Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-17 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On 2012-01-15 23:14, dinkypumpkin wrote: On 15/01/2012 21:26, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 05:55:08PM +, Clive wrote: I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, I have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a number of d/l and want

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-16 Thread Clive
Thank you all for the guidance. In less than 24 hours I have moved from not being able to do this to being spoilt for choice. Thank you. The "call" approach seems the most straight forward so I will give that a go but there are several ideas to also consider. Clive ___

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-16 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Sun Jan 15 23:30:07 GMT 2012, Shevek wrote: I have a batch script set up to run daily using Windows task scheduler. The trick is that by default .pl files are not associated to anything under windows (they are, I assume, under Linux), so you have to actually call perl.exe and pass get_iplayer

RE: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-16 Thread Andy Wedge
> -Original Message- > From: Shevek > Sent: 15 January 2012 23:30 > Subject: Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files > > On 15 January 2012 17:55, Clive wrote: > > I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, > > I have tried

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-16 Thread Jon Davies
On 15 January 2012 17:55, Clive wrote: > ...In Windows, I > have tried using batch files in the past ... I have found that it does not > work. > The batch file runs get_iplayer and the first item is duly d/l but then I am > returned to > the command prompt and the second and subsequent batch lin

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread Shevek
On 15 January 2012 23:30, Shevek wrote: > On 15 January 2012 17:55, Clive wrote: >> I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, I >> have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a number of d/l and >> want to automate them. I have found that it does not work.

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread Shevek
On 15 January 2012 17:55, Clive wrote: > I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, I > have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a number of d/l and > want to automate them. I have found that it does not work. The batch file > runs get_iplayer and the firs

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/01/2012 23:14, dinkypumpkin wrote: If I understand the OP, you're just trying to run get_iplayer multiple times in series from within a batch file. Since Windows get_iplayer is a batch file itself, couldn't you just make a batch file that looks something like: cd /d "C:\Propgram File\get_i

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 15/01/2012 21:26, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 05:55:08PM +, Clive wrote: I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, I have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a number of d/l and want to automate them. I have found that it do

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 05:55:08PM +, Clive wrote: > I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In > Windows, I have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a > number of d/l and want to automate them. I have found that it does > not work. The batch file runs get_iplay

Re: get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread Kapitano72
I spent several weeks on exactly this problem in Windows. How to have several batch files, each running a Get_iPlayer command line instruction, called in sequence. If you could run a batch file to call a series of batch files, waiting for each one to finish before moving onto the next, it woul

get_iplayer and Windows batch files

2012-01-15 Thread Clive
I use get_iplayer at the prompt in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, I have tried using batch files in the past - when I wamt a number of d/l and want to automate them. I have found that it does not work. The batch file runs get_iplayer and the first item is duly d/l but then I am returned to