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Geeky Scripting Shit

I am blogging this for my own good because I always fucking forget the difference between this shit and lost the link. It was explained super well on StackOverflow. Sorry if you don’t give a fuck about it or it’s not funny. Whatever dudes.

A windows batch file (called.batorcalled.cmd) can be called from another batch file (caller.batorcaller.cmd) or interactive cmd.exe prompt in several ways:

1. direct call:called.bat
2. using call command:call called.bat
3. using cmd command:cmd /c called.bat
4. using start command:start called.bat

Answers:

1. the batch file will be executed by the current cmd.exe instance (or a new cmd.exe instance if, for instance, double-clicked in Explorer).
2. same as #1, only has an effect when used inside a batch/cmd file. In a batch file, without ‘call’, the parent batch file ends and control passes to the called batch file; with ‘call’ runs the child batch file, and the parent batch file continues with statements following call.
3. runs the batch file in a new cmd.exe instance.
4. start will run the batch file in a new cmd.exe instance in a new window, and the caller will not wait for completion.

Source:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2607856/several-ways-to-call-a-windows-batch-file-from-another-one-or-from-prompt-which