Serialize execution of symstore via Powershell or BATCH

Question

We are working to integrate a step into our continuous integration (CI) server (CruiseControl.NET). We want to register the debug symbols *.pdb generated from

Answer 1

Use a file in the shared directory as semaphore to avoid concurrent executions.

:checkfile
if exist %cidir%\sem.txt goto :wait10secs
echo gotit! >%cidir%\sem.txt
doit
del %cidir%\sem.txt
goto :eof
:wait10secs
ing 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul
goto :checkfile

Be prepared for debugging all strange ways your batch can fail and all nasty racing conditions.