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| Make a batch file snooze with Sleep.exe |
| Sometimes it's necessary to make a batch file pause to wait for user input, display information to |
| the user, or for some other reason. The PAUSE command works fine when you want to simply |
| pause execution of the batch file. It displays the message "Press any key to continue." When the |
| user presses a key, execution resumes. |
| In some cases, you'll probably want the batch file to pause for a specified period of time and then |
| continue on its own. For example, maybe you want to display a message to users for a brief period |
| during logon and then have the batch file continue automatically. You can do this by using the |
| Sleep.exe tool included with the Windows 2000 Resource Kit. |
| Sleep.exe takes only one parameter--the number of seconds to pause before continuing. The |
| following example would pause execution for 30 seconds: |
| Sleep is just half of the solution if you want to display a message. You also need to use ECHO to |
| display the message. So, issue as many ECHO commands as you need to display the message, then |
| follow those commands with a SLEEP command. |
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