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The TIMEOUT command run from a batch job exits immediately and returns "ERROR: Input redirection is not supported, exiting the process immediately".

Troubleshooting


Problem

Windows has an equivalent to the Linux/Unix sleep command in the form of the TIMEOUT command.  However, when TIMEOUT is executed in background batch command (.cmd or .bat) files, the TIMEOUT command exits without the expected pause/sleep, and returns "ERROR: Input redirection is not supported, exiting the process immediately".

The same TIMEOUT command can be run successfully from a Command Prompt interactively.

Document Location

Worldwide


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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Workload Scheduler

Software version:
All Versions

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
870962

Modified date:
08 February 2019

UID

ibm10870962

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