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Return error code from a fail/successful batch file

I've got a batch file that I'm running under SCCM 2007 that installs the Cisco VPN Client and determines whether or not it's 32 bit or 64 bit. That part works fine.

However, I'd like it to return a 0 error code for success or error code 1 >= if it fails at any stage. At the moment it just returns an error code of 0 so it's telling me it's always successful in SCCM.

Below is the batch file script :

Set RegQry=HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > checkOS.txt
Find /i "x86" < CheckOS.txt > StringCheck.txt
If %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
msiexec /i 32bit\vpnclient_setup.msi LAUNCHSETMTU=0 /norestart /qn
) ELSE (
msiexec /i 64bit\vpnclient_setup.msi LAUNCHSETMTU=0 /norestart /qn
)
del checkos.txt /q
del stringcheck.txt /q

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Qlemo

You can force an errorlevel by using exit. That is, if msiexec returns an error status at all. Else you would need some checking code, e.g. whether one of the required files or reg keys exist after installation.

Set RegQry=HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0
REG.exe Query %RegQry% | Find /i "x86" && (
msiexec /i 32bit\vpnclient_setup.msi LAUNCHSETMTU=0 /norestart /qn
) ELSE (
msiexec /i 64bit\vpnclient_setup.msi LAUNCHSETMTU=0 /norestart /qn
)
exit /b %errorlevel%

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TimAllan

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Thanks guys, I used a bit from each of your responses for my solution. great work.

Qlemo

And what about my solution? Ok, I forgot to replace ELSE by ||, but besides that, I cannot see any disadvantages in your case. BTW, it could be optimized more, by only setting the base bath to 32bit or 64bit, and use that in a single command after, which makes it really neat, and doesn't need an exit. The same can be done by checking %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%, as shown in the first comment.

Set RegQry=HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0
REG.exe Query %RegQry% | Find /i "x86" >nul && (
  set base=32bit
) || (
  set base=64bit
)
msiexec /i %base%\vpnclient_setup.msi LAUNCHSETMTU=0 /norestart /qn

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