timeout and sleep command in XP

Dragan

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Jul 20, 2009, 9:07:02 AM7/20/09

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I need timeout or sleep command, but now I see that they're not listed
in command-line reference for Windows XP.
Is there any extension out there that can upgrade list of available
commands?

cheers,

Dragan

01MDM

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Jul 20, 2009, 9:13:22 AM7/20/09

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`ping -n 61 localhost 1>nul` set a minute timeout

In addition, there are many utilities for a pause in a command file.
Such as sleep.exe, nircmd(c).exe and etc.

sw0rdfish

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Jul 20, 2009, 9:19:31 AM7/20/09

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you can implement your own sleep using vbscript

WScript.Sleep WScript.Arguments.Item(0) 'in milliseconds.

save as sleep.vbs and use it in your batch as

@echo off
rem main.....
rem sleep for 10 milliseconds
cscript /nologo sleep.vbs 10
rem do stuff

OR you could download sleep.exe from the internet. search for it using
google.

Ted Davis

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Jul 20, 2009, 3:57:09 PM7/20/09

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You can add many of the standard *ix utilities - free and open source Gnu
ports to Win32: <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html>.

sleep is in the CoreUtils package:
<http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm>.

--
T.E.D. (tda...@mst.edu)

george_...@hotmail.com

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Dec 28, 2017, 5:10:32 PM12/28/17

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timeout for Windows XP "batch file" or "Windows Command Script"!!! :)
LOL ;) no ping!!!

@echo off
title XP-timeout-v4

ver | find "XP" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 timeout /t 03 && echo . Vista - 10 && goto NEXT

set XP-timeout=3000
echo . XP, 1000 = 1 sec, approximately
set /a timeout=1
:timer
echo timeout timer number %timeout%
if %timeout% == %XP-timeout% goto NEXT
echo . XP, 1000 = 1 sec.
set /a timeout=timeout+1
goto timer
:NEXT
echo XP - 10, 3 sec
pause
EXIT

Sponge Belly

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Dec 30, 2017, 11:35:09 AM12/30/17

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Read this SO answer by npocmaka:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/33286113/6816892

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George H. Compton IV

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Dec 30, 2017, 6:02:16 PM12/30/17

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multiple timeouts, (set timer#=copy "XP-timeout.cmd") to the name of your CMD or bat file!!

@echo off
title=XP-timeout-v4.1+

set timer#=copy "XP-timeout.cmd"

ver | find "XP" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 timeout /t 05 && goto next1
%timer#% "1"
set XP-timeout=5000
goto pretimer
:next1

ver | find "XP" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 timeout /t 02 && goto next2
%timer#% "2"
set XP-timeout=2000
goto pretimer
:next2

ver | find "XP" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 timeout /t 03 && goto next3
%timer#% "3"
set XP-timeout=3000
goto pretimer
:next3

echo WIN XP - 10, timeout
pause
exit

:pretimer

set /a timeout=1
:timer
echo timeout timer number %timeout%

if %timeout% == %XP-timeout% goto next

echo . XP, 1000 = 1 sec.
set /a timeout=timeout+1
goto timer

:next
if exist "1" del 1 && goto next1
if exist "2" del 2 && goto next2
if exist "3" del 3 && goto next3