How to prevent a bat file exiting early?

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I'm running a maven plugin (this is just a new process) as part of a bat file.The plugin command causes the bat file to exit so the subsequent commands do not run. Is there a command or some other way to prevent the bat file quitting too soon ?

Here is the bat file :

ECHO Updating Version
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.2

ECHO this echo does not occur

Perhaps I could use the 'call' command as referenced in How do you stop a Windows Batch file from exiting early? but I would like to run all of the code within one bat file.

If mvn is a batch file, then you need to precede it with a call, or else it will terminate on that line. — RonaldBarzell, Nov 28 '12 at 17:08
What's wrong with using `call`? I don't quite understand what you mean by `run all of the code within one bat file`. — Bali C, Nov 29 '12 at 12:13
@user1161318 if you put your answer into a comment I'll accept it, thanks — user701254, Dec 01 '12 at 22:42

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 13 '18 at 07:48

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If mvn is a batch file, then you need to precede it with a call, or else it will terminate on that line.

edited Sep 13 '18 at 07:48

Robin Dijkhof

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answered Dec 03 '12 at 13:27

RonaldBarzell

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exactly what I've needed. Thanks! – Yaba Feb 19 '13 at 15:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '12 at 17:10

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I would use:

set /p v=Press enter to exit

At the end of your program. This will wait for the user to interact before exiting.

answered Nov 28 '12 at 17:10

seesharper

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 28 '12 at 17:14

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Use the PAUSE command.

Pause /?

Example:

@Echo off
Echo hello world
Pause >NUL
exit

answered Nov 28 '12 at 17:14

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How to prevent a bat file exiting early?

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