Why does only the first line of this Windows batch file execute but all three lines execute in a DOS command shell?

Question

I have a batch file that executes three Maven commands, one after the other. Each command can be successfully executed in the script - by itself!. But when I add all three commands to the same file, only the first one executes before the script exits. Any idea why?

mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=base -Dversion=1.0 -Dfile=gdata-base-1.0.jar  -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=blogger -Dversion=2.0 -Dfile=gdata-blogger-2.0.jar  -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=blogger-meta -Dversion=2.0 -Dfile=gdata-blogger-meta-2.0.jar  -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true

Also, if I copy all three commands and paste them into a DOS command shell (cmd.exe), they execute one after the other with no problem. So this is apparently some issue with the dos batch file.

Answer 1

It should be that the particular mvn command execs and does not return, thereby not executing the rest of the commands.

Answer 2

Try writing the following batch file and executing it:

Echo one
cmd
Echo two
cmd
Echo three
cmd

Only the first two lines get executed. But if you type "exit" at the command prompt, the next two lines are processed. It's a shell loading another.

To be sure that this is not what is happening in your script, just type "exit" when the first command ends.

HTH!

Answer 3

Are these maven commands like batch files, not actual compiled programs? If so, just like with batch, you call another script using the call command. Try prepending call to all commands.

Another thing you could try is using the start command. See if either of those work out for you.