Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted

ericcao
Joined:: 2025-07-16
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Location:: canada

Script ERRORLEVEL not working as expexted

2025-07-16 15:42

Hi,

We are trying to transfer some files to client FTP server and it needs to stop transfer whenever it detects an error (client FTP server is not stable).

We use a batch script like this:

cd /d %~dp0
".\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /script=.\FTP_Outbound.txt /log=.\FTP_Outbound_log.txt /logsize=5*10M
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
    echo WinSCP transfer failed. Files will not be moved.
    exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
)
cd /d D:\Exports\
rem Move files to Backup folder:
move /Y *.* Backup

We are trying to exit the script completely if the ERRORLEVEL is not equal to 0 but it never work as expected. Please advise.

In the logs we can see errors like