BATCH Windows: 30 minutes

Question

I want to do something:

i have a LARGE batch file, but this is what i want to apply to HOLE the batch:

After 30 Minutes, it should display a message.

How is this possible, and can i set this to the hole batch. I kinda have a lot of stuff in it.

Answer 1

you can download sleep.exe from the windows resource kit. OR you can use ping. Otherwise, here's an implementation with vbscript

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

save as sleep.vbs and use it in your batch

cscript /nologo sleep.vbs 3000