catching error levels for the mkdir command

[jaideep]

my batch files is some thing like this

mkdir %input%
.............
....................
......................

following are the lines which use the input lines is there a way that i
can catch the mkdir errorcodes and then exit appropriately

for example

mkdir %input%
if not ERROLEVEL 0 then GOTO ERRORX

something like that ... how to get the error code that the mkdir
returns

any explanations

[foxidrive]

What error do you want to catch? A pre-existing folder?

if exist "%input%\" echo folder exists

[foxidrive]

that's for NTish windows, BTW.

For Win9x/ME, and not a network drive, use this instead

if exist "%input%\nul" echo folder exists

[jaideep]

i want to catch other errors for mkdir like invalid folder name and
other things what are the error codes the command returns....

[foxidrive]

On 14 Apr 2006 04:15:10 -0700, jaideep wrote:

> i want to catch other errors for mkdir like invalid folder name and
> other things what are the error codes the command returns....

Work it out emperically.

At a command line in NTish windows enter these:

echo %errorlevel%

md "abc/|def"

echo %errorlevel%

[Todd Vargo]

"jaideep" <v.jay...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1145011702.1...@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...

Note, it helps to know what OS you are working with. DOS..Win9x/ME do not
return an ERRORLEVEL but NT/XP does. The following code should help.

IF EXIST %input%\nul GOTO skip
MKDIR %input%
IF NOT EXIST %input%\nul GOTO error
:skip

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