wait/sleep command

[yepiknowiam]

Is there a wait/sleep equilivant command for the command prompt? I know
there is wscript.sleep for vbs files.

I'm running a batch file and want to it pause a few seconds between commands.

Haven't found much from microsoft. There is the waitfor command but it
wasn't recognized.

Thanks.

 

[Bob I]

Use

ping -n XXX 127.0.0.1

replace XXX with the desired number of seconds +1

 

[3c273]

Poor man's sleep timer:
ping localhost -n (number of seconds to sleep)
Louis

 

[3c273]

Oops, that sould have been
ping -n (number of seconds to sleep) localhost
Louis

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Oops, that sould have been
ping -n (number of seconds to sleep) localhost
Louis

The order of the parameters is irrelevant.

 

[yepiknowiam]

Thanks. That did the trick. I'll have to remember that command.

 

[3c273]

Somehow I thought I left out localhost on the first one. Still asleep I
guess.

Louis

 

[Big Al]

Is there a wait/sleep equilivant command for the command prompt? I know
there is wscript.sleep for vbs files.

I'm running a batch file and want to it pause a few seconds between commands.

Haven't found much from microsoft. There is the waitfor command but it
wasn't recognized.

Thanks.

There is a microsoft resource kit that includes a sleep command you can use.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/...69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

 

[Bob I]

ping -n xxx 127.0.0.1

(replace xxx with the seconds plus one so for one minute use 61)