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I never wrote Toucan scripts before.
I have 3 saved sync jobs:
"HDD backup 1"
"HDD backup 2"
"HDD backup 3"
how do I write a script or batch file so that the 3 jobs will run sequentially?
I tried a batch file, but it runs the 3 jobs simultaniously
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I don't use Toucan (yet?), but if you post your Batch file, I or someone else might be able to tell you how you can make it do what you want.
~3D1T0R
I have a batch file w/ these 3 commands
toucan -j "HDD backup 1"
toucan -j "HDD backup 2"
toucan -j "HDD backup 3"
when the batch file is run, 3 toucan command line windows pop up and proceed to do backup... I want to do this sequentially because I'm doing all 3 backup to the same NAS, and running 3 jobs simultaneously is not efficient.
Ray Liang
If that opens up an extra new Command Prompt window then add
/Bbetween each/WAITand toucan.Let us know if that works for you.
☺~3D1T0R
nope didn't work
apparently CMD considered the command finished when it launch Toucan to do backup... not when backup finishs
Ray Liang
Where does this Batch file reside?
I find that if the Batch file (using the one I posted posted for you to try) starts the
toucan.exefile inX:\PortableApps\Toucanthat it doesn't wait for Toucan to finish (because that.exefile is just a launcher, which closes immediately after executing$EXEDIR\App\Toucan\toucan.exe), but if I make it use thetoucan.exefile inX:\PortableApps\Toucan\App\Toucan, then it waits for each backup to finish before starting the next.Note: Since Toucan is designed by PortableApps.com Developers specifically to be safe to run Portably, running the
toucan.exefile inX:\PortableApps\Toucan\App\Toucanis still safely portable, but in general PortableApps should only be run from the launcher located inX:\PortableApps\AppNamePortable~3D1T0R
really easy way to do this is to write a script with the following three lines
sync("HDD backup 1")sync("HDD backup 2")
sync("HDD backup 3")
And then run this on the command line:
toucan --script="dofile(getscript([[myscriptname]]))"This will then run them one after the other as you require.Hi Steve,
I am a complete newbie with toucan. This is very obvious to you, but where do I type the command line?? I have created the script above (under the "Script" tab, changing "hdd backup xx" to my own Sync job names), but not sure how to run the command line. Is it a separate script under the script tab?
Thanks.
I had a quick look around and this looks to be a decent command line tutorial. If you navigate to the folder with toucan in it using the commands then you can use the command I gave above.
If you are just looking to create an easy way to run that particular script then you can create a batch file. Open up notepad and then copy and paste the line in. Then save it as a .bat file and when you double click on it the script will run.
Hi Steve, Many thanks. It is now working brilliantly, once I sorted it out. It really is a great program.