Mail Archives: opendos/2001/08/09/05:58:35
Have you run "chkdsk" or "scandisk" lately?
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DONALD PEDDER [SMTP:jims_son AT jedi DOT apana DOT org DOT au]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:34 PM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: batch file problems
>
> I have a batch file with a copy in it, followed by the line...
>
> if errorlevel 1 goto nofile
>
> The "nofile" part of the script just writes a message to the screen to
> say the file doesn't exist and exits. Here is the problem...
>
> I tried the command, and was told the file didn't exist - I knew it
> did. Doing the command manually works. I've already found before there
> are (annoying) differences between DR-DOS and MS-DOS, so I re-booted into
> Windows. The batch file worked okay, so I re-booted to DR-DOS again.
> After this re-boot, it worked. "just a glitch" I thought. I then found
> however that even putting a file that DOESN'T exist allowed the batch file
> to still continue as though it did.
>
> So, in my first session I was told files didn't exist, whether they did
> or not, and after the re-boot I was told they DID exist, whether they did
> or not. Anyone know what is going on here? I don;t know if the copy
> actually ran the first time (but I think it did), as I wasn't paying that
> much attention. Now I can't re-create it as I now have the OPPOSITE
> problem.
>
>
> regards,
> DONALD - Left-Brain Extraordinaire,Right-Brain in Rehab.
>
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