preventing command line window from auto closing?

[r3lic76]

In windows 2000 or 2003, how do I prevent cmd windows from automatically closing after execution? I need them to stay open to debug an activex script

 

[djnes]

they, uuuummm...do stay open, if you run the command from the actual command line, and not from the "run box".

 

[Phoenix86]

I'm not aware of a way to do that. You could make batch files for the commands.

copy con ipconfig.bat
cmd
ipconfig.exe
^Z

 

[r3lic76]

a shell window is opened by my ASP script in Internet Explorer but immediately closes without letting me read the error message

 

[spectrum]

There are several ways to do it.

The easiest way if you are running batches or .cmds would be to put a pause statement at the end of the script. It will sit there and wait for a keypress.

Since you are calling from an ASP script this may or may not work, but if you can invoke the command interperter with the /k switch it will stay open once it has finished its business. ie

%SYSTEMROOT%\cmd.exe /k mybatch.bat

If all you need is the output you could also try redirecting from STDOUT to a file ie

mybatch.bat > %USERPROFILE%\desktop\log.txt

Hopefully one of those will work for ya.

 

[S1nF1xx]

Put the pause command at the end of your script.