I'm creating a web site where uploaded english documents get automatically converted to another language. I'm using an inexpensive language converter program and an upload script. All files get uploaded to the Upload Folder. And I'm using a basic command script to send the uploaded documents from the Upload Folder to four separate copies of the language converter programs (so that four documents can be converted simealtaneously).

The command script is this:

:

:TOP"
C:\Program Files\File Mover\File Mover.exe" /showstatus /noerrors /file "C:\Upload Folder\*.txt|/filter move 0 "C:\FolderA\" ""sleep 5"C:\Program Files\File Mover\File Mover.exe" /showstatus /noerrors /file "C:\Upload Folder\*.txt|/filter move 0 "C:\FolderB\" ""sleep 5"C:\Program Files\File Mover\File Mover.exe" /showstatus /noerrors /file "C:\Upload Folder\*.txt*|/filter move 0 "C:\FolderC\" ""sleep 5"C:\Program Files\File Mover\File Mover.exe" /showstatus /noerrors /file "C:\Upload Folder\*.txt|/filter move 0 "C:\FolderD\" ""
Sleep 5
GOTO TOP

Language Converter Program 1 grabs the files from FolderA
Language Converter Program 2 grabs the files from FolderB
Language Converter Program 3 grabs the files from FolderC
Language Converter Program 4 grabs the files from FolderD

I know this is a very simplistic way of doing things, but my coding knowledge is very limited. This all talkes place on a Windows server.

The problem I'm looking to solve is that if there are many files in the Upload Folder, the command script will grab all the files, thus many files will be in line waiting to be converted in Folder A, for example, and no files will be in Folders, B, C & D, therefore defeating the pupose of having all these folders so that files can be converted simealtaneously, instead of one at a time.

How can I set up the command file to so that any files in the Upload Folder can get sorted among FoldersA, B, C & D equally, thus insuring simealtaenous conversion, therefore speeding up my web site processes? Or any other ideas, please.

Is your server manager mad or a masochist?? Allowing you to run a looping batch file!!!
Uploading is a single stream, sequential process no matter how many files one user is uploading if you are using ASP.
Some components may be able to use separate streams per file for any one user request but I've never come across one that can.

So I would suggest you lose the resource mashing, potential server killing batch (command) file, and implement a "round robin" system for uploading.

As each upload process is requested, it gets a folder from a queue to upload into then increments the queue. The next request would get the next folder in the queue and so on. At the end of the queue the first folder is then brought round to the start again and the cycle repeats.

I would go more for the masochist answer

Thank you for your reply.

Could you provide a little more detail on how to set up and accomplish this:

"As each upload process is requested, it gets a folder from a queue to upload into then increments the queue. The next request would get the next folder in the queue and so on. At the end of the queue the first folder is then brought round to the start again and the cycle repeats."

Assuming a few things here.

existing:
User opens the upload page, locates the file(s) to upload and clicks "Go", Serverside code initiates file upload to preset folder. Ok so far?

So;
BEFORE the upload is initialised, you have some code that goes and finds the folder name from a datastore (real database, flat text file, etc).
It then changes the foldername in the datastore to the next in the predetermined sequence ready for the next request.
Now, the upload is initialised with the retrieved foldername as the destination.

rest of operation carries on as existing

Wouldn't you or someone who understands the language want to check the outcome of the converted language first before publishing it online?