X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:29:18 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: openssh not reporting the correct errorlevel Message-ID: <20070828162918.GA14865@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20070827115523.AWF95381@mp6.mc.surewest.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:19:26AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* (Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:55:23 -0700 (PDT)) >> Here are the command sequence I ran on Windows 2003 x86 SP2 servers (delhi is the hostname) >> C:\>ssh delhi net >> The syntax of this command is: >> >> NET [ ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP | >> HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | NAME | PAUSE | PRINT | SEND | SESSION | >> SHARE | START | STATISTICS | STOP | TIME | USE | USER | VIEW ] >> >> >> C:\>echo %errorlevel% >> 0 >> >> ANALYSIS: >> The errorlevel returned from the second command should be "1" >> instead of "0". > >Sorry, but that's ridiculous. You shouldn't use command line >applications if you don't have a basic understanding of what you're >doing. How in the world do you know this? I thought this was just an indication of someone who wanted to see the error code from a remote command propagated to a local system. I don't see any reason to assume that the OP didn't know what they were doing. The only thing they didn't know was how to report a cygwin problem. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/