Stop a batch file using another batch file?
Solution 1
test.bat
@echo off
title mybatchfile
echo ...do something
testkill.bat
Taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq mybatchfile"
testkill.bat will kill the test.bat
But you have tried it already.
UPDATED
It cannot done to stop batch from another batch. But you can run a batch as service to set a process name then you can define what should do on start and stop. This service can kill from batch file.
see my answer here
Solution 2
There is no thing like a "please do something"-message to an batchfile. You will have to emulate it, for example like this:
REM mybatch.bat
:loop
REM do useful things
if not exist "c:\triggerfile.tmp" goto :loop
del "c:\triggerfile.tmp"
REM do "postprocessing"
exit
In your main bat file instead of taskkill
just echo x>"c:\triggerfile.tmp"
user145078
Updated on June 28, 2022Comments
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user145078 almost 2 years
I have a batch file which starts a new batch file on a new cmd prompt using the following command:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "start mybatch.bat"
The
mybatch.bat
process keeps on running until someone stops it. When we close this batch file using the Ctrl+C signal, it does the operation of collecting the coverage data and then comes out. After initiating themybatch
file I am doing some other process on the parent batch file and then I want to stop themybatch
file.I tried using
taskkill
for closing the process using the command in the parent batch file:taskkill /fi "windowtitle eq c:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe - mybatch.bat"
The problem here is that it stops the batch file forcefully not allowing it to run the coverage process which would have happened if I had used Ctrl+C manually. Any thoughts on how I could achieve stopping the mybatch file using the parent batch file?
Everything is done using a batch file. Any help is highly appreciated.
My main batch file looks something like:
start mybatch.bat REM do something like copying files, running tests, etc taskkill /fi "windowtitle eq c:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe - mybatch.bat"
In the above code instead of doing
taskkill
what if I want to do Ctrl+C on the command prompt with windowtitle "c:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe - mybatch.bat" using the main batch file. Is it possible?