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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008calling multiple batch files from within a batch file
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? > I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > 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" On May 26, 1:25 pm, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > 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.) <snip> ================= 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. >I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > 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 |
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