title: How to wait in a batch script?
body: <p>I am trying to write a batch script and trying to wait 10 seconds between 2 function calls. The command: </p>
  
  <pre><code>sleep 10
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does not make the batch file wait for 10 seconds.</p>
  
  <p>I am running Windows XP.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> This is not a complete duplicate of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/166044">Sleeping in a batch file</a> as the other question is about also about python, while this is about windows batch files.</p>