How can I suppress the "terminate batch job" in cmd.exe

Question

I'm looking for a mechanism for suppressing the "Terminate batch job? (Y/N)" invitation that I get whenever I press CTRL-C in a program started from a batch file:

batch file: jsshell.bat:

@echo off
java -jar build-scripts\contrib\rhino1.7R1.jar

and then starting it on cmd shell by:

> jsshell.bat

which gives me a shell that can be exited by CTRL-C which after exiting gives me the nasty message

Answer 1

This site gives instructions on how to patch cmd.exe to not show the message.

Answer 2

Yes, there is more elegant way than patching cmd.exe. Just put START in front of your command. For your example the line would read like: "START java -jar build-scripts\contrib\rhino1.7R1.jar"

Answer 3

The modification below suppresses "Terminate batch job? (Y/N)" and the new console window:

start cmd /c java -jar build-scripts\contrib\rhino1.7R1.jar

Answer 4

Don't forget to consider working around the problem by avoiding batch scripts.

• Doskey macros can replace one-liner batch scripts like the one quoted above. (Load them up in your Autorun script.)
• Cscript.exe is available on every modern Windows machine and can run JavaScript and VBScript programs from the command line
• If you add file extensions for your favorite scripting language (Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.) to your PATHEXT environment variable and add the script to your path, you can execute them directly without a batch script.