It is important for my build to open this exe, without it the build process 
will fail, so the issue is not continuing the process.
I want jenkins to be able to open an external exe to use it in the build 
process

On Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 4:01:27 PM UTC+2 [email protected] 
wrote:

> [email protected] schrieb am Mittwoch, 18. August 2021 um 15:14:13 
> UTC+2:
>
>> I have the same issue here.
>> I have a .bat file named bat *RunUSBRedirector.bat* that only has one 
>> line
>>
>> *call "C:\Program Files\USB Redirector Client\usbredirectorlt.exe"*
>> this line should start the application USB Redirector Client
>> when I invoke this .bat file in the cmd it behaves as expected, but when 
>> I try to run it in jenkins [bat """RunUSBRedirector.bat"""]  it gets stuck.
>> I tried the mentioned points:
>> -Run another exe (calc.exe for example) it worked, but when I tried 
>> another exe that I installed a few months ago it did not work
>> -using cmd /c does not change anything
>> -I get an error when I add a typo to the name of the exe
>> -I don't think the program waits for stdin, and I don't know how to close 
>> it (NOTE: cmd window does not show)
>>
>
> Yes,  that is expected. You can only usefully commands that finish at some 
> point in time and only then the next command will be executed. 
> If the program runs forever then it looks like it is stuck (but it is 
> just  waiting for the program to finish).  
> See https://superuser.com/a/341603 for how send a program into background 
> on windows.  
> You should also have some way to stop the program again before your  
> jenkins job exits....
>  
>
>> -the web interface does not get stuck
>>
>

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