title: Is there a timeout for a batch file?
body: <p>I am using a bat file on a Windows 2000 SP4 server to copy database files while the database is shut down.  Once the bat file hits the xcopy command, it does the copy, but never returns to the bat file to continue with the other commands (start up the database, etc).  I should mention that the xcopy takes several hours.  Is there some sort of time out or time max with bat files?  Is this normal?  If so, is there any way around this?</p>