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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:24:29 +0100
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To: Jon Belinfante <Jon_Belinfante AT cwb DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How can I get Cygwin to see the NT ERRORLEVEL Environment Variable
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Jon Belinfante wrote:
> 
> Doing echo $ERRORLEVEL on cygwin returns a blank

I suppose you mean in a bash shell. 

> where doing echo %ERRORLEVEL% at a DOS prompt returns 0.
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas
> 
Yes, where did you get the idea that $ERRORLEVEL should have any special
meaning outside command.com/cmd.exe ?

Teaching you the unix-way is not the purpose of this list
(http://cygwin.com/lists.html), but you could start with `man bash` to
learn about bash. Look for `?' under Special Parameters.

-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Hack Kampbjørn

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