About cmd's 'start "" /wait' command

[briant]

Here's an example GUI application that won't wait, no matter if it's on the command line or in a script:

at the command prompt:

> start "" /wait "c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"

=> DOESN'T WAIT

in a .cmd file:

start "" "c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"

or

start "" /wait "c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"

=> DOESN'T WAIT

i think it's a function of how the application is programmed to exit.

[Outbreaker]

You could try this:

START "" /WAIT "C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"

:CHECK

ping -n 10 localhost 1> NUL

TASKLIST /v /fi "IMAGENAME eq firefox.exe" 2>&1 > NUL

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO CHECK

Edited May 27, 2010 by Outbreaker

[submix8c]

i think it's a function of how the application is programmed to exit.

I think that's what I was trying to say.