How to suspend a process for some time

[ur]

with the below code, I am keeping waiting for a particular file and waiting in the background.

While $i <> 10
 Sleep(60000)
    If FileExists(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini") then
        --some processing--
        $i = 10
    endif
WEnd

I thought keeping the Sleep will freeze the process from resources but the CPU being uilized.But it is taking 47%.

How to free this CPU usage also.?

[RTFC]

 

[careca]

There must be more to that script, to cause that cpu usage. The code you have  there shouldn't use that much cpu.

[ur]

1 hour ago, careca said:

There must be more to that script, to cause that cpu usage. The code you have  there shouldn't use that much cpu.

But it should release the resources atleast during the Sleep time right.
But it isn't.

[Earthshine]

it depends but we can't tell because we can't see it

[careca]

51 minutes ago, ur said:

But it should release the resources

resources, now ur talking RAM usage. Cpu is all about processing stuff. is there any adlib funcs for instance?

[ur]

THis is my script.

 

Local $i = 0
While $i <> 10
    Sleep(60000);1min
    If FileExists(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini") then
        
        WaitForINICompletion(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini")
        SendMail("Binaries copied to Installshield machine","Got Binaries.ini: Will initmate once Install creation started")
         Sleep(5000)
        
        ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Value of $i is: " & $i)
        ChangeWin32(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini")
        CheckZip(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini")
        AppendBinaries(@ScriptDir&"\Binaries.ini",@ScriptDir&"\BinaryDetails.ini")
        if(FileExists(@ScriptDir&"\copy.exe")) then
            Local $iReturn = Runwait(@ScriptDir&"\copy.exe", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
            if not @error Then
                ;Logging("execution completed successfully with Return Code: " & $iReturn,4)
            Else
                ;Logging("execution failed with Return Code: " & $iReturn,4)
            EndIf
            ;FileMove(@ScriptDir&"\BinaryDetails.ini", @ScriptDir&"\BinaryDetails_old.ini", 0)
            ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The return code from CreateSetup was: " & $iReturn)
        EndIf
        if(FileExists(@ScriptDir&"\CreateSetup.exe")) then
            Local $iReturn = Runwait(@ScriptDir&"\CreateSetup.exe", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
            if not @error Then
                ;Logging("execution completed successfully with Return Code: " & $iReturn,4)
            Else
                ;Logging("execution failed with Return Code: " & $iReturn,4)
            EndIf
            ;FileMove(@ScriptDir&"\BinaryDetails.ini", @ScriptDir&"\BinaryDetails_old.ini", 0)
            ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The return code from CreateSetup was: " & $iReturn)
        EndIf
    EndIf

WEnd

Func Logging($sMessage,$sLogFile=@ScriptDir&"\Logging.log")
    If $sMessage = "" Then
        FileWriteLine($sLogFile, "")
    Else
        FileWrite($sLogFile,_NowCalc() & " :: " & $sMessage&@CRLF)
    EndIf
EndFunc

 

[JLogan3o13]

@ur as usual it is like pulling teeth with you. How are we supposed to help you narrow down the problem when you have, by my count, 5 custom functions (WaitForINICompletion, SendMail, ChangeWin32, CheckZip, AppendBinaries) in there that you are not sharing with us?

Edited December 15, 2017 by JLogan3o13

[Earthshine]

did you miss the CreateSetup.exe stuff? lol

InstallShield comes with isbuild, you can automate your builds that.

Edited December 15, 2017 by Earthshine

[ur]

Sorry @JLogan3o13

These are the au3 files.And the dependent library.au3

Createsetup.exe and copy.exe are tirdparty ones and we don't have source code with us.

But anyway, the issue is before entering the if blocks.
 

BackroundforBinaries.au3

Library.au3

[careca]

copy and createsetup exe's running in background?

I was late, but what do you mean before entering the if blocks?

a sleep inside a loop doesnt use cpu at all.

Edited December 15, 2017 by careca

[ur]

No, I kept wait for the Binaries.ini file in the background.

Only when the file appears or copied from another machine in the network to this folder, then the createsetup and copy exe file will run.

But the CPU is 97% when it is still waiting

[Earthshine]

that's probably not the whole script either. i'm done. have fun. i would look at it using ProcessViewer and see what resources it is using. That will probably answer your question.

Edited December 15, 2017 by Earthshine

[ur]

Sorry @Earthshine, these are the main scripts.

Are you getting any error during compilation?

If it is for .ps1 files, just keep some dummy files, I don't have them also, they need for other fumctions in the library.au3 which we are not using here.

Edited December 15, 2017 by ur

[Earthshine]

ProcessExplorer from SysInternals is your friend. click on your running process that you think is sleeping and look at the dlls and other resources it uses.

I do not believe that sleeping should release allocated resources.

https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp64.exe

https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

you could also use ProcMon to see what's getting hit, registry, file system, etc..

https://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe

Edited December 15, 2017 by Earthshine

[careca]

Yea, this is not going anywhere.

Comment functions one by one until you see a reduction in cpu usage, then you can focus on that specific function to see what's up.

Good luck

[Jos]

1 hour ago, ur said:

Sorry @JLogan3o13

These are the au3 files.And the dependent library.au3

Createsetup.exe and copy.exe are tirdparty ones and we don't have source code with us.

But anyway, the issue is before entering the if blocks.
 

BackroundforBinaries.au3

Library.au3

Unlike the others shooting from the hip at your lack of info provided: What did your debugging reveal?
You can't come in here posting constantly these questions without having done some basic debugging yourself. (I am pretty sure I am repeating myself to you now!)

You should know how to do this debugging by now, so start thinking for a change and doing the work yourself! Come back when you have more to show for.

Jos

 

 

[careca]

2 hours ago, Jos said:

...shooting from the hip

 

 

nice analogy

[Earthshine]

Yeah.  Never post results from the console even. My current hypothesis is that us, he isn’t sleeping it’s doing something and he’s not aware of it because there’s no logging and he doesn’t know what the he k is going on 

Edited December 15, 2017 by Earthshine

[Jos]

You are just guessing while it is VERY simple to debug with the options available  and a little effort.