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From: "Nellis, Kenneth" <Kenneth DOT Nellis AT xerox DOT com>
To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: ERRORLEVEL not returning to Cygwin shell
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:35:33 +0000
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> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) 
> 
> On 10/11/2013 8:27 AM, paul hermeneutic wrote:
> > I am using CYGWIN_NT-5.1 PAC047922 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39
> > i686 Cygwin
> >
> > An exit code returned by a DOS batch file does not seem to be coming
> > back to the Cygwin shell. I am using bash.
> >
> > $ cat myexit.bat
> > @echo off
> > set EXITCODE=%1
> > echo got here with %1
> > exit /b %EXITCODE%
> >
> > $ cmd /c c:/DOCUME~1/pwatson/bin/myexit.bat 8
> > got here with 8
> >
> > $ echo $?
> > 0
> 
> WJFFM.  Same version, same arch.  Guess you need to do some more digging.

FWIW, I get the same results as the OP:

$ cat myexit.bat
@echo off
set EXITCODE=%1
echo got here with %1
exit /b %EXITCODE%
$ cmd /c myexit.bat 8
got here with 8
$ echo $?
0
$ uname -r
1.7.25(0.270/5/3)
$

For grins, I tried with both Unix and DOS line endings. Made no difference.

--Ken Nellis

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