> Maybe I don't understand - or maybe I am just simply wrong - but the system() command won't finish > until 'test.exe' has finished - so the loss of the env vars won't matter, will it ?
It can be made to work either way.
system ('notepad.exe');
Doesn't return until notepad is closed.
system ('start.exe', 'notepad.exe');
returns immediately after starting notepad -- as the default...
But, you can use the proper switch /w and specify that control does not pass back to the window from which start.exe was invoked until the new window is closed.
system ('start.exe', '/w', 'notepad.exe');
Which is the default in the first case anyway. And you can make the window notepad is opened in, minimized or maximized with /m or /max.
It's all about defaults and switches.
You ought to know by now you can make it do anything you want, if you slap it on the side just right, in exactly the right place, and just hard enough -- but not to hard! :)
ms
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Jangale V-S SPEL-TIT wrote:
Now in the parent script when system command finishes, all the newly defined environment variables (%ENV s) in test.exe and test1.cmd are lost !
Maybe I don't understand - or maybe I am just simply wrong - but the system() command won't finish until 'test.exe' has finished - so the loss of the env vars won't matter, will it ?
Or is 'test1.cmd' still somehow running when test.exe and system() finish ?
Cheers, Rob
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