"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:

> Steven Jones wrote:
>
> > The way I figure it is there should be a way for pov to tell the
> > operating system it has finished.
>
> No, but there should be a way for your batch file to tell the operating
> system it wants to wait for the program to complete.
> You're getting problems due to microsoft hacks.
>
> In Windows NT, you use the "start" command with some special parameter
> to tell it to wait. Maybe using "start povray" instead of just "povray"
> in your batch file will do the trick. Try "start -h" to get its options.

AHA! Got it.
I was working in Win98 last night, and did a quick check.
It looks like you want to use this:
start /w C:\someActualDirectory\PVengine.exe anim.ini /EXIT

Note the "start /w" and the "/EXIT"

Also, under Windows NT, the start command can be used, but the parameter is
different.

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