Executing multiple commands from a Windows cmd script

Question

I'm trying to write a Windows cmd script to perform several tasks in series. However, it always stops after the first command in the script.

The command it stops after is a maven build (not sure if that's relevant).

How do I make it carry on and run each task in turn please?

Installing any software or configuring the registry etc is completely out of the question - it has to work on a vanilla Windows XP installation I'm afraid.

Ideally I'd like the script to abort if any of the commands failed, but that's a "nice to have", not essential.

Thanks.

Answer 1

When you call another .bat file, I think you need "call" in front of the call:

call otherCommand.bat

Answer 2

I don't know the direct answer to your question, but if you do a lot of these scripts, it might be worth learning a more powerful language like perl. Free implementations exist for Windows (e.g. activestate, cygwin). I've found it worth the initial effort for my own tasks.

Answer 3

You can use the && symbol between commands to execute the second command only if the first succeeds. More info here http://commandwindows.com/command1.htm

Answer 4

Can you post the script?

Answer 5

Not sure why the first command is stopping. If you can make it parallel, you can try something like

start cmd.exe /C 1.bat      
start cmd.exe /C 2.bat

Answer 6

Awesome Gulzar really awesome thanx for solving how to run multiple DOS/Windows commands in parallel.

In case any one needs, I am posting how to do it for Linux/Unix

Run all three commands in parallel without waiting for the preceding ont to finish :

command1 ; command2 ; command3