BCP newbie question

I am trying to run the bcp utility. When I run it from the command prompt it
works. When I try it from a bat it goes into this crazy endless loop
repeating the command again and again. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Regards, Chris.
bcp pubs..publishers out C:\test.txt -c -U****** -P***** -S******
pauseIs your command file by chance named BCP.BAT or BCP.CMD? In that case, it's
calling itself rather than BCP.EXE. You can remedy the problem by
specifying BCP.EXE and/or using a different name for you command file. It's
a good practice to avoid naming command files the same as EXE or command
names.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"Chris" <123@.123.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to run the bcp utility. When I run it from the command prompt
>it
> works. When I try it from a bat it goes into this crazy endless loop
> repeating the command again and again. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> Regards, Chris.
> bcp pubs..publishers out C:\test.txt -c -U****** -P***** -S******
> pause
>