calling multiple batch files from within a batch file

[Guest yawnmoth]

I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.

 

Here's the contents of hello.cmd:

 

@echo hello, world!

 

Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:

 

@hello

@hello

 

Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: calling multiple batch files from within a batch file

 

On May 26, 1:25 pm, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.

>

> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:

>

> @echo hello, world!

>

> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:

>

> @hello

> @hello

>

> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

 

You need to note that any "*.cmd files are Windows Script files and

not batch files (older DOS files.)

 

The first line "sends" the control over the hello, but there is no

means of return.

 

Add "call" to before hello

 

@call "hello"

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: calling multiple batch files from within a batch file

 

 

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.

>

> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:

>

> @echo hello, world!

>

> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:

>

> @hello

> @hello

>

> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

 

.. . . because the first @hello invokes hello.cmd, without

control ever returning to hello2.cmd. Try this instead:

 

@echo off

call hello

call hello

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: calling multiple batch files from within a batch file

 

 

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

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On May 26, 1:25 pm, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.

>

> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:

>

> @echo hello, world!

>

> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:

>

> @hello

> @hello

>

> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

 

You need to note that any "*.cmd files are Windows Script files and

not batch files (older DOS files.)

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Mhm. What exactly is the difference betwee a "Windows Script File"

and a "Batch File"? I used to think that a "Batch File" is an ASCII

file that contains a number of commands such as copy, md, del. Batch

files have a .bat or a .cmd extension. I'm not so sure about a "Windows

Script File" - the closest that comes to my mind is a "VB Script File",

which is something else again.

 

Under WinNT,2000,XP and Vista, files with a .cmd extension are

treated in exactly the same way as those with a .bat extension. No

difference there.