How to check if PSFTP process returns 0 with batch file
I am writing a batch script with takes files from a directory and copies them remotely using psftp.
Here is the line that does all the magic:
echo n | psftp.exe [email protected] -i id_rsa.ppk -v -b psftp-rules.txt -bc >> c:\log-file.txt
As you can see, the psftp.exe is called and the authenticated via a rsa key. The putting takes place in the psftp-rules.txt and the activity is recorded in the log-file.txt.
What I need is a function that will check for a return code, and if there is any failure, to write the error to the log file and then quit.
What I am looking for is perhaps setting a variable for this return code. Then I imagine an if statement that is the variable equals 1 to end the script and echo an error message into a log.
The issue I am seeing is that once the line above is ran, the batch script if not involved. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Answer
Check if psftp sets an error code
Check the value of %ErrorLevel% right after the function has run. Run this in both a successful workflow and failure workflow to verify that the ErrorLevel was set upon failure.
echo %ErrorLevel%
echo n | psftp.exe [email protected] -i id_rsa.ppk -v -b psftp-rules.txt -bc >> c:\log-file.txt
echo %ErrorLevel%
Update
Store the ErrorLevel in a variable and evaluate
echo n | ...
set "ExitCode=%ErrorLevel%"
if "%ExitCode%"=="1" echo This is my error message for error 1 > c:\log-file.txt & exit /b %ExitCode%
If you want to capture all positive ErrorLevels and echo the same message use the following if statement.
echo n | ...
if ErrorLevel 1 echo This is my error message for error 1+ > c:\log-file.txt & exit /b %ErrorLevel%