DirMon2 is ignoring "Must Not Exist" fields first time round?

[Taipan]

I have just started to use DirMon2 (version 0.5.7) so this is most likely a user error....

I am initially using DirMon2 to run Comskip against an mpeg file. Immediatly Comskip starts, it creates a .txt file, which I use in the "Must Not Exist" field. However, after the Polling Time has expired (600secs), DirMon2 queues another job exactly the same as the first. This second job is processed immediately the first one completes, but no more jobs are subsequently queued....

Here is my "dirmon2.ini file":-

 
[Global]
Polling Time = 600
Available Resources = 100
[Service]
Start Automatically = 1
Run as Local System = 1
Allow Interaction With Desktop = 1
Run as User = 0
User Name = 
User Password = 
[Job Description 1]
Name = Ad Removal
Processor = C:/Program Files/AdRemoval/comskip.exe
Targets Are Paths = 0
Targets Are Extensions = 1
Command Line Options = --ini="C:\Program Files\AdRemoval\comskip.ini" [[%FULLFILESPEC%]]
Must Exist 1 = mpg
Must Exist Logic = OR
Must Exist 2 = 
Must And Or Must Not Exist Logic = AND
Must Not Exist 1 = txt
Must Not Exist Logic = OR
Must Not Exist 2 = VPrj
Directory 1 = D:/TV Recordings
Ignore 1 = ABC
Target 1 = mpg
Resources Needed = 100
Timeout Enabled = 0
Timeout = -1
Priority Boost Due To Job Description = 0
Priority Boost Due To Age = 1
Priority Boost Due To Name = 0
Process Subdirectories = 0
Wait Until File Is Finished = 1
Wait Until File Is Idle = 0
Wait Until Drive Is Idle = 0
Wait Until Drive Is Idle Time = 2
Hide Console = 0
Blackout Enabled = 0
Blackout Start Time = 0
Blackout End Time = 0

and here is the "activity.log" file:-

 
2006-Jun-29 08:02:01 - Starting: "Ad Removal" on "D:/TV Recordings/All Saints.mpg"
2006-Jun-29 08:13:58 - Finished: "Ad Removal" on "D:/TV Recordings/All Saints.mpg"
2006-Jun-29 08:14:01 - Starting: "Ad Removal" on "D:/TV Recordings/All Saints.mpg"
2006-Jun-29 08:26:04 - Finished: "Ad Removal" on "D:/TV Recordings/All Saints.mpg"

Where you can see that a second "Ad Removal" was started on the same mpeg, 3 seconds after the first one finished, even though I have the condition that "txt" must not exist....what am I doing wrong here....

[Jere_Jones]

The OR in "Must not exist" as you have it setup means that if a txt doesn't exist or if a vprj doesn't exist. Since (correct me if I'm wrong) comskip doesn't create the vprj until it is done then the condition is true.

You have two options:
1) remove the vprj from the must not exist
2) change the OR to AND

Jere

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

comskip doesn't create the vprj until it is done then the condition is true.

Yes, that is correct - two ".txt" files are created immediately comskip is launched and the VPrj is created at comskip completion.

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

You have two options:
1) remove the vprj from the must not exist
2) change the OR to AND

The penny has finally dropped....I understand the flaw in my logic now... ... I knew it was something dumb that I was doing.

Thanks, and my compliments to you for this wonderful program...