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Loopinig batch file using IF EXIST
Name: Phuztone Date: December 2, 2008 at 12:53:27 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: P4 / 4GB Product: Home grown
Comment:
I would like to have a batch file that looks for a file on a network drive, if it doesn't find it, it waits for 10 seconds or so, & looks for it again. I've seen batch files like this that use IF EXIST for the file check & CHOICE to wait a few seconds before looping back to the IF EXIST again. But none did what I wanted particularly.
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