creating .bat files...

[attgig]

Hey, I'm trying to make a bat file that runs a script (which has some output). The problem is that once it finishes executing (not from cmd prompt, but using explorer), the cmd window closes right after it's done...

So, Does anyone remember how to get the window to stay open after it finishes executing?

[Markel]

Add a line at the end that says:
pause

[topane]

I think there's a "close on finish" checkbox also, at least in Win9x.

[attgig]

pause doesn't seem to work :(
I'm on windows NT.....does that make a difference?

[Markel]

Originally posted by attgig
pause doesn't seem to work :(
I'm on windows NT.....does that make a difference?
I am on NT as well. I had to create a .bat file to run a DOS app that generates ID numbers for our software. Once we got into Windows, the generated code would disappear with the DOS window after it ran (and before I had a chance to read the resulting code). So I created a .bat file with two lines:
<run the exe>
pause

Once the exe finishes, the DOS window sits there saying "Press any key to continue . . ."

[hapoo]

well you could always just run it from the command prompt instead of double clicking on it.

[Jeffbx]

Or send the output to a text file:

@echo off
<run the exe> > c:\textfile.txt

[OC]

Originally posted by Jeffbx
Or send the output to a text file:

@echo off
<run the exe> > c:\textfile.txt

even better:

@echo off
<run the exe> > c:\textfile.txt
notepad c:\textfile.txt


This'll automatically open the text file in Notepad.

-OC

[Jeffbx]

Originally posted by overclocked


even better:

@echo off
<run the exe> > c:\textfile.txt
notepad c:\textfile.txt


This'll automatically open the text file in Notepad.

-OC

Hey hey! Getting fancy here!