Sleep command optimization help

[sttrebo]

hi-
I have a fairly long script that does a number of file/directory create/reads/writes. for a number of them, i check if it exists then if it doesn't I create it. if it does exist, i just delete it's contents to start fresh. here is a sample of the code:

Code: Select all

IfNotExist, %AHK_Temp%\qtdadd\
	{
	FileCreateDir, %AHK_Temp%\qtdadd\
	sleep, 250
	}
FileDelete, %AHK_Temp%\qtdadd\*.*

my question though is around the sleep command. if i wanted to optimize this code to run as fast as it can thru the script, i'd shorten down the sleep pauses as much as possible. question: is there a faster way to confirm a file/directory is ready for writing or appending instead of just using an arbitrary sleep pause time? If i set the sleep command too short, sometimes my later commands get messed up because the system isn't ready.

thanks

[swagfag]

use a waiting loop:

Code: Select all

while(!(FileExist(AHK_Temp "\qtdadd") ~= "D"))
	Sleep 25

though i must say, what uve posted thusfar is highly suspect and i can think of only one reason why ud structure it that way, that is, u want to only wipe files residing in the directory, but preserve any existing subdirectories.
if that is not the intended behavior, then id just use:

Code: Select all

dir := AHK_Temp "\qtdadd"
FileRemoveDir, % dir, 1
FileCreateDir, % dir

[sttrebo]

hi-
thanks for your help. to your second point, yes.
on your first point: the ~= "D" is directory. i'm assuming i can just use "N" if it's a file ?

thanks for your help.

[swagfag]

ehhh not necessarily, not all files are flagged as 'normal', some might be system, some archived, some compressed or what have you. a better approach is checking if it isnt a directory. if it isnt, its a file:

Code: Select all

FileExist(filePath) ~= "^[^D]+$"

to match at least one of anything that isnt an uppercase D, or use InStr() but then u also gotta do the null-check