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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:42:47 -0400
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Subject: Re: ERRORLEVEL not returning to Cygwin shell
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>> 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.

Cygwin has no control and loses all communication with the cmd.exe
child process.  How is it supposed to return anything other than an
exit code of 0 because cmd.exe exited normally.  You simply cannot mix
Windows and Cygwin like this.

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