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- 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
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- 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
- ======
-
- 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
- ================
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 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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