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Sampath Liyanage
Sampath Liyanage

Reputation: 4896

bat file doesn't pause execution

I'm using a bat file to run my nodejs app in windows 7. The bat file contains following lines,

cd "C:/dev/nodeapp/"
npm start
pause

But the bat file doesn't pause. Because of that I can't see the errors on cmd when nodejs throws errors. I tried cmd /k instead of pause, it doesn't work either.

Anybody knows a way to pause the bat file execution here?

I notice that the problem is with the line npm start. When I remove that line the pause works..!

Thank you in advance...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1624

Answers (2)

MC ND
MC ND

Reputation: 70923

It does not pause because in windows npm is a batch file (npm.cmd). Directly invocation of a batch file from inside a batch file transfers the execution to the called one, and does not return to the caller. You need to use call command 

cd "C:/dev/nodeapp/"
call npm start
pause

Upvotes: 5

manish
manish

Reputation: 974

I think pause here is incorrect try this: npn stop

Upvotes: 0

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