Command to run a bat file

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I m trying to make my Visual Studio build script execute a  bat file that does something important   Here is what I m want to do right now   cd  F  - Big Packets - kitterengine Common   Template bat   But it doesn t work   I have to do this to make it work   cd  F  - Big Packets - kitterengine Common   F  Template bat   But this is pretty difficult to add to the Visual Studio script   How can I do this in one single line

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There are many possibilities to solve this task.

1. RUN the batch file with full path

The easiest solution is running the batch file with full path.

"F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common\Template.bat"

Once end of batch file Template.bat is reached, there is no return to previous script in case of the command line above is within a *.bat or *.cmd file.

The current directory for the batch file Template.bat is the current directory of the current process. In case of Template.bat requires that the directory of this batch file is the current directory, the batch file Template.bat should contain after @echo off as second line the following command line:

cd /D "%~dp0"

Run in a command prompt window cd /? for getting displayed the help of this command explaining parameter /D ... change to specified directory also on a different drive.

Run in a command prompt window call /? for getting displayed the help of this command used also in 2., 4. and 5. solution and explaining also %~dp0 ... drive and path of argument 0 which is the name of the batch file.

2. CALL the batch file with full path

Another solution is calling the batch file with full path.

call "F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common\Template.bat"

The difference to first solution is that after end of batch file Template.bat is reached the batch processing continues in batch script containing this command line.

For the current directory read above.

3. Change directory and RUN batch file with one command line

There are 3 operators for running multiple commands on one command line: &, && and ||.
For details see answer on Single line with multiple commands using Windows batch file

I suggest for this task the && operator.

cd /D "F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common" && Template.bat

As on first solution there is no return to current script if this is a *.bat or *.cmd file and changing the directory and continuation of batch processing on Template.bat is successful.

4. Change directory and CALL batch file with one command line

This command line changes the directory and on success calls the batch file.

cd /D "F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common" && call Template.bat

The difference to third solution is the return to current batch script on exiting processing of Template.bat.

5. Change directory and CALL batch file with keeping current environment with one command line

The four solutions above change the current directory and it is unknown what Template.bat does regarding

current directory
environment variables
command extensions state
delayed expansion state

In case of it is important to keep the environment of current *.bat or *.cmd script unmodified by whatever Template.bat changes on environment for itself, it is advisable to use setlocal and endlocal.

Run in a command prompt window setlocal /? and endlocal /? for getting displayed the help of these two commands. And read answer on change directory command cd ..not working in batch file after npm install explaining more detailed what these two commands do.

setlocal & cd /D "F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common" & call Template.bat & endlocal

Now there is only & instead of && used as it is important here that after setlocal is executed the command endlocal is finally also executed.

ONE MORE NOTE

If batch file Template.bat contains the command exit without parameter /B and this command is really executed, the command process is always exited independent on calling hierarchy. So make sure Template.bat contains exit /B or goto :EOF instead of just exit if there is exit used at all in this batch file.

User · Answer

You can use Cmd command to run Batch file   Here is my way     cmd  c   Full Path Of Batch Here cmd      More information    cmd

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Can refer to here  https   ss64 com nt start html  start     D F  - Big Packets - kitterengine Common   W Template bat

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F  - Big Packets - kitterengine Common Template bat  maybe prefaced with call  see call      Or Cd  d  F  - Big Packets - kitterengine Common    amp  Template bat      CMD Cheat Sheet   Cmd exe Getting Help Punctuation Naming Files Starting Programs Keys   CMD exe  First thing to remember its a way of operating a computer  It s the way we did it before WIMP  Windows  Icons  Mouse  Popup menus  became common  It owes it roots to CPM  VMS  and Unix  It was used to start programs and copy and delete files  Also you could change the time and date   For help on starting CMD type cmd     You must start it with either the  k or  c switch unless you just want to type in it   Getting Help  For general help  Type Help in the command prompt  For each command listed type help  lt command gt   eg help dir  or  lt command gt      eg dir       Some commands have sub commands  For example  schtasks  create      The NET command s help is unusual  Typing net use    is brief help  Type net help use for full help  The same applies at the root - net    is also brief help  use net help   References in Help to new behaviour are describing changes from CMD in OS 2 and Windows NT4 to the current CMD which is in Windows 2000 and later   WMIC is a multipurpose command  Type wmic        Punctuation   amp     seperates commands on a line    amp  amp     executes this command only if previous command s errorlevel is 0          not used above  executes this command only if previous command s  errorlevel is NOT 0   gt     output to a file   gt  gt     append output to a file   lt     input from a file  2 gt  Redirects command error output to the file specified   0 is StdInput  1 is StdOutput  and 2 is StdError   2 gt  amp 1 Redirects command error output to the same location as command output         output of one command into the input of another command       escapes any of the above  including itself  if needed to be passed  to a program       parameters with spaces must be enclosed in quotes    used with copy to concatenate files  E G  copy file1 file2 newfile    used with copy to indicate missing parameters  This updates the files  modified date  E G  copy  b file1     variablename  a inbuilt or user set environmental variable   variablename  a user set environmental variable expanded at execution  time  turned with SelLocal EnableDelayedExpansion command    lt number gt    1  the nth command line parameter passed to a batch file   0  is the batchfile s name           the entire command line    CMDCMDLINE  - expands to the original command line that invoked the Command Processor  from set         lt a letter gt  or    lt a letter gt    A or   A  the variable in a for loop   Single   sign at command prompt and double   sign in a batch file         servername sharename folder file ext  access files and folders via UNC naming      win ini streamname  accesses an alternative steam  Also separates drive from rest of path      win ini  the LAST dot in a file path separates the name from extension     dir     txt  the current directory      cd     the parent directory             c  windows win ini  When a file path is prefixed with      filename checks are turned off     Naming Files   lt   gt            Reserved characters  May not be used in filenames     Reserved names  These refer to devices eg    copy filename con   which copies a file to the console window   CON  PRN  AUX  NUL  COM1  COM2  COM3  COM4    COM5  COM6  COM7  COM8  COM9  LPT1  LPT2    LPT3  LPT4  LPT5  LPT6  LPT7  LPT8  and LPT9  CONIN   CONOUT   CONERR   --------------------------------  Maximum path length              260 characters Maximum path length             32 767 characters  approx - some rare characters use 2 characters of storage  Maximum filename length        255 characters     Starting a Program  See start    and call    for help on all three ways   There are two types of Windows programs - console or non console  these are called GUI even if they don t have one   Console programs attach to the current console or Windows creates a new console  GUI programs have to explicitly create their own windows   If a full path isn t given then Windows looks in   The directory from which the application loaded   The current directory for the parent process   Windows NT 2000 XP  The 32-bit Windows system directory  Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory  The name of this directory is System32   Windows NT 2000 XP  The 16-bit Windows system directory  There is no function that obtains the path of this directory  but it is searched  The name of this directory is System   The Windows directory  Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory   The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable    Specify a program name  This is the standard way to start a program   c  windows notepad exe   In a batch file the batch will wait for the program to exit  When typed the command prompt does not wait for graphical programs to exit   If the program is a batch file control is transferred and the rest of the calling batch file is not executed   Use Start command  Start starts programs in non standard ways   start    c  windows notepad exe   Start starts a program and does not wait  Console programs start in a new window  Using the  b switch forces console programs into the same window  which negates the main purpose of Start   Start uses the Windows graphical shell - 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[windows] Command to run a .bat file

1. RUN the batch file with full path

2. CALL the batch file with full path

3. Change directory and RUN batch file with one command line

4. Change directory and CALL batch file with one command line

5. Change directory and CALL batch file with keeping current environment with one command line

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