On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Errr.... been a while since I messed with Windows.... from memory, I >> think you can "start /wait programname" to make it wait?? Worth a try, >> at least. > > start /wait is for batch scripts, specifically because by default > start doesn't wait on GUI programs. I'm pretty sure that
In interactive mode, cmd waits on console programs but not GUI programs. In a batch script or /c or /k command it always waits, in which case `start` is required to run without waiting. The /w[ait] option may be needed if you're using `start` for some other feature, such as creating a new console or setting the CPU affinity. Otherwise if you just need to wait in a batch script, then you probably don't need `start /w`. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
