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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:33:39 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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Greetings, Gluszczak, Glenn!

> Sorry it's a Windows defect.  Builtin CMD echo does not set an errorlevel.

Since it is a documented effect, it's a feature.
Internal commands do not set %ERRORLEVEL%.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gluszczak, Glenn 
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:48 PM
> To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> Subject: Errorlevel

> Is this a known defect?  The errorlevel of the ls command is passed to the echo.

> $ cmd
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
> (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>del c:\tmp\hello del c:\tmp\hello Could Not Find c:\tmp\hello

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>ls foo
> ls foo
> ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo hello > c:\tmp\hello echo hello > c:\tmp\hello

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo %errorlevel% echo %errorlevel%
> 2

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>del c:\tmp\hello del c:\tmp\hello

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo hello > c:\tmp\hello echo hello > c:\tmp\hello

> C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo %errorlevel% echo %errorlevel%
> 0


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, September 23, 2016 11:32:44

Sorry for my terrible english...


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