FTP DOS Errorlevel codes

(Last modified: 04Jul1995)

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Symptom

If the DOS FTP command is used from within a DOS batch file.
1. How do we see if ftp succeeded or not?
2. What are the dos errorlevels returned ?

Solutions

Using the DOS FTP application within a DOS batch file, make sure you do the following:

1. Load the FTP command with the -X option. This options states that if FTP fails, it will exit and return DOS errorlevel 1.

2. The two DOS errorlevels are 0 and 1. 0 if it works, and 1 if it fails.

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Document Title: FTP DOS Errorlevel codes
Document ID: 1003760
Creation Date: 09Jun1995
Modified Date: 04Jul1995
Revision: 1
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