sleep in dos

[sammy]

Can someone tell me whats the equivalent in dos for a sleep command in unix.

eg

sleep 10

Thanks in advance

Sammy

[Peter Schultze]

sammy wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me whats the equivalent in dos for a sleep command in unix.
>
> eg
>
> sleep 10

you can use CHOICE with the Timeout-Switch

CHOICE /T:Y,10

Peter

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[Timo Salmi]

In article <Qh5w4.3275$vW....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,

sammy <sama...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
:Can someone tell me whats the equivalent in dos for a sleep command in unix.

FAQ:

44) How to pause in a batch for a preset number of seconds?
64) How can I write a "SLEEP" command to pause for a certain time?

166192 Feb 11 2000 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsbat60.zip
tsbat60.zip A collection of useful batch files and tricks, T.Salmi

All the best, Timo

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[Outsider]

sammy wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me whats the equivalent in dos for a sleep command in unix.
>

> eg
>
> sleep 10
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Sammy

A timed delay which can not be interfered with from the keyboard.
Substitute 5 with the desired number of seconds, up to 99.

TYPE nul |CHOICE.COM /N /CY /TY,5 >nul

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