I want to build a simple .bat file that after a predetermined set of time (like an hour or so) it will kill a program once's it's started. So say I run the batch file and after 1 hour or so it will kill another program (say firefox)
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Do you mean that the other program will be killed, or that the batch program will be killed? – The name's Bob. MS Bob. Feb 06 '15 at 00:58
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Which operating system (Windows is implied by the '.bat' extension, but not explicit). Can you tell us (or, better yet, show us) what you've tried already? – kdopen Feb 06 '15 at 01:00
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@kdopen I wasn't sure, so I posted an answer that should work on either DOS or Windows. :b – The name's Bob. MS Bob. Feb 06 '15 at 01:04
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To make the batch execution pause, you can use a kludge as described in this answer. The 3600 corresponds to 3600 seconds, or one hour.
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 3600 > nul
To kill firefox, you can add a command such as
taskkill /im firefox.exe
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dr_andonuts has a standard way or practice I observe many do
An alternative is
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timeout 3600
taskkill /f /im firefox.exe
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