On 09 Oct 04  09:48:52, mark lewis got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: bat callin bat

 
 DC> START SW
 DC> CALL N.bat
 
 DC> =======
 
 DC> If I follow you, that should load Switcher and then call the
 DC> N.bat file in one operation...
 
 DC> But, I tried that and N.bat does load until I unload Switcher.
 DC>  :(

 ml> you're probably missing an option for START that tells it not to wait
 ml> for the STARTed app to complete before continuing... 

But, I don't see a coomand that does that... 

c:\node\bwave>start                                                      
Runs a Windows program or an MS-DOS program.                             
                                                                         
START [options] program [arg...]                                         
START [options] document.ext                                             
                                                                         
/m[inimized] Run the new program minimized (in the background).          
/max[imized] Run the new program maximized (in the foreground).          
/r[estored]  Run the new program restored (in the foreground). [default] 
/w[ait]      Does not return until the other program exits.              




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