batch.php

<?php
// Example of programmatically executing a patch process.
// @see https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!form.inc/function/batch_process/7
// @see https://www.drupal.org/node/873132
// @see pathauto_bulk_update_form_submit()
$callback = 'user_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process';
$batch = array(
  'title' => t('Bulk updating URL aliases'),
  'operations' => array(
    array('pathauto_bulk_update_batch_start', array()),
  ),
  'finished' => 'pathauto_bulk_update_batch_finished',
  'file' => drupal_get_path('module', 'pathauto') . '/pathauto.admin.inc',
);
$settings = (object) array(
  'module' => 'node',
  'token_type' => 'node',
  'groupheader' => 'Content paths',
  'patterndescr' => 'Pattern for content page paths',
  'patterndefault' => 'content/[node:title]',
  'batch_update_callback' => 'node_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process',
  'batch_file' => 'profiles/asi/modules/contrib/pathauto/pathauto.pathauto.inc',
  'patternitems' => array(
    'initiative' => 'Pattern for all Initiative Paths',
    'news' => 'Pattern for all News Paths',
    'page' => 'Pattern for all Page Paths',
    'post' => 'Pattern for all Post Paths',
    'shared_story' => 'Pattern for all Shared Story Paths',
  ),
);
$batch['operations'][] = array(
  'pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process',
  array($callback, $settings),
);
batch_set($batch);
$batch =& batch_get();
$batch['progressive'] = FALSE;
batch_process();