this is a copy/paste from the windows help file:

when it says 'only if the command preceding the symbol is successfull' or
'only if the command preceding the symbol fails' what exactly constitutes
'successfull'? Is it the same thing as errorlevel? any error level other
that 0 is failed? or would for example a copy command completing with an
error level still be considered successfull completion of the command?

could I use something like this:

xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
IF %MyVar%==Success (
ECHO success >> c:\log.txt
) ELSE (
ECHO failed >> c:\og.txt
)

any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

"djc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
> IF %MyVar%==Success (

If the xcopy command failed then %MyVar% would not be defined and you'd get
a syntax error. So, this would work:
setlocal
xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
IF "%MyVar%"=="Success" (
ECHO success>> c:\log.txt
) ELSE (
ECHO failed>> c:\log.txt
)

Alternately:
setlocal
set MyVar=nothing
xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
IF %MyVar%==Success (
ECHO success
) ELSE (
ECHO failed
)

But more easily:
xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
echo failed>> c:\log.txt
) else (
echo success>> c:\log.txt
)
No need to set any variables.

Thanks.

"Paul R. Sadowski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "djc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
> > IF %MyVar%==Success (
>
> If the xcopy command failed then %MyVar% would not be defined and you'd
get
> a syntax error. So, this would work:
> setlocal
> xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
> IF "%MyVar%"=="Success" (
> ECHO success>> c:\log.txt
> ) ELSE (
> ECHO failed>> c:\log.txt
> )
>
> Alternately:
> setlocal
> set MyVar=nothing
> xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
> IF %MyVar%==Success (
> ECHO success
> ) ELSE (
> ECHO failed
> )
>
> But more easily:
> xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2
> if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
> echo failed>> c:\log.txt
> ) else (
> echo success>> c:\log.txt
> )
> No need to set any variables.
>
>

thank you.

"Tom Lavedas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EF8B0152-90F2-4B5F-AA27-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ERRORLEVEL > 0 is ALWAYS a failure in regard to &&. The idea is just to
allow for shorthand error branching/processing.
>
> Tom Lavedas
> ===========
>
>
> "djc" wrote:
>
> > this is a copy/paste from the windows help file:
> >
> > when it says 'only if the command preceding the symbol is successfull'
or
> > 'only if the command preceding the symbol fails' what exactly
constitutes
> > 'successfull'? Is it the same thing as errorlevel? any error level other
> > that 0 is failed? or would for example a copy command completing with an
> > error level still be considered successfull completion of the command?
> >
> > could I use something like this:
> >
> > xcopy c:\file1 d:\file2 && SET MyVar=Success
> > IF %MyVar%==Success (
> > ECHO success >> c:\log.txt
> > ) ELSE (
> > ECHO failed >> c:\og.txt
> > )
> >
> > any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >