Hello everyone, just found this forum today and have already searched over 10 pages of history as well as used the search but no luck in the last step.

Here is what I have so far.
I have the contents that are here inside the FOR loop in another .bat file and it tests out ok by itself.
I can't get the FOR loop to call the second procedure OR execute the commands in FOR loop directly.


dir/b ?..*.*.*.job > schedules.dat  (this works)

FOR %%A in (schedules.dat) do  runjob.bat %1 %2 %A

OR-----

FOR %%A in (schedules.dat) do (
set CURDATETIME=%DATE:~6,4%%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%
echo %CURDATETIME%

set JOBFILE=%1
set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~2,12%
echo %RUNDATETIME%

if %RUNDATETIME% LEQ %CURDATETIME% echo OK TO RUN

)

Any help would really be appreciated.
KenI need more information on your code to help.  Please post your results of:
echo %date%
echo %time%
What OS are you running?
Please provide an example of the exact file names of a couple of .JOB files
Please provide the what parameters you are passing to this batch file

Instead of dir/b ?..*.*.*.job > schedules.dat why not use dir /b *.job >scuedules.dat? If the formatting needs to be more specific, I think you can at least minimize it to dir/b ?..*.job > schedules.dat

I can't really troubleshoot very much of the the logic of your code without the information above, but here are some possible issues that I see in your code:

Code: [Select]dir/b ?.????????????.*.*.*.job > schedules.dat  (this works)
 
FOR %%A in (schedules.dat) do[highlight] call [/highlight]runjob.bat %1 %2 [highlight]%%A[/highlight]
 
OR-----
 
FOR[highlight] /f [/highlight]%%A in [highlight]('type schedules.dat')[/highlight] do (
set CURDATETIME=%DATE:~6,4%%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%
echo %CURDATETIME%
 
set JOBFILE=%1
set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~2,12%
echo %RUNDATETIME%
 
if %RUNDATETIME% LEQ %CURDATETIME% echo OK TO RUN
) Thanks for the response, I have tried the suggestions listed and have modified my scripted with the information you asked for.
My ENVIRONMENT is listed in my Signature file WinXPPro and Server2003

Ken


echo off
REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
REM ;/T/ Batch queue
REM ;
REM ;/D/ Passing Parameters:
REM ;/D/ Field                         Position
REM ;/D/ ----------------------------- --------
REM ;/D/ Version                       P1       (IE V60)
REM ;/D/ Batch Queue                   P2       (ie dayq)
REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
call %CLAIMS%\bat\setup.bat %1

REM Change location to the batch queue folder
cd %QUEUES%\%2

REM Check to see if the queue is running
if not exist schedules.dat goto END

REM Check to see if this job has already started, but not completed
if exist running.dat goto END

REM Set a running flag to stop jobs from being picked up twice
copy %CLAIMS%\bat\exit.bat running.dat

REM List every job file in the Queue and redirect it to a file
REM The results of this command are:
REM 1.200610111230.KEN.j12345.User_Listing.job
REM 3.200610111230.KEN.j12345.Testing_thisProcess.job
REM 5.200609111259.DON.j155.UserSecurity.job
dir/b ?..*.job > schedules.dat

REM Loop thru the file and run the job
FOR /f %%A in ('type schedules.dat') do (
  REM Set up the current date and time
  set CURDATETIME=%DATE:~6,4%%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%

  REM show me the results until this works, then remove this line
  echo %CURDATETIME%
  REM 20061016 845  (THIS IS A PROBLEM, the blank in the time)

  REM Check the run time of the job
  set JOBFILE=%A
  set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~2,12%

  REM show me the results until this works, then remove this line
  echo %RUNDATETIME%

  REM Run the job if the date/time is less than current date/time
  if %RUNDATETIME% GTR %CURDATETIME% goto ENDOFLOOP

  REM Rename the job so it runs and doesn't get picked up again
  move %A %A.bat

  REM Run the job
  call %A.bat > %QUEUES%\%2\logs\%A

  REM Archive the job
  move %A.bat %A.done
:ENDOFLOOP
)

REM Remove the running flag
DEL running.dat

REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
:END
OK I GOT IT.....

I had to combined the two suggestions you made and it works for now....not the best way...but it works.

Here is what I have done.



The first file is called from CRON.
echo off
REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
REM ;/T/ Batch queue
REM ;
REM ;/D/ Passing Parameters:
REM ;/D/ Field                         Position
REM ;/D/ ----------------------------- --------
REM ;/D/ Version                       P1       (ie V60)
REM ;/D/ Batch Queue                   P2       (ie dayq)
REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
call %CLAIMS%\bat\setup.bat %1

REM Change location to the batch queue folder
cd %QUEUES%\%2

REM Check to see if the queue is running
if not exist schedules.dat goto END

REM Check to see if this job has already started, but not completed
if exist running.dat goto END

REM Set a running flag to stop jobs from being picked up twice
copy %CLAIMS%\bat\exit.bat running.dat

REM List every job file in the Queue and redirect it to a file
REM The results of this command are:
REM 1.200610111230.KEN.j12345.User_Listing. job
REM 3.200610111230.KEN.j12345.Testing_thisP rocess.job
REM 5.200609111259.DON.j155.UserSecurity.jo b
dir/b ?..*.job > schedules.dat

REM Loop thru the file and run the job
FOR /f %%A in (SCHEDULES.DAT) do call %CLAIMS%\bat\runjob.bat %1 %2 %%A

REM Remove the running flag
DEL running.dat

REM ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
:END


The runjob.bat file is called from the first file and it works now.
echo off
REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------
REM ;/T/ Run Job (called from batchq)
REM ;
REM ;/D/ Passing Parameters:
REM ;/D/ Field                         Position
REM ;/D/ ----------------------------- --------
REM ;/D/ Version                       P1
REM ;/D/ Batch Queue                   P2
REM ;/D/ Job File                      P3
REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------

REM Set up the current date and time
set CURDATETIME=%DATE:~6,4%%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%

REM Check the run time of the job
set JOBFILE=%3
set RUNDATETIME=%JOBFILE:~2,12%

pause
REM Run the job if the date/time is less than current date/time
if %RUNDATETIME% GTR %CURDATETIME% goto END

REM Rename the job so it runs and doesn't get picked up again
move %3 %3.bat

REM Run the job
call %3.bat > %QUEUES%\%2\logs\%3

REM Archive the job
move %3.bat %3.done

REM ;------------------------------------------------------------------
:END



Thanks for you help.
Ken
You're welcome.