How to delay execution or make the DOS batch file to SLEEP

[Helen09122010]

Hi All,

I have a batch file that i need to execute every 60 sec until the counter value is equal to 100. Pause does not help me. Some one has to press any key. Instead i want the batch file to wake up every 60 sec, execute some commands, increment the counter then sleep for 60 sec ... until counter =100. How can i do this

@ECHO OFF
SET TIMER=1
:FINISH
DO some commands
SET /a TIMER=TIMER+1

IF %TIMER% LSS 100 GOTO FINISH
IF %TIMER% GTR 100 GOTO EXIT

:EXIT

 

[gpl]

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[foxidrive]

You can use ping to delay for around 60 seconds, if that is what you want to do.

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@ECHO OFF
SET TIMER=1
:FINISH
DO some commands
SET /a TIMER=TIMER+1
ping -n 60 localhost >nul
IF %TIMER% LSS 100 GOTO FINISH

[Helen09122010]

Hey

Thanks very much!!

that works for me

hehehe..
 

[Squashman]

Also if you are on Vista or Windows 7 it has a dedicated command for this called TIMEOUT

[foxidrive]

Also if you are on Vista or Windows 7 it has a dedicated command for this called TIMEOUT

Thanks for that.  I sat here knowing there was a native command and tried SLEEP and WAIT which are perfectly good command names but they don't exist - I didn't recall it was TIMEOUT.

[Salmon Trout]

Thanks for that.  I sat here knowing there was a native command and tried SLEEP and WAIT which are perfectly good command names but they don't exist - I didn't recall it was TIMEOUT.

Sleep.exe is in the various Windows Resource Kits - the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit ("Reskit") can be downloaded here

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17657