19Dec/080
Use the CALL command when nesting batch files
When nesting batch files, you must use the CALL command
first.bat
echo Begin first.bat CALL second.bat echo End first.bat
If the "CALL" command is not used, "echo End first.bat" will never be executed.
19Dec/081
Daily or Hourly MySQL database backups on the command line in Windows
for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 delims=/: " %%a in ("%date% %time%") do set timestamp=%%c-%%b-%%a-%%d-%%e
mysqldump -u DatabaseUsername -pPassword TheDatabaseName > C:\Archive\TheDatabaseName-%timestamp%.sql
References: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/bb490909.aspx
This currently points to the "for" article under Command Line reference A-Z under Windows XP in technet. Of course, by the time you click on the link, the article will have moved to a different URL.