How to create a Wait statement in batch files
1 September 2007To make a batch file wait for a number of seconds, do this:For any MS-DOS or Windows version with a TCP/IP client, PING can be used to delay execution for a number of seconds.
If specified with a -w switch, PING will wait for a number of milliseconds before timing out. The -n switch causes ping to execute once instead of the default four tries.
The IP address 1.1.1.1 must be an invalid address for this to work.
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 60000 >NUL
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