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Solve : Why Wont This Work??

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[highlight]@echo off
echo %time%
pause
set /p tim=what time do you want to wake? :

:W
cls
echo %time%
echo %tim%:??,??
if "%time%"=="%tim%:??,??" goto x
goto W

:X
msg * times up!
pause
exit[/highlight]

i dont know what im done wrong? :S please help me :-/ :-/ :-/
im running on a windows xp professional not Ms Dos
but it shuld be 4:

/meNot sure what AM/PM has to do with this. The only way out of the :W loop is if the date (%date%) is equal to some random time entered by the user (%tim%). The hardcoded 4 (echo 4:%tim%:??,??) doesn't help matters.

With Windows XP you have MANY tools available to build an alarm CLOCK. Batch code is not the best tool for this. 8-):-/ so do you say it is 100% impossible to build an alarm clock in bat? please help Edit.Quote

arnt u missing the E im tim or is like that?

It is supposed to be like that as ogelami declared it "set /p tim=what time do you want to wake?:".Quote
so do you say it is 100% impossible to build an alarm clock in bat? please help

Not QUITE and probably EASIER than digging the Panama Canal with a spoon.

if "%time% GEQ %tim%:00:00.00 goto x

You will have to localize the time format for your area.

8-)


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