Why does only the first line of this Windows batch file execute but all three lines execute in a command shell?
batch-file, cmd, windows, windows-7
Solution
Maven uses batch files to do its business. With any batch script, you must call another script using the `call` command so it knows to return back to your script after the called script completes. Try prepending `call` to all commands.
Another thing you could try is using the `start` command which should work similarly.
Problem
I have a batch file that executes three Maven commands, one after the other. Each command can be successfully executed in the script - by itself!. But when I add all three commands to the same file, only the first one executes before the script exits. Any idea why? ``` mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=base -Dversion=1.0 -Dfile=gdata-base-1.0.jar -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=blogger -Dversion=2.0 -Dfile=gdata-blogger-2.0.jar -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=gdata -DartifactId=blogger-meta -Dversion=2.0 -Dfile=gdata-blogger-meta-2.0.jar -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true ``` Also, if I copy all three commands and paste them into a command shell (cmd.exe), they execute one after the other with no problem. So this is apparently some issue with the dos batch file.