Batch files help

[Evan]

Hello,

I need some help with *.cmd batch files. I have made one which automatically installs the hotfixes etc. No problems there. The Command Prompt window that pops up however, disappears immediately after the process is finished thus leaving me no time to make sure everything has worked out fine (I have not used the EXIT command).

Is there a command to insert a delay?

Also (or alternatively), is there a command which aks for the user to press ENTER to continue, or ask the user for an input letter (Y/N) in order to specify which parts to install and which not.

I am not putting these batch updates in the unattended procedure, I'd rather let me execute the batch after Windows has been installed.

Thanks for any help!

[devil270975]

type pause

ie:

@echo off
echo.
all your code here
after all your code type this
echo.
pause
exit

hope this helps

[Aaron]

You can also use >> hotfixes.log to output all the info of the process, and any errors that occured.

I.E. If you have a hotfixes.cmd run it with the >> %systemdrive%\hotfixes.log:

hotfixes.cmd >> %systemdrive%\hotfixes.log

This will create hotfixes.log in C:\ (or the drive windows is installed on)

[Evan]

Excellent, thank you people!

Now if I could take it a bit further and add Y/N type of questions to allow the user to control the installation process. Or even better, create a menu with options and let the user type a number to install the relevant part of the batch file. Can this be done at all through simple batch files?

Thanks!

[Aaron]

I think ]Bonkers[ did one for ZoneAlarm last week.

Found it: http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?act=ST...70&t=7681&st=10