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Stephane Gosselin
Stephane Gosselin

Reputation: 9148

Have .bat file continue after it runs a command

I need to figure out this seemingly very simple issue on windows .bat file. I have been using Linux for past 10 years full-time, so I am in pretty unfamiliar territory when it comes to .bat scripts.

We have some units tests that need to run on from this .bat file, and a build needs to be generated after the tests have run.

The bat file itself is very simple, I was thinking of just chaining the commands:

cls
echo "Running test suite - CRMSync"
echo 
echo 
REM from command: --static-backup
phpunit --bootstrap test/bootstrap_test.php --verbose --log-junit              
echo "Running  phploc for CRMSync"
phploc --count-tests --verbose > C:\CRMsync\testResults\phploc\index.html
echo "Executing phing"
phing

Now, simple enough except nothing is executed past phpunit command. How do I deal with this? The unit tests run fine, but I am suspecting it could even be in the unit test lib that process is killed. Is there a way to fork the process somehow or get the other commands below to run?

Thanks SO'ers, as always, any help greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 23

Views: 34449

Answers (6)

roma
roma

Reputation: 1580

Found this while searching for a similar problem with automating clasp. Simple script

cd main
clasp pull
echo after pull
cd ..

doesn't echo and return back to original folder, while this solution does work

cd main
cmd /c clasp pull
echo after pull
cd ..

The reason here is simple: in Windows, if you run batch file from inside a batch file, the execution continues in child batch, but is NOT RETURNED BACK to parent back file.

The tricky thing here is it's very implicit that clasp (in my case) and phpunit - in original question, is also a batch file. That's why adding cmd /c solved the problem.

Posting this answer for other not-so-windows users like me who might encounter this behavior.

Upvotes: -1

Timar Ivo Batis
Timar Ivo Batis

Reputation: 1996

I used

start /b code .

cmd /k ng serve --build-optimizer --aot

to start Visual Studio Code and then a node js server.

But the Command line glitched with the % update text and more.

I then used

cmd /C code .

cmd /k ng serve --build-optimizer --aot

and the glitching stopped for the server progress update.

Upvotes: 3

Pedro José Piquero Plaza
Pedro José Piquero Plaza

Reputation: 1389

I had the same problem for a development script that I made. And I tried all given solutions without being successful. At the end, I did it with cmd /C.

From the windows docs it will:

Run Command and then terminate

So for example, you can use it as follows:

cls
echo "Running test suite - CRMSync"
echo 
echo 
REM from command: --static-backup
cmd /C phpunit --bootstrap test/bootstrap_test.php --verbose --log-junit              
echo "Running  phploc for CRMSync"
cmd /C phploc --count-tests --verbose > C:\CRMsync\testResults\phploc\index.html
echo "Executing phing"
cmd /C phing

I hope you find this useful.

Upvotes: 25

James John McGuire 'Jahmic'
James John McGuire 'Jahmic'

Reputation: 12624

Similar to the post ujifgc, I use "start /b ..." in these situations. If you encapsulate the call to phpunit in another batch file, you can use "call".

Upvotes: 16

ujifgc
ujifgc

Reputation: 2245

Try start /WAIT phpunit ... to fork process and wait for it or just start phpunit ... to fork and continue. Help is here: start /?

Upvotes: 2

developmentalinsanity
developmentalinsanity

Reputation: 6229

Is phpunit itself a batch file (I don't do much PHP, so am not familiar with the tool)? If so, try using:

call phpunit --bootstrap test/bootstrap_test.php --verbose --log-junit

Upvotes: 8

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