Windows 10: Batch File Command???

I want to run a batch file that starts a backup program, but does not execute the next command until that program completes? How do I do this?

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Batch file

thank you for your reply. how to merge the codes so that the batch file does this

the batch file displays the options below

1. open the *.spl file in notepad
2. delete the *.shd and *.spl files
3.exit

commands execute as options are selected

 

DOS Command issued from Batch file

I have been running a batch file to list my personal file, and output the listing to a text file in a folder (dv7).

Folder is on same level as Bat file.

I then use the text file to compare to files on another computer or external drive, as backup.

For some reason it no longer works.

The command in the BAT file is:

@dir "C:\Users\Sales\Zonal\" /o:gn /s /t:w> "C:\Users\Sales\Desktop\For BATCH\dv7\"

To demo the problem, I included two additional commands - results is in screen capture.

@dir "C:\Users\Sales\Zonal\"

@dir "C:\Users\Sales\Desktop\For BATCH\dv7\"

@dir "C:\Users\Sales\Zonal\" /o:gn /s /t:w> "C:\Users\Sales\Desktop\For BATCH\dv7\"

Pause Check for errors

Pic = note the directories are found. and then not found. Why?

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.