I use batch files to compile and link things, and I have them pause only if there were errors (the window appears, compiles, and then closes if there are no errors). But I haven't been able to make it automatically pause if there's a linking error.

I noticed that dmc writes '--- errorlevel 1' if it fails to link something. However, when I checked the errorlevel in the batch file after calling dmc, it was 0, not 1.

Right now I'm assuming the errorlevel/return-value from the linker is 1, but dmc is still returning 0, so I should just have to separate the compiling and linking steps. I haven't tested this yet, though, and am wondering if this would be considered a bug.

P.S. Normally I detect compiling failure by checking if SyncStarmap.exe exists (The batch file deletes it before running dmc). If it exists, compilation was successful. However, the EXE is still written if linking fails. Windows knows it's invalid but I don't see any way to find out if it is from a batch file.

In article <d1kikd$14m5$1@digitaldaemon.com>, SL says...
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>I use batch files to compile and link things, and I have them pause only if there were errors (the window appears, compiles, and then closes if there are no errors). But I haven't been able to make it automatically pause if there's a linking error.
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>I noticed that dmc writes '--- errorlevel 1' if it fails to link something. However, when I checked the errorlevel in the batch file after calling dmc, it was 0, not 1.
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>Right now I'm assuming the errorlevel/return-value from the linker is 1, but dmc is still returning 0, so I should just have to separate the compiling and linking steps. I haven't tested this yet, though, and am wondering if this would be considered a bug.
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>P.S. Normally I detect compiling failure by checking if SyncStarmap.exe exists (The batch file deletes it before running dmc). If it exists, compilation was successful. However, the EXE is still written if linking fails. Windows knows it's invalid but I don't see any way to find out if it is from a batch file.

Hmm, weird... dmc.exe and link.exe correctly return 1 when there is error occured on my machne. Well, here is is the answer for your second question: http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/ctgLinkSwitches.html#delexecutable

If you don't want to pass /DELEXECUTABLE to the the linker everytime you compile your program, look for 'sc.ini' under your 'bin' directory and add this line: OPTLINKS=/DELEXECUTABLE /ONERROR:NOEXE