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How to run a command from a batch file and immediately return? - Sirrylanjfnzfw - 07-23-2023
When I am on the command line and do this:
"C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitProc.exe" /command:log
a GUI dialog of [TortoiseGit][1] is opened and cmd.exe immediately returns, meaning that I can immediately run other commands like `dir` etc.
Because the aforementioned command is quite long, I created a helper batch file, tgit.cmd, that contains just this:
@echo off
"C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitProc.exe" /command:%1 %*
I can now call just **tgit log** which is great, however, there is one difference: the command-line is blocked until I close the TortoiseGit dialog.
I have also tried
cmd /C "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitProc.exe" /command:%1 %*
but that doesn't make any difference. How to immediately return from the batch file?
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RE: How to run a command from a batch file and immediately return? - sydneyite56337 - 07-23-2023
Use START to run the command.
start "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitProc.exe" "/command:log"
RE: How to run a command from a batch file and immediately return? - horrocks429 - 07-23-2023
The answer from Oscar is almost correct, but needs a correction
start "" "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitProc.exe" /command:%1 %*
Why?
`start` command has a curious behaviour: the first quoted argument is used to determine the title of a new `cmd` window, and no, it doesn't matter that no `cmd` window will be started. First quoted argument is the title.
That is the reason for the empty double quotes in the previous code. Without it, what the `start` command sees is
start "title=c:\Progra..." /command:....
and as the `start` command does not include a `/command` switch, it fails.