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POHow to return an error from .bat in Visual Studio (2008 SP1) project?
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copied!<p>I have a batch file that's being run in a Visual Studio custom build step to copy files into an install directory. I want it to error out properly when the copy fails. The problems with the options I have are:</p> <ul> <li><p><code>exit 1</code><br>This works within the build sequence fine, but sometimes I want to use the batch file from the command line or from within another batch, and in these cases the <code>exit</code> causes the caller to exit as well.</p></li> <li><p><code>exit /b 1</code><br>This works nicely from the command line or from another batch file, but Visual Studio doesn't recognize that the return code wasn't 0 (i.e. it reports the project having "0 error(s)").</p></li> </ul> <p>I came across a link that provides me with a solution: <a href="http://www.nabble.com/Re:-bjam-and-Windows-p17457249.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.nabble.com/Re:-bjam-and-Windows-p17457249.html</a></p> <p>Essentially it says I have to echo an error message before doing the <code>exit /b</code>. For instance,</p> <pre><code>echo MyProj : error : could not copy files. </code></pre> <p>Does anyone know exactly what message format triggers Visual Studio to recognize an error?</p> <p>I've tried tweaking this and some work and some don't. Seems it has to match something like</p> <pre><code>.*\: .*error.*\: </code></pre> <p>Is this documented anywhere?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>This is with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on Windows XP Pro SP3 (in case <code>cmd.exe</code> has differing behaviour between Windows versions).</p>

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