Hi I have a script the opens the backup log and exits with the sucess statement on line 5 ; open log and readline until counter = 5 then exit $count3 = 0 Open(3, "c:\scripts\logs\backup.log") while $count3 <> 5 $date = ReadLine(3) $count3 = $count3 + 1 loop close(3) ? "Date: " $date BUT, if the backup fails it writes an empty log with null data, this puts readline into a spin, how can I detect the file has nill data? can kix work out its file size? if $size < 4000 then backup has failed?
thanks john@myplace.co.nz
------------------ ------------------------ John Hornblow Wellington New Zealand johnhb@paradise.net.nz ------------------------
How about checking to see if the file is first valid by reading the first line before the loop starts? If it returns an expected response then continue. If it returns null, then don't bother with the loop.
