Just stumbled into a weird thing with %ERRORLEVEL%
and wanted to see if anyone knows why and if there's a way to fix it. Essentially, it seems as if commands executed inside if statements don't set the %ERRORLEVEL%
variable. The ERRORLEVEL
(as in IF ERRORLEVEL 1
, which is different from IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1
) check seems to still work fine though, so I can probably work around it, but it would still be nice to be able to print the error level. For debugging or whatever.
@echo off
Set TESTVAR=1
tasklist | find /I "IsntRunning.exe" > NUL
echo OUTSIDE_IF %ERRORLEVEL%
ThisWillSetErrorLevelTo9009ieNotRecognizedCommand
tasklist | find /I "IsntRunning.exe" > NUL
echo OUTSIDE_IF %ERRORLEVEL%
ThisWillSetErrorLevelTo9009ieNotRecognizedCommand
IF %TESTVAR% EQU 1 (
Set ERRORLEVEL=
tasklist | find /I "IsntRunning.exe" > NUL
echo INSIDE_IF ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL%
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
echo INSIDE_IF2 ERRORLEVEL GREQ 1 %ERRORLEVEL%
)
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 (
echo INSIDE_IF2 ERRORLEVEL GREQ 2 %ERRORLEVEL%
)
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 (
echo INSIDE_IF2 ERRORLEVEL GREQ 3 %ERRORLEVEL%
)
)
tasklist | find /I "IsntRunning.exe" > NUL
echo OUTSIDE_IF ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL%
@echo on
Putting that in a batch file and running it produces this output:
C:\Users\username\Documents\work>test.bat
OUTSIDE_IF 1
'ThisWillSetErrorLevelTo9009ieNotRecognizedCommand' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
OUTSIDE_IF 1
'ThisWillSetErrorLevelTo9009ieNotRecognizedCommand' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
INSIDE_IF ERRORLEVEL 9009
INSIDE_IF2 ERRORLEVEL GREQ 1 9009
OUTSIDE_IF ERRORLEVEL 1
Relevant articles:
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2008/09/26/8965755.aspx
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69576