Program that runs other programs, then shuts down?

[bzl333]

Hi,
was trying to do this with some batch files but i don't know enough to write them correctly i guess.

was just looking for a program that would run several other programs(their command line versions i guess are all thats possible?) stuff like CCleaner, BleachBit, and then maybe a defrag program - one after the other in sequence, and then when they are done shut down the computer.

[guinness]

Search for Shutdown.

[SYSTEM]

It is indeed possible with a batch file, provided that each program closes when it's done.

Something like:

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C:\path\to\program.exe /AUTO
E:\path\to\another\program.exe

REM this shuts down the computer
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0

[bzl333]

Search for Shutdown.

thanks, it takes a while to wade thru them. always get sidetracked on this site.

It is indeed possible with a batch file, provided that each program closes when it's done.

Something like:

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C:\path\to\program.exe /AUTO
E:\path\to\another\program.exe

REM this shuts down the computer
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0

oki, i had this:

ECHO OFF

CALL BleachBit_console.bat
CALL ccleaner.bat

and it would pause after the first one for some reason. i don't know any of this
stuff, just tried to pick up a few clues from that stackoverflow site i think it was but
they didn't address this specifically, where one program starts and finishes and then the next one starts and finishes.

i'll try your code there next

[SYSTEM]

oki, i had this:

ECHO OFF

CALL BleachBit_console.bat
CALL ccleaner.bat

and it would pause after the first one for some reason. i don't know any of this
stuff, just tried to pick up a few clues from that stackoverflow site i think it was but
they didn't address this specifically, where one program starts and finishes and then the next one starts and finishes.

i'll try your code there next

CALL is supposed to return control to the parent script when the child script has been run, so your example should have worked. Are you sure that BleachBit_console.bat doesn't have a "pause" command at the end?

[bzl333]

CALL is supposed to return control to the parent script when the child script has been run, so your example should have worked. Are you sure that BleachBit_console.bat doesn't have a "pause" command at the end?

wow, there was a pause command there
seems to work fine now.

thanks

[guinness]

I wonder when batch scripting will become obsolete?

[Midas]

I wonder when batch scripting will become obsolete?

When BASh gets a native port for Windows... ?

[SYSTEM]

I wonder when batch scripting will become obsolete?

Never?

Batch has the advantage that it works out of the box. You don't need to download a third-party interpreter in order to run batch files.

[guinness]

Just read the wiki page for batch, didn't know KiXtart was developed by a Microsoft employee.

[spchtr]

Like this?

http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/

I wonder when batch scripting will become obsolete?

When BASh gets a native port for Windows... ?