A batch script must save its work often. If a script saves results only at the end, a crash will delete all progress. Saving results as they are made protects the work.
By Pawan Nayar · from the LLOS AI Learning record
A batch script must save its work often.
If a script saves results only at the end, a crash will delete all progress. Saving results as they are made protects the work.
A batch script should save each result immediately after it is created. If a script waits to save all results at the end, a computer crash means all work is lost. Saving results one by one means that if a crash happens, only the very last piece of work is lost. For any script that runs longer than a few seconds, this is important. Open the file where results will be saved. Write each result to the file as soon as it is ready. Make sure the file saves the changes right away. Never collect all results in the computer's memory and save them only once at the end. This method risks losing everything if the script stops working.
A developer writes a script to process 1,000 images. The script processes each image and stores the result in memory. After 900 images are processed, the computer crashes. All 900 processed images are lost because the script did not save them. If the script had saved each image's result to disk immediately, 900 images would have been saved.
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A batch script must save its work often. If a script saves results only at the end, a crash will delete all progress. Saving results as they are made protects the work.