Exiting batch with `EXIT /B X` where X>=1 acts as if command completed successfully when using && or || operators between batch calls

Question

I\'m trying to chain a series of .bat files using the EXIT /B X command to return success or failure and && and || for conditi

Answer 1

If you use start /wait you can also use this in a very simple Windows application (written in C#) called by DOS batch files like so:

static class Program
{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Environment.ExitCode = Convert.ToInt32(args[0]);
    }
}

Then the application can be called by your DOS batch file and evaluate the result. i.e.

c:> start /wait SetRC 1
c:> if "%errorlevel%"=="1" goto abort

NOTE: the /wait is not necessary in a batch file.

You could pass in the return code you want as an argument to your program.cs and get it out this way guaranteed.