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Scripting on windows, PAUSE

chris.tkd	19 Dec, 2007 - 07:04 AM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 26 Sep, 2006 Posts: 60 Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Hello, i am making a simple script on windows xp and need to be able to read the success / error message. The problem is that it closes too fast. I have tryed using the PAUSE command to halt the program at completion but still no luck, an example is CODE cd C:\work CALL dowork.bat PAUSE Can anyone explain why the PAUSE statement is not stopping the program until i press a key? Thanks, Chris.
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no2pencil	RE: Scripting On Windows 19 Dec, 2007 - 07:18 AM Post #2
My fridge be runnin OH NOEZ! Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 6,443 Thanked: 66 times Dream Kudos: 2425 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	QUOTE(chris.tkd @ 19 Dec, 2007 - 08:04 AM) Hello, i am making a simple script on windows xp and need to be able to read the success / error message. The problem is that it closes too fast. I have tryed using the PAUSE command to halt the program at completion but still no luck, an example is CODE cd C:\work CALL dowork.bat PAUSE Can anyone explain why the PAUSE statement is not stopping the program until i press a key? Thanks, Chris. 1.) Why don't you put the pause inside of your batch file? 2.) Are you typing the command, then typing pause? 3.) why not call C:\work\dowork.bat?
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chris.tkd	RE: Scripting On Windows 20 Dec, 2007 - 01:04 AM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 26 Sep, 2006 Posts: 60 Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Well, that was just a simple example where the dowork.bat and cd to c:/work represnts doing stuff, it isnt in the actual .bat file i want to PAUSE.
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ericode	RE: Scripting On Windows 21 Dec, 2007 - 06:49 PM Post #4
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Dec, 2006 Posts: 89 Dream Kudos: 75 My Contributions	QUOTE(chris.tkd @ 20 Dec, 2007 - 02:04 AM) Well, that was just a simple example where the dowork.bat and cd to c:/work represnts doing stuff, it isnt in the actual .bat file i want to PAUSE. So you are saying that in a .bat file you have created, at the end of its work you have a PAUSE statement, and the .bat file runs and closes before you can see the output? If that is so, I am baffled. Please tell me that is not so.
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no2pencil	RE: Scripting On Windows 21 Dec, 2007 - 06:51 PM Post #5
My fridge be runnin OH NOEZ! Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 6,443 Thanked: 66 times Dream Kudos: 2425 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	QUOTE(ericode @ 21 Dec, 2007 - 07:49 PM) QUOTE(chris.tkd @ 20 Dec, 2007 - 02:04 AM) Well, that was just a simple example where the dowork.bat and cd to c:/work represnts doing stuff, it isnt in the actual .bat file i want to PAUSE. So you are saying that in a .bat file you have created, at the end of its work you have a PAUSE statement, and the .bat file runs and closes before you can see the output? If that is so, I am baffled. Please tell me that is not so. I suppose it's possible that if you are getting an error in your script prior to the pause command, the script is closing. Are you running this FROM the command prompt, or by double clicking on it? Is it possible to post your code?
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lockdown	RE: Scripting On Windows 27 Dec, 2007 - 07:32 AM Post #6
D.I.C Regular Joined: 29 Sep, 2007 Posts: 376 Thanked: 1 times Expert In: PC, Support My Contributions	You need to have a PAUSE command in your dowork.bat for it to pause the application. You do not need it to be included in the batch file that calls to dowork.bat. Also you do not need to do the CD (Change Directory) command and also you do not need the Call command in your code. CODE C:\work\dowork.bat That code above will call the dowork.bat file. In your dowork.bat you need to put PAUSE as the last line and that will solve your issue.
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