wait inside foreach loop , how ?

[bossi]

Hi frens ,

in a scenario, where multiple files are selected , and each is compressed into its own <basename>.7z archive,
how to make "while-exists-wait" work correctly ?
When the compression is done , 7zip deleted the compressed item , so the loop should go to the next item.
Currently the Script triggers all selected items at once , not one by one.

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foreach($path,$paths){
	$name = gpc($path, "name",,4);
	$archive_name = $name . ".7z";
 	run lax($zip7g a -mx5 -md96m "$archive_name" "$path" -sdel);} //7zip  compression starts, deletes selected afterwards
	while (exists($path) >= 1 )                                           // while $path exists , wait , then continue
		{wait 250;}

However, it works correctly in a scenario, where the selected items are folders , and each loop starts with a "goto folder" command.

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foreach($path,$paths){
	goto "$path";
	select all;
	compress;
	while (exists($path) >= 1 ) 
		{wait 250;}

[highend]

setting "BackgroundFileOps", 0;

before the loop and there is no need to test for existence of the path...

[bossi]

THX !!! understood the setting now