How do I run a batch script from within a batch script

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How do I call another batch script from within a batch script   I want it to execute in an if statement

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If you wish to open the batch file in another window, use start. This way, you can basically run two scripts at the same time. In other words, you don't have to wait for the script you just called to finish. All examples below work:

start batch.bat
start call batch.bat
start cmd /c batch.bat

If you want to wait for the script to finish, try start /w call batch.bat, but the batch.bat has to end with exit.

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You can just invoke the batch script by name  as if you re running on the command line   So  suppose you have a file bar bat that says echo This is bar bat  and you want to call it from a file foo bat  you can write this in foo bat   if   1    blah  bar   Run foo blah from the command line  and you ll see   C   gt foo blah  C   gt if  blah      blah  bar  C   gt echo This is bar bat  This is bar bat    But beware  When you invoke a batch script from another batch script  the original batch script will stop running   If you want to run the secondary batch script and then return to the previous batch script  you ll have to use the call command   For example   if   1    blah  call bar echo That s all for foo bat    If you run foo blah on that  you d see   C   gt foo blah  C   gt if  blah      blah  call bar  C   gt echo This is bar bat  This is bar bat   C   gt echo That s all for foo bat  That s all for foo bat

User · Answer

Here is example   You have a bat    echo off if exist b bat goto RUNB goto END  RUNB b bat  END   and b bat called conditionally from a bat    echo off  echo  This is b bat

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You can use   call script bat   or just  script bat

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Run parallelly on separate command windows in minimized state  dayStart bat  start  startOfficialSoftwares   min cmd  k call startOfficialSoftwares bat start  initCodingEnvironment   min cmd  k call initCodingEnvironment bat start  updateProjectSource   min cmd  k call updateProjectSource bat start  runCoffeeMachine   min cmd  k call runCoffeeMachine bat     Run sequentially on same window  release bat  call updateDevelVersion bat call mergeDevelIntoMaster bat call publishProject bat

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Use CALL as in  CALL nameOfOtherFile bat   This will block  pause  the execution of the current batch file  and it will wait until the CALLed one completes   If you don t want it to block  use START instead    Get the nitty-gritty details by using CALL    or START    from the cmd prompt

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huh  I don t know why  but call didn t do the trick call script bat didn t return to the original console  cmd  k script bat did return to the original console

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You should use CALL  CALL batch bat

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