Error Levels In Dos
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Dos Errorlevel 9009
codes as the right way to communicate the outcome of your script’s execution to the if errorlevel dos world. Sadly, even skilled Windows programmers overlook the importance of return codes. Return Code Conventions By convention, command line execution should return dos beep codes zero when execution succeeds and non-zero when execution fails. Warning messages typically don’t effect the return code. What matters is did the script work or not? Checking Return Codes In Your Script Commands The environmental variable %ERRORLEVEL% http://www.robvanderwoude.com/errorlevel.php contains the return code of the last executed program or script. A very helpful feature is the built-in DOS commands like ECHO, IF, and SET will preserve the existing value of %ERRORLEVEL%. The conventional technique to check for a non-zero return code using the NEQ (Not-Equal-To) operator of the IF command: IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ( REM do something here to address the error ) Another common technique is: IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ( REM http://steve-jansen.github.io/guides/windows-batch-scripting/part-3-return-codes.html do something here to address the error ) The ERRORLEVEL 1 statement is true when the return code is any number equal to or greater than 1. However, I don’t use this technique because programs can return negative numbers as well as positive numbers. Most programs rarely document every possible return code, so I’d rather explicity check for non-zero with the NEQ 0 style than assuming return codes will be 1 or greater on error. You may also want to check for specific error codes. For example, you can test that an executable program or script is in your PATH by simply calling the program and checking for return code 9009. SomeFile.exe IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 9009 ( ECHO error - SomeFile.exe not found in your PATH ) It’s hard to know this stuff upfront – I generally just use trial and error to figure out the best way to check the return code of the program or script I’m calling. Remember, this is duct tape programming. It isn’t always pretty, but, it gets the job done. Conditional Execution Using the Return Code There’s a super cool shorthand you can use to execute a second command based on the success or failure of a command. The first program/script must conform to the convention of returning 0 on success and non-0 on fai
and Start program / application Action events (67000, 67002, 67202, 67402) may end with errorlevels or exit http://www.febooti.com/products/automation-workshop/online-help/events/run-dos-cmd-command/exit-codes/ codes, that indicate the termination status of executed Command or Application. They can help in finding the particular reason of command's or application's termination. Although Automation Workshop shows codes in decimal format, they are also referred as hexadecimal or negative decimal values.Exit codeDetails0Program suseccfully completed.1Incorrect function. Indicates that dos error Action has attempted to execute non-recognized command in Windows command prompt cmd.exe.2The system cannot find the file specified. Indicates that the file can not be found in specified location.3The system cannot find the path specified. Indicates that the specified path can not be found.5Access is denied. Indicates that user dos error codes has no access right to specified resource.9009
0x2331Program is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Indicates that command, application name or path has been misspelled when configuring the Action.3221225477
0xC0000005
-1073741819Access violation.Indicates that the executed program has terminated abnormally or crashed.3221225495
0xC0000017
-1073741801Not enough virtual memory is available.Indicates that Windows has run out of memory.3221225786
0xC000013A
-1073741510The application terminated as a result of a CTRL+C. Indicates that the application has been terminated either by user's keyboard input CTRL+C or CTRL+Break or closing command prompt window.3221225794
0xC0000142
-1073741502The application failed to initialize properly. Indicates that the application has been launched on a Desktop to which current user has no access rights. Another possible cause is that either gdi32.dll or user32.dll has failed to initialize.3221226505
0xC0000409
-1073740791Stack buffer overflow / overrun. Error can indicate a bug in the executed software that causes stack ov