From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 20/11/2012 13:45, Graham Hobbs wrote:   
   > Uli, Jeremy,   
   > didn't work, am cross posting to alt.msdos.batch   
   >   
   > My ooRexx atest.rex calls Windows XP youtry.cmd. The cmd may fail and   
   > I need to return a 'code' to the rexx. Am not having success.   
   >   
   > This is my rexx that runs youtry4:   
   > /* rexx */   
   > 'youtry4'   
   > say 'rc='rc   
   > exit   
   >   
   > This is my youtry4.cmd:   
   > @echo off   
   > echo am in youtry4   
   > set  errorflag=0   
   > echo %errorflag%   
   > rem  do stuff maybe reset errorflag e.g:   
   > set  errorflag=4   
   > echo %errorflag%   
   > if   %errorflag% GTR 0 EXIT /B 7   
   > echo leaving youtry4   
   >   
   > .. when rexx was run results were:   
   > C:\Analysis>atest.rex   
   > am in youtry4   
   > 0   
   > 4   
   > rc=0   
   > C:\Analysis>   
   >   
   > .. suggesting that EXIT /B 7 forces the exit but doesn't return a 7 in   
   > rc   
   >   
   > Please, thanks   
   > Graham Hobbs   
   >   
      
   It would seem that rc isn't evaluating the errorlevel.   
      
   One way around this is to have the batch file echo the errorlevel to a text   
   file and have rexx read the   
   text file.   
      
      
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