how to do "press enter to exit" in batch
I am using rake to build my project and I have a build.bat file similar to this:
@echo off
cls
rake
When I double click on build.bat the dos window pops up and shows all the progress but closes itself when the task is finished. Is there way to do a Console.ReadLine so that user can get a chance to see the log?
Thanks.
Updated:
I've tried below but didn't work. not sure why.
@echo off
cls
rake
pause
Solution 1:
Default interpreters from Microsoft are done in a way, that causes them exit when they reach EOF. If rake is another batch file, command interpreter switches to it and exits when rake interpretation is finished. To prevent this write:
@echo off
cls
call rake
pause
IMHO, call operator will lauch another instance of intepretator thereby preventing the current one interpreter from switching to another input file.
Solution 2:
pause
will display:
Press any key to continue . . .
Solution 3:
@echo off
echo something
echo Press enter to exit
set /p input=
Solution 4:
My guess is that rake
is a batch program. When you invoke it without call
, then control doesn't return to your build.bat
. Try:
@echo off
cls
CALL rake
pause