CHOICE command

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Gary D.

In XP Home, when I run a DOS .bat file I get the message -
'Choice' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am trying to use the command -
Choice /cb /t:b,10 /n > nul
to cause a pause for ten seconds.

Can anyone advise how to do this in XP, if it's even possible?
 
Choice isn't part of XP so ...... I don't get it. Use Set.
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I'm not familiar with Set. How can that be used to pause processing for a
length of time, eg. ten seconds?
 
You are a moron. This is about Windows and the group is nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin


I suggest you go back to the idiots in Alt.
 
Gary D. said:
In XP Home, when I run a DOS .bat file I get the message -
'Choice' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am trying to use the command -
Choice /cb /t:b,10 /n > nul
to cause a pause for ten seconds.

Can anyone advise how to do this in XP, if it's even possible?
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To pause a batch for 10 secs:

ping -n 11 127.0.0.1 >nul

(the space before the ">nul" is critical; the number following the -n is
(delay+1) secs)

Batch techniques are discussed in alt.msdos.batch.nt (for NT/2K/XP) or
alt.msdos.batch(DOS/9x).

(Yes, I know about microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin - but it just
duplicates alt.msdos.batch and takes longer to type)

HTH

....Bill
 
Why don't you read help or admit you are an idiot to your employer.
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Go and get laid retard - then maybe you won't be so frustrated, or perhaps
you're a pillow-biter?
 
Very smart, for an idiot. Type choice in Help, moron. See it says NOT SUPPORTED. I told you set which is a replecement for Choice but you are too stupid to read help.

Set Help for Morons.
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The /P switch allows you to set the value of a variable to a line of input
entered by the user. Displays the specified promptString before reading
the line of input. The promptString can be empty.
 
I'm disappointed in you, David.

You seemed to be one of the few gentlemen on the net that was willing to
take some time out help others.

But I was wrong. You're just an arrogant know-all.

Get a life.

....Bill


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
You are a moron. This is about Windows and the group is
nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin


I suggest you go back to the idiots in Alt.
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Gary D. said:
In XP Home, when I run a DOS .bat file I get the message -
'Choice' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am trying to use the command -
Choice /cb /t:b,10 /n > nul
to cause a pause for ten seconds.

Can anyone advise how to do this in XP, if it's even possible?
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There's no "choice" command in Windows. Either you were using a
different operating system, or somebody had written a program named
"choice" that you had access to.
 
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