Windows batch file exit code

Active 4 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 11k times. The actual call is: cmd. Improve this question. Mofi Tim Bassett Tim Bassett 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Because the cmd is actually being executed from cfn-init in AWS CloudFormation, the 2nd proposed solution worked great. Thanks, I would have never figured that out! Be aware, errorlevel is not an environment variable.

Here's a good summary of the pitfalls and subtleties. I disagree, it's the perfect place. The question is how to check the exit code of the last command. Regardless of whether that is an application error code or a system error code, it's still an error code and it should be trapped and handled. Show 4 more comments. This really works when you have: App1. Method: In. Jonesome Reinstate Monica Jonesome Reinstate Monica 2, 5 5 gold badges 28 28 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges.

I have a program that returns -1 on errors. But you really need to know what the program returns on errors. Some programs return certain non-zero codes for special types of success.

If app2 is the last thing you run in the bat file, the error code will propagate. Michael Klishevich Michael Klishevich 4 4 bronze badges. Try this: cd. Home » Features » How to return exit codes on batch files. Endpoint Security Server Management Awards. What are Batch file exit codes or errorlevels? Incorrect function. Indicates that Action has attempted to execute non-recognized command in Windows command prompt cmd.

The system cannot find the file specified. Indicates that the file cannot be found in specified location. Program 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. Not enough virtual memory is available. It indicates that Windows has run out of memory.