After shell, how to close xcopy instance?

[sandal]

If I run xcopy via shell, with the hidden option, I can't find a way to
close the instance of xcopy. Typical efforts like
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0025.htm don't work, because the class
name is not visible. I have a task id from shell, but I'm not sure how
to close an application using the task id.

 

[Roger Carlson]

Not sure it will help, but take a look at this code:
http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/wait.aspx


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[sandal]

Hi Roger

That is interesting but not sure it'd help. That code detects when a
process ends; I want to end a process. xcopy.exe just hangs around after
it's processed the command I sent it. I am able to 'know' when xcopy is
done, via testing for the expected result, but am not sure how to bump
off the still running copy of xcopy.exe.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Can you put the call to xcopy in a batch file?