BAT file: Open new cmd window and execute a command in there

Question

I\'m trying to open a new command window in a BAT file:

start %windir%\\system32\\cmd.exe

After it opens, I\'d like to execute a BAT comman

Answer 1

Thanks to all here in Stack Overflow; this solution solves the above question but is extended to automatically run these tasks:

1. I want to run my rails server
2. Run a rake jobs:worker for my delayed_job gem too
3. and Open default internet browser to show my page
4. finally, to leave a cmd window open for any extra commands during my session.

I guess my project is called "antiquorum."

Create an "init.bat" file in your %USERPROFILE% directory (open a cmd window and take a look at the path to the left of the cursor to know what %USERPROFILE% is)

@echo off
cd C:/projects/rails3/antiquorum
if "%1" == "antiquorum" GOTO start
if "%1" == "worker" GOTO worker
if "%1" == "server" GOTO server
if "%1" == "" GOTO end
:start
    start cmd /k %USERPROFILE%\init.bat worker
    start cmd /k %USERPROFILE%\init.bat server
    TIMEOUT 30
    start "" "http://localhost:3000/"
    GOTO end
:server
    rails s
    GOTO end
:worker
    rake jobs:work
:end

In a new command line window type: C:> init antiquorum

The code opens two more cmd windows and a browser. TIMEOUT avoids errors in the browser.

The :start section does the work. You can run tasks 1,2 or 4 separately by typing params as: server, worker, or none to leave a cmd opened in root of "antiquorum" project.

Enjoy.