Pause command not working in .bat script

1
votes

The batch file has only two lines:

c:\program.exe ...
pause

but pause does't run after "program" completes... I don't see that "press any key message" :(

If I move pause on the first line, then it magically works.

2
windowsbatch-file
I would say the pause is never running. does the window remain open if you take the pause out completely? perhaps the program is not exiting. you can try running the batch file via the command prompt as well so you can see what the output is when its finished. - Timmerz
Can you provide some more info? Is program.exe maybe a Windows command that doesn't terminate? - Marc
Use start /WAIT to launch program.exe. - Heath Hunnicutt
it's phpunit. it terminates bc i can see when it finishes.. - Alex
c:\program.exe is not a batch file.... ;-) - Timmerz

2 Answers

10
votes

It fails because you are not running an executable directly - you are running it via the phpunit.bat batch file (based on information in comment added to question).

You must CALL a batch file from within another batch file if you want to return to the caller

call phpunit
pause
1
votes

Try saving before opening the bat file, it worked for me