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Old 10-28-2008
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I have a script that runs Compressor and converts the file then I want it to inject the file with Flvtool2. My script works fine but the flvtool2 is starting too early. I have tried to put it in the background by putting a "&" sign at the end and then put a "wait" on a new line. Anyone have any other tips?
# 2  
Old 10-28-2008
If starting to early, can you check for file existence before starting?

can you do something like

Code:
if [ -s my_important_file ]
  then
    blah blah
fi

you might want to put that in a loop to keep trying until success
also, inside the loop you might try a wait 60 (to delay 60 seconds before trying again.)
# 3  
Old 10-29-2008
It still doesn't wait. I think the problem is it creates a flv file when it is encoding so there technically is a file there. Any suggestions around this?
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