics.Proces objects as indicated in that thread for my > purpose but can anyone tell me if this will add unecessary time to my > measurements? >

Another way is to just pipe the output to out-null e.g.:

PS> notepad | out-null

--
Keith

04-09-2008

Wow, it IS really that simple. Thank you kind sir.

"Keith Hill [MVP]" wrote:

Quote:

> "Cookiecutter" <Cookiecutter@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:96C337E8-A68D-42B7-B500-C31323F97150@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> > Okay, so looking down 6 lines, I see that someone asked about running > > external commands. Sorry, I guess I just suck at searching also :-(. > > > > I'll use the Diagnostics.Proces objects as indicated in that thread for my > > purpose but can anyone tell me if this will add unecessary time to my > > measurements? > >

>
> Another way is to just pipe the output to out-null e.g.:
>
> PS> notepad | out-null
>
> --
> Keith
>

04-09-2008

How about this?

$backup_process = get-process ntbackup
$backup_process.waitforexit()
--
Rob Pettrey
Microsoft Small Business Specialist

"Cookiecutter" wrote:

Quote:

> Wow, it IS really that simple. Thank you kind sir.
>
> "Keith Hill [MVP]" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > "Cookiecutter" <Cookiecutter@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:96C337E8-A68D-42B7-B500-C31323F97150@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> > > Okay, so looking down 6 lines, I see that someone asked about running > > > external commands. Sorry, I guess I just suck at searching also :-(. > > > > > > I'll use the Diagnostics.Proces objects as indicated in that thread for my > > > purpose but can anyone tell me if this will add unecessary time to my > > > measurements? > > >

> >
> > Another way is to just pipe the output to out-null e.g.:
> >
> > PS> notepad | out-null
> >
> > --
> > Keith
> >

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