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jpalik
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Re: Start /w does not continue

#16 Post by jpalik » 01 Feb 2016 12:41

Hello John

The miscommunication here is that I did understand that a cmd was considered a batch.

When I called it, it worked.

Thank you for your patience.

Jim

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Re: Start /w does not continue

#17 Post by Squashman » 01 Feb 2016 12:56

jpalik wrote:Hello John

The miscommunication here is that I did understand that a cmd was considered a batch.

When I called it, it worked.

Thank you for your patience.

Jim


Well I certainly did not explicitly say your CMD file was a batch file but I definitely inferred it.

Squashman wrote:
jpalik wrote:each routine is a cmd file. LightroomCatalogBackupC-D.cmd it the file name of the custom backup file.

And this is what I said about that in my previous reply.
Squashman wrote:If the other programs are actually batch files then use the CALL command.

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Re: Start /w does not continue

#18 Post by foxidrive » 02 Feb 2016 01:36

jpalik wrote:Everyone talks about a second batch file. there is no second batch file.
What am I missing.

each routine is a cmd file.


You told us the backup script is a cmd file.

A cmd file is a batch file - this is the point of confusion.

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Re: Start /w does not continue

#19 Post by Squashman » 03 May 2016 12:54

thefeduke wrote:. Your mythical batch script happens to end with .cmd from an ancient naming convention.
John A.

The .cmd extension is actually newer than the .bat extension.

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