Hi, I would like to execute two batch files located at different paths concecutively, that is only when the first one completes , then the second should start and preferably in the same window.

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I did.. I have something like : cd xyz\abc\deployment\tomcat-6.0-5.1.1\bin call startup.bat cd\ cd C:\def\123\svn_root\assembly call menuscript.bat cd .. The first bat fires up the tomcat server and the second is suppose to deploy additional plugins in the same window , If I do this , the tomcat first fires up .. fine .. but the second one fires up when the server is still booting up .. Is there a way to know if the first process has comepleted and then the second one starts ..??

The problem is likely in your startup.bat, but I'd need to see it. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

it is a typical tomcat startup.bay file .. the contents are as follows : ======================================== @echo off rem Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more rem contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with rem this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. rem The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 rem (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with rem the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at rem rem http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICE... rem rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and rem limitations under the License. if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------- rem Start script for the CATALINA Server rem rem $Id: startup.bat 562770 2007-08-04 22:13:58Z markt $ rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------- rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined set CURRENT_DIR=%cd% if not "%CATALINA_HOME%" == "" goto gotHome set CATALINA_HOME=%CURRENT_DIR% if exist "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat" goto okHome cd .. set CATALINA_HOME=%cd% cd %CURRENT_DIR% :gotHome if exist "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat" goto okHome echo The CATALINA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly echo This environment variable is needed to run this program goto end :okHome set EXECUTABLE=%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat rem Check that target executable exists if exist "%EXECUTABLE%" goto okExec echo Cannot find %EXECUTABLE% echo This file is needed to run this program goto end :okExec rem Get remaining unshifted command line arguments and save them in the set CMD_LINE_ARGS= :setArgs if ""%1""=="""" goto doneSetArgs set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1 shift goto setArgs :doneSetArgs call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS% :end ===========================================

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