DOCUMENT:Q106203  09-NOV-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :FIND.EXE Does Not Return the Proper Errorlevel in Windows NT
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:BUGLIST3.10

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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The Find command (FIND.EXE) in Windows does not return the proper
errorlevel. Under MS-DOS, FIND.EXE returns a zero (0) or one (1),
based on whether a string is found in a file. It only returns a zero
under Windows NT.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Create the following batch file called FINDIT.BAT in the root
   directory of drive C.
 
      @echo off
      find %1 c:\findit.bat
      if errorlevel 1 goto ONE
      if errorlevel 0 goto ZERO
      goto END
      :ONE
      echo Errorlevel is 1, %1 not found
      goto END
      :ZERO
      echo Errorlevel is 0, %1 found
      goto END
      :END
 
2. Boot to MS-DOS and type the command line FINDIT ONE, FINDIT ZERO,
   FINDIT TWO. 

   For the first two commands, it will return errorlevel 0, for the 
   third, it will return 1.
 
3. Boot to Windows NT and type the same commands. 

   All commands will return errorlevel 0.
 
Additional reference words: 3.10 error level
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: ntap

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